An independent pic touting the virtues of the privacy money, Monero (XMR), briefly topped the U.S. box office charts earlier this month.

The film accomplished this feat with a total gross of just $3,430 amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Entire lecture on privacy coins tops US box office

Monero Means Money, a self-distributed characteristic-length film praising the virtues of XMR momentarily stole the top-ranking slot at the U.Due south. box part. The film claims to "raise awareness for electronic and fiscal privacy rights."

With cinemas in lockdown, Monero Means Money's $three,430 gross had the picture show sitting at the summit of the box part for a brief moment on Apr 10, according to the-numbers.com.

The pic was screened to empty seats at the Laemmle Theater in Los Angeles, before moving to the Tampa Theatre, with additional showings taking place at the Parkway Theater & Film Lounge nearly Pittsburgh.

The figures were later revised, with a moving-picture show called Phoenix, Oregon grossing $11,479 knocking the pro-XMR film back to 2d place.

The motion picture's creation was motivated by opportunity to top charts

The 88-minute film comprises an unabridged keynote speech delivered in 2022 by crypto advocate, Daniel Kim. Mr. Kim promotes the adoption of privacy coins among increasing financial surveillance.

In an interview with Vice, Monero Means Money'due south producer and director, Justin Ehrenhofer, states that the film was put together after he identified the opportunity to make a box role topping film on a infinitesimal budget.

"I saw the box office results for the weekend of March 20 and was curious to run across how there were whatever reported sales with Usa theaters airtight," Ehrenhofer said.

"I investigated the top movie for that calendar week and saw that they partnered with theaters for digital showings. I thought that the opportunity to brand the #one box office motion-picture show in the US would be unique."

Creating the movie appears to have price Ehrenhofer less than $2,000 in full. He asserts that most of the money grossed has gone to the cinemas, with a small-scale cut dedicated to marketing the film.

"We strongly believe the film achieved its intended goal of raising sensation for Monero, privacy rights, and struggling theaters," Ehrenhofer added.