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City Island: This family dramedy has done a decent job of expanding slowly and making some serious cash. With a cast that includes Andy Garcia, Julianna Margulies and Alan Arkin, City Island expanded to 57 theaters in April and has consistently increased its gross on a week-to-week basis. It’s made $1.2 million in April and will hope to increase that take as it continues its theatrical release in May.

Big Indies (100+ Theaters):

The Black Waters of Echo’s Pond: If this film were a character in a horror movie, it would be the completely inconsequential person who dies first. A dreadful looking B-Horror flick, this film opened on a surprisingly wide 404 theaters. I’ll admit that when I saw the trailer I thought it was one of the joke trailers from Grindhouse, but that didn’t stop it from taking in $224,409 its opening week, a whopping $555 per theater average. Where did it go from there? Nobody knows, as the Internet provides no information on its box-office take since. It’s like it just… vanished [cue ominous music].

The Joneses: This moderately clever looking satire did about as well as most film satires do, i.e. not very. An attempt to expand to 217 theaters its second weekend didn’t bear much fruit, as it still dropped over 40% from its opening weekend. The David Duchovny/Demi Moore starrer is creeping in on about $1 million, not exactly living the American Dream, but not horribly.





Letters to God: You might remember this Christian-themed film making a small splash its opening weekend. It opened on 900 theaters and made $1.2 million, cracking the top ten and turning a few heads in the process. That was pretty much the extent of its success, as it hemorrhaged theaters in subsequent weekends and has barely managed to double its remarkable opening weekend. Thus far, this excuse to steal money from gullible Christians has made about $2.45 million, impressive for such a small film targeting such a niche market.

The Perfect Game: Another inspirational film about children, this sports flick was even more frontloaded than Letters to God. After being stuck on a studio shelf for nearly a year, the Clifton Collins Jr. starrer got released on 417 theaters and made a sold half a million its opening weekend. Remember the Titans it is not, though, as this tale of Mexican little leaguers has not yet doubled its opening weekend. It’s closing in on half a million dollars, thanks mostly to the money it's made in Arizona, where law enforcement officials see it as research for catching illegal immigrants.

Small Indies (10-100 Theaters):

After.Life: Abominable reviews damage indie films far more than they do Hollywood fare, and this film is proof of that. The odd looking horror film opened on 41 theaters to a decent $60,000, but that was the absolute last bit of good news for this critically lambasted movie. Consecutive weekend drops of 70+ and 80+% make even the Saw films look good. So far, this one has just barely cracked $100,000 and might make literally a few more dollars before it’s gone forever.

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