Precious movie gross $1.8 million+ box office results with limited movie theater showings, locations

November 8, 3:18 PMCleveland Pop Culture ExaminerPaula Mooney

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Paula Patton, left, and Gabourey Sidibe (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Variety.com is reporting that Precious the movie is turning into the little indie that could -- rake in a big, record-breaking $100k per location average from 18 locations, that is.

Quite the feat for the much-buzzed-about-and-needed-to-have-a-wide-release-opening type of film that folks like Oprah and Tyler Perry helped create a fervor among folks wanting to see the film.

Mo'Nique gives an Oscar-worthy performance, we hear -- those of us not living in the Chicago-New York-LA-Atlanta cities that actually showed the movie first -- playing a "monster" who lives in a darkened home, rarely bathes and abuses her daughter.

I've heard first-hand the drama folks in Chicago had to go through to see the Precious movie, including an unfortunate power-outage at the Chatham 14 on 87th and the Dan Ryan that sent at least one woman scrambling downtown to catch the midnight showing.

Previously, I wrote about my frustration at not being able to see the movie Precious based on the novel, Push, on Friday, Nov. 6, 2009 -- when the movie opened in some theaters:

Precious movie theaters opening release date November 6, 2009 for some cities, later date for others Friday, November 6th, 2009 · 16 comments Like many others, this reporter went searching on Yahoo movies for Precious movie theater showings -- all set to text a friend to grab a showing of... Keep Reading »

With all this pre-hype, hopefully the emotionally-charged movie will continue to engage audiences and serve as a thought-provoking catalyst for all of us to "consider our ways."

Here's to that wide release of Precious coming sooner than later, and more box office takeover record-breaking ventures. Lee Daniels, I've got a script idea for you...

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