Controversial New Horror Movie Ice Cream Man's Box Office Debut Hits Record Low

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Per Variety, as of Saturday morning, Ice Cream Man is projected to end its opening weekend with a 3-day gross of $2.1 million from 1,090 domestic theaters. If these numbers hold, that comes out to a per-screen average of $1,927, which is the lowest debut per-screen average for any Eli Roth directorial feature that debuted in wide release.

The filmmaker’s previous low was the debut per-screen average of 2015’s The Green Inferno, which was $2,286. If Ice Cream Man were to best that number, it would need to make roughly $400,000 more than its current projections, which would be about 20% higher than expected.

The only Eli Roth movie to have a limited debut, 2015’s Knock Knock, is also the only movie from the filmmaker to have a lower per-screen average than Ice Cream Man during its debut. That movie opened in 22 theaters and had an average of just $846. Below, see a breakdown of the box office performance of every one of the filmmaker’s previous wide releases, ranked from highest to lowest debut per-screen average:

Title	Debut PSA	Worldwide Total
Hostel (2006)	$8,909	$82 million
The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018)	$7,407	$131.4 million
Death Wish (2018)	$4,569	$49.6 million
Cabin Fever (2003)	$4,024	$30.5 million
Hostel: Part II (2007)	$3,490	$35.7 million
Thanksgiving (2023)	$3,216	$46.5 million
Borderlands (2024)	$2,752	$33 million
The Green Inferno (2015)	$2,286	$12.7 million

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