Black Swan Owns the Box Office in Limited Release

Indiewire’s Peter Knegt on Black Swan’s amazing opening:

Based on estimates for Friday night, Darren Aronofsky’s “Black Swan” is heading for a massive limited debut at the box office this weekend. The film Рa psychological thriller about a ballerina (Natalie Portman) competing for the lead role in “Swan Lake” Рgrossed $425,872 from 18 screens. That made for a $23,660 per-theater-average, and puts “Swan” on a path to a $1.2 million to $1.4 million gross (and a PTA of around $68,000-$74,000). To put that into perspective, fellow Fox Searchlight film “127 Hours” similarly grossed $500,000 Friday night, but from 433 venues (or 25 times that of “Black Swan”).

Having had a chance to look at Black Swan for a second time, I have to say it more than holds up. It plays very well on screener, too, which was something I was wondering about.