[RonDog]

And, from Ed Morrissey at hotair.com:

...The best word to describe Atlas Shrugged Part 1 is...surprising. 

It’s surprisingly well-paced, surprisingly intelligent, surprisingly well-acted, and surprisingly entertaining.  Perhaps most surprising of all, it has me thinking about re-reading the novel again. 

I would highly recommend it to friends and their families.

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...according to Box Office Mojo, the limited release seems to be paying dividends. 

The film had the third highest per-screen average on Friday night of the films at the box office. 

The trick will be to move it up from 300 screens to somewhere over 1000, if possible.  With a budget of only $10 million, it won’t take long for the film to recoup its costs.

[who knows what evil?]

The film had the third highest per-screen average on Friday night of the films at the box office.

It maintained that average thru the weekend...per-theatre average take just behind 'Scream 4'. $1.677 million take in the first three days. For a limited-run in only 300 theatres?

Not bad. Not bad at all.