The offbeat saga of a contemporary remixer "It's All Gone Pete Tong" - named best Canadian film at the Toronto fest - bowed on a single New York screen with a tuneful $18,800. It will open in Los Angeles on 4/29, and then expand to top 24 markets on 5/13.
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Despite of mostly bad reviews, Lions Gate's "House of D," David Duchovny's first foray as a helmer, picked up a good $30,000 from its first two screens. The coming-of-age tale stars Duchovny, Tea Leoni, Robin Williams and Erykah Badu. However, because of mostly bad reviews, this movie won't likely to gross more than $600,000 in US theaters. It will do better in home-video market, though.

Lions Gate also released gangster yarn "State Property 2" on 202 screens and saw results of $1.1 million, with $750,000 coming during the three-day span. In US theaters, "State Property 2" should gross more than "State Property" (which grossed $2.1 million), and then enjoy even better success in ancillary markets.


Todd Solondz's "Palindromes" get disappointed $59,000 b.o. from seven engagements. Since it opened on Wednesday in two theaters , pic has taken in $72,234. Because of mixed reviews, it will be lucky to gross more than $400,000. Although disappointment is Fine Line's "The Year of the Yao" which grosses $26,000 from 12 Houston theaters.

"Kung Fu Hustle" has legs! In its second week, pic collected $264,043 from 7 theaters, down just 10% from its opening, and averaged $37,720 per screen. On 4/22, it will expand to 2,000+ theaters. "Look at Me" also has strong leg; now in its third weekend, this movie grossed $149,677 from 25 screens, averaging $5,987 and pushing cume to $401,542.


Samuel Goldwyn/Roadside Attractions' "Walk on Water" crossed the $1 million mark in its seventh weekend with $128,250 from 45 screens, for an average of $2,850. Cume is $1,044,832. This movie can gross more than $1 million is a very big surprise for me, because of the mixed reviews it receives.

Playing 80 screens, Thinkfilm's Oscar winning doc "Born Into Brothels" grossed $102,956 this weekend and passed $3 million mark.


Source: Variety, moviecitynews.com

Ah, he's always not seen big box office success though, and his true legs are in rental. Tough to see it open to 72,234 in two theatres but then plumet to 59,000 in seven. Its about a 13 year old that wants to have many kids though, so I never anticipated it being huge breakthrough. It was recevied mized reviews too.

They should have pushed this one out quicker. It documents Yao's 2003 experience, they should have gotten it out no later than mid-way 2004. Too bad, because this is one of my pics for hot doc of the year. Its reception is lukewarm, but it might build. Its my fault, I should have gone to see it here. I'll go next weekend, and help boost its numbers :grin:

Wow! Well lets see if it hold up in expansion. I still think they botched distribution by now expanding to 20-25 theatres this weekend and "warming" up cities other than LA and NY. But people have been saying they have huge ad campaigns, so maybe there is still anticipation for this in other cities? Could this have a 10 million weekend next week?



Never underestimate the pull of American Israeli's , they'll see anything about the homeland. Hell I've even done it. I started a thread on this here and still want to see this movie. Looks interesting at least. Its somehow slipped out of my grasp. If its still in theatres I''ll need to wait until the first week of may to see it. DOn't get me wrong. Israeli's may not like it, and won't blindly accept it as good, but they will run to hear a movie in Hebrew and only critique it after. At least here in New York, I don't know about everywhere else.
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