Subj : Re: Serentiy Garners $10.1M weekend
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : Trouble
Date : Mon Oct 03 2005 13:03:58

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

weirdwolf wrote:

> Trouble wrote:
>> 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.

Well I can't wait to hear what the UK numbers will add to the pot. The
real number we should all be wondering about is how much extra do they
need to get Universal to make the next two? Surely it has to make $39
just to break even, ticket sales + DVDs, and eventual runs on Scifi
channel will probably make that. But how much more do they need to get
Universal to lay out another $39 million for a sequel? 

I know they're supposed to be like Venture Capitalists and the runaway
sucesses are supposed to more than pay for the box office failures, but
lets just say IF the whole cast signed 3 movie deals, and their going
rates don't change, the CGI company doesn't do any more work than this
time around, and nobody asks for a bigger trailer, how much? 

> It doesn't help that I'm such a pain, booking in advance is a lottery,

My wife is much the same, we found it hard to plan anything in advance
for a while, now that her new meds work better, we've gone places, and
even kept dinner reservations. 

-- 
"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise.
Seek what they sought."
--Basho

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