For an independent flick, Atlas Shrugged had a great opening. It pulled in about $1.7 million over the weekend , not bad for about 300 theaters. On a per-screen basis that's about $5,640, whcxh is third (behind Rio and Scream 4) for movies that appeared on more than two or three screens.

The reviews haven't been kind. But, only about 8% of the reviewers liked the book when it first came out too, so that's probably about right.

Onward and upward,
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