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IMAGI's Astro Boy Film Opens at #6 with US$7 Million (Update 2)

posted on by Egan Loo
US$65-million film debuts in 3,014 theaters with US$2,328 per-screen average

The Box Office Mojo website reports that Tetsuwan Atom) manga earned an estimated US$7,017,000 to debut at #6 on the weekend box office chart in the United States. With 3,014 theaters, the US$65-million film had an estimated per-screen average of US$2,328.

By comparison on their first weekend of release, Speed Racer (2008) earned US$18,561,337 in 3,606 theaters (US$5,147 average), and IMAGI's TMNT film (2007) earned US$24,255,205 in 3,110 theaters (US$7,799 average).

Scriptwriter Samuel L. Jackson.

Kevin Greutert's Saw VI (#2), Paul Weitz's Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (#8), and Mira Nair's Amelia (#11) also opened on Friday. Oren Peli's US$15,000 Paranormal Activity film widened its release to 1,945 theaters and moved up from #3 to #1 with an estimated US$22,000,000 and a US$$11,311 per-screen average.

Update: Introduction corrected. Thanks, Dragonxtc.

Update 2: Astro Boy's final weekend tally stands at US$6,702,923, with a per-screen average of US$2,224.


This article has a follow-up: Imagi's Astro Boy Brings in US$1.8 Million on Friday (Updated)
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