November 6th, 2006
Brandon Gray puts it in perspective:
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan packed an estimated $26.4 million from around 1,100 screens at 837 theaters, boasting the highest-grossing wide opening ever for a picture playing at less than 1,100 theaters (The Blair Witch Project did $29.2 million at 1,101 sites). The closest recent comparison in terms of release pattern and style was Fahrenheit 9/11, which started with $23.9 million at 868 venues.
Blair Witch and Fahrenheit 9/11 are pretty amazing company to be in.
In other box office news, The Departed registered a 19 percent decline over last weekend, putting it over the $100M mark.
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