The film was only on three screens in New York and L.A., but it still bested “Hannah Montana: The Movie” in the per screen average numbers game. Over the weekend, ‘Montana’ raked in $32 million on 3,118 screens and ‘Anvil!’ took in $34,800 from 3 screens this weekend, so the better per screen theater average winner was the Sacha Gervasi-directed metal doc hands down ($11,600)

The film is slowly expanding too and is already set for many new markets.

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A typical number 1 grossing film generally opens up in 3,000 screens with an average approximately around $7,000 per theater. ‘Best Of Both Worlds’ grossed a remarkable average of nearly $42,500 per theater as the tweens flocked in droves – pundits suggesting often because they couldn’t attend the real deal.

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