Subj : Re: Serentiy Garners $10.1M weekend
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : Trouble
Date : Mon Oct 03 2005 12:27:41

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

Steve Brooks wrote:

> Trouble wrote:

>> 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.

> It's great that a $39M SF movie can gross a third of its production
> costs on the first weekend. Maybe we'll get a year or two where some
> of the suits in Hollywood get their heads round the idea that a good
> script is as valuable as expensive SFX and even more expensive star
> actors when it comes to turning a profit. Hell, maybe JMS will get
> another chance to make TMoS. 

Is it even out in the UK yet?

Apparently FINAL numbers for the weekend will come in this evening, the 
website above will have an update then.

Oddly enough a lot of the people I know who are going to see it haven't, 
I'd like to hope this is the case nationwide and that the opening numbers 
will continue to to do well.

Although with some of the movies out this weekend, and some of the older 
ones limping along, $10.1M is starting to look like good money for Fall

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Seek what they sought."
--Basho

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