Business & Finance Club - Films : As the autumn independent movie season heats up, film fans seem most interested in getting an education about education.

"Waiting for 'Superman,'" the documentary about America's public school system, is performing better than several other high-profile releases, including a new Woody Allen comedy, a Ryan Reynolds thriller and a highly touted British drama with several big names.

"Superman," from "An Inconvenient Truth" director Davis Guggenheim, collected $407,000 at 34 theaters on its second weekend, an average of $11,971 per theater. That's better than Allen's "You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger," which took in a decent $232,424 at 29 theaters, and Reynolds' "Buried," which sold a weak $100,000 worth of tickets at 33 locations.