They haven't quite made back their investment. Fox will get less than half of the Box Office. They should easily make a profit on this little gem, however.

TamaraC | June 01, 07:55 CET

I thought studio got like 95% of first week ticket take. 90% second week. And so on until it reaches 50% of ticket take.

And that theaters make most of their money on popcorn and goodies.

Anonymous1 | June 01, 08:01 CET

I'm not sure I'd call 605 theaters wide. It was in 510 last week already. Is there some magical line between 510 and 605?

i rather like the idea of a slower rollout anyway. Allows it to have more time to get word of mouth buzz and it doesn't have to compete head to head with the "summer movie" behemoths.

I need to see it again. Maybe this weekend...

ETA: Oops. Nevermind, actually read the link. Huh, interesting. And actually, according to wiki 600 is the magical mark.

[ edited by KernelM on 2007-06-01 05:14 ]

KernelM | June 01, 08:09 CET

Waitress makes the magical mark! Whoo-hoo!! I didn't think 600 was wide either.

I'm going to see it again this weekend too. I've read Waitress gets better each time you see it. You know like Firefly/Serenity/SLiTHER.

Just noticed today that the cardiac infusers aren't attached to anything. Out of Gas and Ariel and I never noticed that until I saw a picture in the Firefly Official Companion II and watched Ariel today. And then it clicked. So much thinking went into Firefly.

Anonymous1 | June 01, 08:50 CET

I saw it the other day and it was fantastic. I am glad that my money could contribute to this wonderful project. Nathan is adorkable and Keri Russell is hilarious.

CaffeinatedSquint | June 01, 08:52 CET

Is that a new word "adorkable"?

Anonymous1 | June 01, 09:28 CET

It does get better each time you see it. I've seen it three times (with different people for each) and every time I've laughed and left the theater with a big smile on my face.

Kokomo | June 01, 10:12 CET

I'm not sure when adorkable came about -- but there was an official use of it in one of my fashion magazines last month. InStyle, I think it was. It was used to describe Adam Brody, and I agree that he is indeed adorkable.

CaffeinatedSquint | June 01, 10:20 CET

Yay! Just checked Fandango and it is indeed playing very near to my house...I'm seeing Knocked Up tonight, but I've got some extra dough so I might try to swing by Waitress on Sunday.

UnpluggedCrazy | June 01, 14:25 CET

I'm glad they're expanding Waitress into more theaters. It's such a great movie.

maje | June 01, 16:59 CET

Yah!!!! It's finally within an hour drive of me. Maybe I can talk some girlfiends into going with me and spread the love for Nathan.

mikamom | June 01, 20:14 CET

YAY! I saw it on memorial day and it was fantastic!! Nathan is of course wonderful and the movie leaves you smiling (and wanting to bake a pie!). I'd love to see it again!

kballgetlost | June 01, 20:46 CET

I just now got home from seeing Waitress at a matinee (I think I was the only one under 55 in the theater) and have already emailed numerous friends about it. D'you suppose anyone will put out a cookbook with all those scrumptious pies in it? Plus, after reading this thread, I'm so excited to use my new vocabulary word - thanks, Browncoat!

Friend Mouse | June 02, 01:04 CET

Still no mention of Nathan in the print ad blurbs, but at least he's in the picture (in today's NY Times), hugging Keri from behind.

Chris inVirginia | June 02, 01:22 CET

Chris inVirginia- I read that wrong the first time... ;-)

Waitress is listed as #5 in box office sales on the front page of IMDB right now. Wheeeeeeee!

And don't you think 'adorkable' is a great word? It's so descriptive! :-D

OzLady | June 02, 18:11 CET

Waitress adds another 100 theatres to its release. I saw it this past Monday afternoon at 1:30 and there were more than a couple dozen people in the theatre, almost unheard of for that day and time.

There's also another Nathan interview in the Ft Wayne Journal-Gazette today. Nothing new, barely even a mention of the Whedonverse, and they don't even list Serenity or Slither in his movie credits! I didn't even know he was in Blast from the Past, I'll have to watch it again.

cabri | June 09, 00:27 CET