Bella Movie Continues Phenomenal Success Despite Limited Release

(LifeNews.com) -- Bella, the little movie that could, continued its phenomenal success despite it still being shown in about 5 percent of the number of movie theaters as major national releases. The film held steady in the 17th slot overall and showed its popularity with the third highest per theater sales of the top 20 movies last weekend. Bella stunned movie critics on its opening weekend at the end of October by taking in $1.3 million at just 165 theaters. The movie firmly established itself in second place that weekend with $7,784 on average at each of the theaters where it opened this weekend. New cinemas have picked up the film in existing cities and Bella is now able to be seen in 186 theaters in a few dozen markets across the nation. According to Box Office Mojo, which tracks daily movie sales figures, Bella took in another $1,001,000 as the 17th top grossing movie last weekend and it stood third with per-theater sales of $5,381. Only the new films "American Gangster" and "Bee Movie" sold more tickets per theater -- meaning that Bella would be the third-highest rated movie for the weekend if it was shown in the same 3,000+ venues as those two movies. "Bella had another strong weekend with very little advertising," producer Sean Wolfington told LifeNews.com.