Subj : Re: Serentiy Garners $10.1M weekend
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : Steve Brooks
Date : Mon Oct 03 2005 19:25:01

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

weirdwolf wrote:
> Trouble wrote
>> 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.

There's been preview showings in a few cinemas up and down the country.

> What count's as good figures for a movie like this? Whats
> TMoS?

The Memory of Shadows. A Babylon 5 spin-off movie that nearly got made in 
the last year or so.

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SB

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