TR: Early Numbers: $803,000

source: www.boxofficemojo.com/daily/chart/



From Gossip Cop:

• There are no Saturday/Sunday numbers for the Kristen Stewart-Dakota Fanning movie yet.
• The Runaways bowed in more limited release.
  
  First projections for the three-day weekend period for the rock biopic are at about $803,000 in 244 theaters.
  
  It works out to a healthy $3,291-per screen average for the Kristen Stewart-Dakota Fanning movie.
  
  That figure tops Repo Men, She’s Out of My League, Green Zone, Avatar, and others, finishing behind only the weekend’s top three films and special releases like Hubble 3D.

From Larry411

• #TheRunaways update: came in 18th place for wknd, moved up from #5 theater avg to #4. Not counting top 3 films, #1 theater average of top 18
• Of all 42 movies reporting #TheRunaways has the #1 theater avg for wknd not counting the top 3, Hubble 3D (309 thea), & City Island (2 thea)
• More #TheRunaways breakdown: 244 thea avg 3291, 250 screens avg 3212, 3710 showings avg 216
• Not counting top 3 films, #TheRunaways has the #1 theater average of top 18 films @RunawaysFilm
• It's good. Not record territory, but very good start @auau0101 @abinar
• For #TheRunaways, yes, this is a very good start for a platform (limited --> wide) release.

From eonline:

• The other high-profile art-house debut, The Runaways, wasn't nearly as showy. The Kristen Stewart-Dakota Fanning rock biopic grossed $803,629 at 244 theaters, for a so-so $3,294 screen average, even lower than what Stewart's Twilight compatriot, Pattinson, managed last weekend with Remember Me's own so-so debut.
  
  The Runaways is slated to go wide next month. If the low-budget movie is to make good on its low budget, pegged at under $10 million, then it may have to start playing to people who are closer in age to the teenaged Stewart and Fanning. Opening weekend saw The Runaways play mostly to the 25 and older crowd, with Apparition CEO Bob Berney saying the R rating for his studio's film may have kept younger moviegoers away.
  
  Then again, the film about a 1970s cult band may be destinted for a cult following. "It's definitely a niche oriented film," Hollywood.com box-office analyst Paul Dergarabedian said last week. "This isn't like Ray."
  
  If the start of Stewart's beyond-Twilight career didn't rock, then the second weekend of Pattinson's rolled—as in, downhill. In its second weekend, Remember Me slid to 10th place, with only $3.3 million. Still, the $16 million film moved closer to its ostensive break-even point domestically, with $13.9 million overall.

From indieWIRE:

• Floria Sigismondi’s Kristen Stewart/Dakota Fanning starring biopic about ‘70s teen band The Runaways opened the most aggressively of all the debuts, taking on 244 theaters across the country. What resulted was a decent (though definitely unspectacular) $803,629 gross, averaging $3,294.
  
  The Apparition release’s highest grossing theaters included The ArcLight (Los Angeles), Sunshine (New York), The Bridge and City Centre (San Francisco), Evanston and Century Centre (Chicago) and the Alamo (Austin). Notable also is that the film is playing to a 60-70% female audience that is largely over 25, suggestively due to the “R” rating keeping some of the younger audience (read: Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning’s “Twilight” fans) away.
  
  “The Runaways” will go wide in April, at which point its success or failure can be truly determined.

From Hollywoodinsider:

• In limited release, Apparition released the Kristen Stewart-starring rock biopic The Runaways on 244 screens. The film didn’t score all that well in its limited capacity, earning less than $1 million for a per-screen average of $3,294 million. Leaving the Twilight fold isn’t as easy as it seems!

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