UPDATED: Paranormal Activity Throwing Ten Parties to Celebrate Its Success

By The Woman In Black
October 18th, 2009

The final weekend box office numbers are in, and once again Paranormal Activity kicked a copious amount of ass, earning a per screen average that was almost three times as much as its closest competitor. And to celebrate, Paramount is throwing a party at the first ten theatres that sell out their midnight screenings for this coming Thursday night.

First, the **updated** numbers. Per Box Office Mojo, Paranormal Activity came in 3rd and raked in $19,617,650, or an average of $25,813 on each of its 760 screens. This raises its total thus far to $33,171,743. Wow. And congratulations again to Oren, Katie, Micah, and the brain trust at Paramount on the success of their brilliant film and equally brilliant marketing campaign.

As a comparison, the tepid The Stepfather remake (review here) came in 5th with $11,581,586 (2,734 screens, $4,236 each). And Zombieland (review here) continued its winning ways for Sony with an additional $7,616,939 (and a 7th place spot), bringing its three-week gross to $60,640,317.

Now, the good stuff. PARTIES! Here's how it works:

The first ten theaters to sell out the 12:01 AM showtime on 10.23.09 (to clarify 11:59 PM 10.22.09 | 12:01 AM 10.23.09) will receive an exclusive Paranormal Activity party.

Here's how you can make this happen in YOUR town:

And that's all there to it!

Except, of course, making sure you are following @TweetYourScream on Twitter and have joined the official Paranormal Activity Facebook fan page!

- Debi Moore