Drafthouse Films, the film distribution arm of the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, announced today The Act Of Killing achieved the largest U.S. per theater average for a documentary release to date in 2013 with it’s exclusive opening at the Landmark Sunshine Cinemas in NYC this weekend. The Act of Killing opens in Los Angeles at the Nuart on July 26th and in DC at the Landmark E Street, with a national rollout to follow.

The award-winning documentary’s estimated per screen average of $28,067 puts the film’s initial weekend performance above other high-profile 2013 doc’s including 56 Up ($22,088 PTA), The Gatekeepers ($20,517 PTA), 20 Feet From Stardom ($18,199 PTA) and Koch ($17,598 PTA) and as reported by boxofficemojo.com, catapults the film within the top 15 per theater averages for docs since 1982. This opening is the 6th largest single screen opening for a documentary of all time.