Woody Allen‘s new film “Cafe Society” got off to a record-breaking start this weekend, with forecasts projecting it to earn the biggest per-screen average among all films that have opened so far in 2016.
The film grossed an estimated $355,000 from five theaters. That would put the Amazon Studios production at a whopping $71,000 per theater.
That dwarfs the previous record holder, A24’s “The Lobster,” which opened earlier this year to a per-screen take of $47,563. A24’s “Swiss Army Man” also opened with a strong average of $35,151.
The opening is also Woody Allen‘s best, per screen, since 2013’s “Blue Jasmine,” which averaged $102,011 per theater when it opened and went on to make $33.4