'Silver Linings Playbook' beats 'Anna Karenina' in limited release :
The quirky dramedy "Silver Linings Playbook" and the period drama "Anna Karenina" both debuted in limited release this weekend, but the former film proved intriguing to a bigger audience. The film, which stars Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence, took in $458,430 from 16 theaters, according to an estimate from distributor the Weinstein Co.
The Joe Wright-directed "Anna Karenina," featuring Keira Knightley as Leo Tolstoy's classic literary heroine, collected $315,395 in the same number of theaters. That amounted to a respectable $19,712 per-location average, though "Silver Linings" garnered a stronger $28,652 per-cinema.
The quirky dramedy "Silver Linings Playbook" and the period drama "Anna Karenina" both debuted in limited release this weekend, but the former film proved intriguing to a bigger audience. The film, which stars Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence, took in $458,430 from 16 theaters, according to an estimate from distributor the Weinstein Co.
The Joe Wright-directed "Anna Karenina," featuring Keira Knightley as Leo Tolstoy's classic literary heroine, collected $315,395 in the same number of theaters. That amounted to a respectable $19,712 per-location average, though "Silver Linings" garnered a stronger $28,652 per-cinema.