Subj : Re: Serentiy Garners $10.1M weekend
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : weirdwolf
Date : Mon Oct 03 2005 17:37:02

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

Trouble <troubleNOSPAM@tekfactory.com> wrote in
news:WOGdneOjoYRgxtzeRVn-og@comcast.com: 

> 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?

 Thursday. I've just booked a ticket for the  just past one oclock 
showing. What count's as good figures for a movie like this? Whats TMoS?
 Ted
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