Don't buy the Star Wars hype...buy a ticket and sit back.
Mark Broadworth
too fond to part with completely). The 12:01 show was chaos, energy
levels were high, Cineplex Odeon top brass were buzzing around. Et
cetera. Watched the first 10 minutes or so...looks fairly entertaining
(as I expected).
Funny thing, though. By the time I left that night the Episode 1 shows
for Wednesday evening were only half-sold out.
Could it be that people were discouraged by the hype of long lines and
sold out shows?
Just a thought.
Mark
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It is just another movie that they may go to if the fancy strikes
them..........
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Mark Broadworth wrote in message <37424AE3...@osha.igs.net>...
Mark Spatny
LD/DVD fan wrote in message <3742...@news2.foxinternet.net>...
>Let's face it......90% of the US population does NOT CARE about the
movie...
>It is just another movie that they may go to if the fancy strikes
>them..........
I disagree with the percentage, but not the sentiment. Most people will see
it like a normal movie, when it's convenient for their schedule, and they
don't have to stand in line too long. Only a few fanatics will treat this
movie as if it is a lifestyle.
Mike
Recently, "Mark Spatny" <vfxpr...@REMOVETHIShotmail.com> typed the
following:
Seascape
most movies are released on Friday's and not in the middle of a work week.
You'll see increased sales when Friday night get's here weekend.
Flagg
<cri...@osha.igs.net> wrote:
>I just finished at the Varsity in Toronto (part-time usher job that I'm
>too fond to part with completely). The 12:01 show was chaos, energy
>levels were high, Cineplex Odeon top brass were buzzing around. Et
>cetera. Watched the first 10 minutes or so...looks fairly entertaining
>(as I expected).
>
>Funny thing, though. By the time I left that night the Episode 1 shows
>for Wednesday evening were only half-sold out.
>
>Could it be that people were discouraged by the hype of long lines and
>sold out shows?
>
>Just a thought.
>
>Mark
ummm..hello?
TPM grossed $45 MILLION on OPENING DAY.
Mark Broadworth
the joint (Varsity, smack dab in downtown Toronto) was less than half full.
Good flick, though. I had fun.
Mark
Flagg wrote:
--
Bobo
>>Could it be that people were discouraged by the hype of long lines and
>>sold out shows?
>ummm..hello?
>
>TPM grossed $45 MILLION on OPENING DAY.
Hmph. I heard it only made half that (according to CNN on Thursday night at
11:30PM).
I saw it tonight (Thursday) at a theater where they had it on 2 screens. One
screen is the biggest in Denver (at the Continental) and, as it would figure,
they were sold out through...only Friday. Whoopee. At the smaller screen
(still a large one by the way), it was only half full, and this was at an 8PM
showing. Hmph.
It might do really well for the weekend opening, but only by virtue of the
magical fact that Hollywood seems to recognize Wednesday through Sunday as a
"weekend", and the fact that some theater chains raised prices by $0.50 "just
in time" for the opening.
The only reason I saw it was because someone else bought tickets and had one
person cancel out. Otherwise I could have easily just waited for it to hit
the bargin $1.50 theaters, or see it on video.
The ONLY justifiable reason to see it on a big screen is the pod race, but
c'mon...I've seen better car chases in 3rd rate movies. But hey...whatever.
Richard A.
Bobo <n...@all.com> wrote in message news:3745f8fe.
Flagg
wrote:
>Try $28,542,349. For more info on opening day totals check this site out.. http://news.excite.com/news/r/990521/03/entertainment-film-starwars As far as it only being sold out through Friday or whatever date consider the fact that in many locations it is playing around the clock in five theaters. This isn't 1977 when it was playing in one theatre for two shows a night.
>Richard
yea well when I posted that message, all the sites I checked were
saying 45 million. Obviously a bit overly optimistic.
Walter Kuras
>ummm..hello?
>TPM grossed $45 MILLION on OPENING DAY.
ummm...hello yourself! Actually TPM grossed $28 Million on opening day.
Walt
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Joe
>On Wed, 19 May 1999 01:23:47 -0400, Mark Broadworth
><cri...@osha.igs.net> wrote:
>
>>I just finished at the Varsity in Toronto (part-time usher job that I'm
>>too fond to part with completely). The 12:01 show was chaos, energy
>>levels were high, Cineplex Odeon top brass were buzzing around. Et
>>cetera. Watched the first 10 minutes or so...looks fairly entertaining
>>(as I expected).
>>
>>Funny thing, though. By the time I left that night the Episode 1 shows
>>for Wednesday evening were only half-sold out.
>>
>>Could it be that people were discouraged by the hype of long lines and
>>sold out shows?
>>
>>Just a thought.
>>
>>Mark
>
>
>ummm..hello?
>
>TPM grossed $45 MILLION on OPENING DAY.
>
>
No, it didn't. $28 million was a much more realistic number. Of
course, I KNEW the losers would count in the ridiculous $500 per
ticket charity events in the box office numbers.
Joe
>On Thu, 20 May 1999 16:02:43 GMT, fl...@NOSPAM.com (Flagg) said:
>
>>>Could it be that people were discouraged by the hype of long lines and
>>>sold out shows?
>
>>ummm..hello?
>>
>>TPM grossed $45 MILLION on OPENING DAY.
>
>Hmph. I heard it only made half that (according to CNN on Thursday night at
>11:30PM).
>
>I saw it tonight (Thursday) at a theater where they had it on 2 screens. One
>screen is the biggest in Denver (at the Continental) and, as it would figure,
>they were sold out through...only Friday. Whoopee. At the smaller screen
>(still a large one by the way), it was only half full, and this was at an 8PM
>showing. Hmph.
>
>It might do really well for the weekend opening, but only by virtue of the
>magical fact that Hollywood seems to recognize Wednesday through Sunday as a
>"weekend", and the fact that some theater chains raised prices by $0.50 "just
>in time" for the opening.
>
>The only reason I saw it was because someone else bought tickets and had one
>person cancel out. Otherwise I could have easily just waited for it to hit
>the bargin $1.50 theaters, or see it on video.
>
>The ONLY justifiable reason to see it on a big screen is the pod race, but
>c'mon...I've seen better car chases in 3rd rate movies. But hey...whatever.
The pod race was a blatant rip-off of the chariot race scene in
Ben-Hur. Now THAT I'd like to see in a theater again!
Dennis L
>
>Could it be that people were discouraged by the hype of long lines and
>sold out shows?
>
Today's Arizona Repulsive said that was exactly the reason.
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Dennis L
>
>ummm..hello?
>
>TPM grossed $45 MILLION on OPENING DAY.
>
Now how does that amount as far as dollars per screen? Compared to other movies?
JCBANVILLE
JimB
Brent Wilkins
>These non-DVD SW posts DO NOT belong in this NG!
>
>
>JimB
DON'T HAVE A CORONARY
DragunR2
>
Phantom Menace will probably be out on DVD next year around the time of the VHS
release. Why would he wait 6 years to release a film on video? I can
understand if it's a back catalog title like SW.
Newspaper headline: "Kids make nutritious snacks."
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