Subj : Serentiy Garners $10.1M weekend
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : Trouble
Date : Mon Oct 03 2005 11:50:03

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

http://www.boxofficeguru.com/weekend.htm

"Generating the best opening among all the new films was the science 
fiction adventure Serenity with an estimated $10.1M. Launching moderately 
in 2,188 locations, the PG-13 film averaged a respectable $4,635 for 
Universal. Directed by Joss Whedon, Serenity connected with a sci-fi fan 
base of those who followed Whedon's short-lived Fox television series 
Firefly. However, the crowd was not big enough to push the film to 
impressive heights. The $39M production appealed to an adult male 
audience with 52% of the crowd being age 30 and older and a very high 61% 
being men. Exit polls were encouraging as 88% of those polled marked the 
space flick "excellent" or "very good." As expected for a sci-fi flick, 
Serenity was the only picture in the top ten to see Saturday sales fall 
from Friday."

10.1 of 39 in one weekend... they're sure to make some of that back on 
DVD sales.

Also note the parts on the site about historic box office lows, bad 
quarters year over year etc... and in that context our movie is doing 
pretty well.

It was only showing on one screen at the theater where I went, and it was 
packed.

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Seek what they sought."
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