Give it a little more time. Everybody's really super-stoked on the film (they just don't know it yet).
Ice Age III: An Inconvenient Truth........
An Inconvenient Truth may not be getting many headlines when the weekend ends, but Al Gore's documentary on global warming had a fantastic opening. The movie earned over $120,000 on Wednesday and Thursday, and another $280,000 or thereabouts over the three day weekend, all from four theaters. That gives it a per theater average of $70,585, based on current estimates, easily the highest score of 2006, and comfortably in the all-time top 50. Mr. Gore can't seem to catch a break though... all the talk on Tuesday will about the movie that landed at number two in the Per Theater chart - X-Men grabbed a very respectable $28,000 per theater. On the other hand, when it comes to legs, An Inconvenient Truth will likely be one of the stand-out movies of the Summer.
Didn't it have a very limited release? Something like 3 theatres if I recall correctly.
It played at 2 theaters (NYC and LA) to open, and is now in 77.
However, they went from 2 to 77 (a 3700% increase in theaters) but only increased profits from the 2 theater release by 300% or so.
Also the 75 ones they added are in big liberal cities.
Give it a little more time. Everybody's really super-stoked on the film (they just don't know it yet).
The movie was financed in great part by Laurie David, wife of Seinfeld's Larry David.
She has money to burn (which no doubt adds to global warming.)