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The Sapphires: fingers crossed as early figures on US box office are very encouraging

Over the first weekend, on four screens, The Sapphires took $40,990 in New York and Los Angeles. That is a satisfying $10,225/cinema.

25 Mar 2013 12:00

David Tiley

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Over the first weekend, on four screens, The Sapphires took $40,990 in New York and Los Angeles. That is a satisfying $10,225/cinema.

The Weinstein Company of course is running this, and it is the masters of the teaser opening and spreading release. That began with multiple film festivals across the US, where the film has taken six audience awards. Now it is running as a platform release, which will go wide over the next few weeks. If the projects runs true to Weinstein form, it will expand in several stages, and hover around the fifty cinemas mark.

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David Tiley

David Tiley was the Editor of Screenhub from 2005 until he became Content Lead for Film in 2021 with a special interest in policy. He is a writer in screen media with a long career in educational programs, documentary, and government funding, with a side order in script editing. He values curiosity, humour and objectivity in support of Australian visions and the art of storytelling.