Feb. 23, 2007
 
'WE ARE MARSHALL': Print Count Slips to 270 Nationwide
 
By Tony Rutherford
Huntington News Network Writer
 
Huntington, WV (HNN) – As the film about the Marshall University football plane crash enters its tenth week of theatrical distribution, the movie which once played on more than 2,600 screens has dropped to 270, according to Box Office Mojo.
 
“We Are Marshall” lost 85 screens Thursday, as new pictures arrive to replace the older first run product. Its current cumulative gross is $43,337,752 after 62 days of release.
 
By comparison, several of the films which have outgrossed “WAM” have dropped to lower counts too. Their current screen count follows with their gross to date in parenthesis.
 
Happy Feet 85 screens ($194 million)
 
Blood Diamond 142 screens ($56 million)
 
Unaccompanied Minors 119 screens ($16.5 million)
 
Good Shepherd 59 screens ($59.8 million)
 
Rocky Balboa 44 screens ($70 million)
 
Blood and Chocolate 8 screens ($3.5 million)
 
Departed 274 screens ($131.5 million)
 
Charlotte’s Web 226 screens ($81.5 million)
 
Pursuit of Happyness 690 screens ($162 million)
 
Night at the Museum 1,372 screens ($239 million)
 
Dreamgirls 593 screens ($100 million)
 
Freedom Writers 232 screens ($36 million)
 
Eragon 302 screens ($74.5 million)
 
Babel 289 screens ($33 million)
 
Little Miss Sunshine 23 screens ($59.7 million)