Subj : Re: Serentiy Garners $10.1M weekend
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : weirdwolf
Date : Mon Oct 03 2005 17:48:50

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

Trouble <troubleNOSPAM@tekfactory.com> wrote in news:AsednS-Es9QRwNzeRVn-
iw@comcast.com:

> weirdwolf 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.
> 
>> FUCK IT! that's it! bugger the expense I am going to book a ticket,
>> shove down some painkillers and brave the journey into town to see
>> this big damn movie on my own.
> 
> Not going to wait for Claire?
> 

She's not a big film fan,this is the girl who has only just seen 
starwars! I think the last film we went to see together was ROTK. It 
doesn't help that I'm such a pain, booking in advance is a lottery, the 
seats are small and I find it hard to sit in one position for long. I 
want to see V for vendetta and mirrormask but what with the difficulties 
and cost,(u7 for the ticket) I'll probably wait and see them on DVD. The 
next movie we will probably see together is the HP movie or maybe take 
Jess to see TLTWATW,(despite my reservations about how disney it will 
be.) I think the last movie I went to see on my own was Fried green 
tomatoes at the whistle stop cafe. 

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