Today, Indiewire released their list of the top ten box office specialty releases and I was disappointed to see that "Sex Addict" wasn't on the list. But when I looked more closely, I realized that Indiewire had made a mistake and that "Sex Addict" should have been #7 (the film's per screen average was $5,345, which is how a film's box office ranking is calculated.) Here is the list they published:
"The Top Ten So Far...
1. "Friends With Money" (Sony Pictures Classics) $589,332 wknd ($21,048 per scrn)
2. "Brick" (Focus Features) $199,286 wknd ($9,490 per scrn)
3. "Drawing Restraint 9" (IFC Films) $25,266 wknd ($8,422 per scrn)
4. "Thank You For Smoking" (Fox Searchlight) $2,309,097 wknd ($7,723 per scrn)
5. "The Fallen Idol" (Rialto) $6,456 wknd ($6,456 per scrn)
6. "4" (Leisure Time Features) $5,815 wknd ($5,815 per scrn)
7. "Kalamazoo?" (Reel Source) $22,074 wknd ($4,415 per scrn)
8. Free Zone" (New Yorker) $8,618 wknd ($4,309 per scrn)
9. "The Syrian Bride" (Koch Lorber) $12,759 wknd ($4,253 per scrn)
10. "White Rainbow" (Rocky Mountain Pictures) $4,180 wknd ($4,180 per scrn)"
As anyone who can count can see, "I Am A Sex Addict" should have been right after "4" and right before "Kalamazoo?" I'm sure it was an honest mistake on Indiewire's part, but theatrical exhibitors use the list to decide what films to book, and Indiewire's erroneous exclusion of "I Am A Sex Addict" from their top ten list means that there will be fewer bookings for the film. Not sure how this happened, but it would be great if Indiewire would publicly correct the error.
posted by Caveh Zahedi at
10:27 PM
