‘Atlas Shrugged’ Earns $1.7 Million at Weekend Box Office

[RamboLiberal]

Did conservatives make “Atlas Shrugged – Part 1,” a low-budget adaptation of Ayn Rand’s famous 1957 novel, a box office hit? While the film’s opening weekend sales didn’t reach blockbuster levels, earning $1.7 million from about 300 theaters, the film’s backers are enthusiastic about the results.

“We’re at the upper edge of our expectations,” said “Shrugged” producer Harmon Kaslow. “And we’re a way above what the industry expected us to do.”

Independently produced and distributed, “Atlas Shrugged” had a fairly solid per-theater average of $5,590, in line with the weekend’s other indie success, “The Conspirator,” a historical drama about the trial of Abraham Lincoln’s assassins, which earned a similar $5,550 per-venue average across 700 theaters.

According to Kaslow, the film over-performed in some markets – including Atlanta, New York, Nashville, and Portland – generating as much as $12,000 to $25,000 per theater. The film did not do as well in some locales, such as Pensacola, Fla., and Mobile, Ala.

http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2011/04/17/atlas-shrugged-earns-1-7-million-at-weekend-box-office/

My bet it that's about it for the movie. Most of the tea partiers and Glenn Beck fans have seen it first weekend.

[villager]

1. subsequent weekend box office usually depends on word-of-mouth

...so we'll see how "sustainable" it all is, despite the fervent wishes of the Journal...

[tanyev]

2. Yep, that probably covers most everyone who has ever heard of Ayn Rand and has a favorable opinion.