Weekend Box Office : ‘Brothers McMullen’ Starts Off Hot

“The Brothers McMullen,” a Fox/Searchlight Pictures release, drew sellout crowds on seven screens in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco, which gave it an extremely high per-screen average. “In all 3 markets, the numbers were fantastic and the exit surveys were very, very strong,” said David Dinerstein, Fox/Searchlight senior vice-president of marketing. On Friday, the picture will be released in the top 20 markets across the country.

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Five-Day Gross/ Screens/ Weeks in Movie (Studio) Total (millions) Average Release 1. “Dangerous Minds” $14.9 1,348 1 (Hollywood Pictures) $14.9 $11,077 2. “A Walk in the Clouds” $9.5 1,534 1 (Fox) $9.5 $6,210 3. “Waterworld” $8.6 2,410 3 (Universal) $60.6 $3,555 4. “Something to Talk About” $8.1 1,787 2 (Warner Bros.) $24.7 $4,537 5. “Babe” $6.7 1,787 2 (Universal) $20.7 $3,760 6. “The Net” $5.1 2,027 3 (Sony/Columbia) $31.7 $2,522 7. “Apollo 13” $5.0 2,126 7 (Universal.) $147.2 $2,355 8. “Virtuosity” $4.3 2,012 2 (Paramount) $16.4 $2,173 9. “A Kid in King Arthur’s Court” $4.3 1,862 1 (Buena Vista) $4.3 $2,318 10. “Clueless “ $2.9 1,801 4 (Paramount) $45.7 $1,645 * “The Brothers McMullen” $167,815 7 1 (Fox/Searchlight) $228,091 $23,973

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SOURCE: Exhibitor Relations Co.