Each movie was budgeted at a reported $20 million.įour weekends ago, Atlas Shrugged Part 2 had one of the worst domestic debuts ever for a movie in wide release (600-2,000 theaters). Worshiped by Libertarians and the American Far Right (which blithely chooses to ignore Ayn Rand’s dismissal of religion and blind religious faith), the two Atlas Shrugged movies have failed to catch on at the box office – and, in the case of Atlas Shrugged: Part I, in terms of DVD sales as well.

But here’s another prediction: Atlas Shrugged Part 2, which averaged a dismal (estimated) $500 per venue this weekend, will be irretrievably gone by next weekend. At 70 locations, Atlas Shrugged Part 2 added $35,200, down 62 percent after losing 77 theaters, according to studio estimates found at Box Office Mojo. Last week, I’d predicted that after plunging 85 percent on its third weekend out the John Putch-directed sociopolitical melodrama would be completely gone by now. (Image: Atlas Shrugged Part 2 Samantha Mathis as Dagny Taggart.) 4 update: Atlas Shrugged: Part II, the critically panned second installment in a planned movie trilogy based on Ayn Rand’s novel, is still playing in North America.

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