It’s not just the superheroes who are toppling box-office records this summer: Check out the opening for Wes Anderson ‘s Moonrise Kingdom , which pulled in $523,000 over the weekend — on four screens . Its $130,750 per-theater average represents a new standard for limited live-action releases, besting Dreamgirls ‘s $126,316 from 2006. ( Moonrise ‘s four-day holiday total reached $669,000.) Hats off as well to The Weinstein Company’s The Intouchables , no slouch itself with around $26,000 per screen for the three-day frame. Champagne for all! [ Deadline ]
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Moonrise Kingdom Shatters Specialty Record with $523,000
