This is usually true, though I think we've had some last-minute adds on Wednesday before (I think for When a Stranger Calls bleh), I should know by tomorrow (Tuesday) though, if we DO add a midnight.

How is that compared to other blockbusters?

my place...

5 DaVinci (never had more than 4 of something)
2 Hedge
1 Evil

on a side note our 4:15 friday show is sold out in a 350... on top of that we have another 200+ in advance sales for friday, for davinci

losing
2 mi3
1 poseidon
other junk

my brothers theater has sold over 80 tickets to a 500 seat showing on friday night. hes says that great, along the lines of narnia.

Actually, we never sell this much advance tickets for an adult movie, they just come up and by tickets the day of release.

LOL! You could be right. I just know that I'm going to be really pisssed when I when I show up at 3AM and the place is closed! (Then againk, this is Times Square in the "city that never sleeps")

LBC just added another screen for TDVC to make it 6 total, and notfabio said the only other films to get 6 screens there since 1999 are Matrix Reloaded, Shrek 2, Revenge of the Sith, and The Goblet of Fire.

I accidentally put this in the predictions thread, though I suppose it's relevant there also. Anyway, my theater has 4 full screens for DVC this weekend. That's only been done one other time in recent memory, for Star Wars. Even Harry Potter and Spider-Man 2 only got 3. Either they know something we suspect (a huge open), or perhaps they are overestimating the hype, which is also possible. I can probably thank the Hoot tank job for freeing up a 4th screen.

Here is AMC Mercado 20 info:

The Da Vinci Code
Rated (PG-13) • 2 hrs. 29 min.

BUY TICKETS - 11:45am, 12:30pm, 1:00pm, 1:45pm, 2:15pm, 3:00pm, 4:00pm, 4:30pm, 4:30pm, 4:30pm, 5:15pm,
5:45pm, 6:30pm, 7:30pm, 7:30pm, 8:00pm, 8:00pm, 8:00pm, 8:45pm, 9:15pm, 9:15pm, 10:00pm, 10:45pm,
11:15pm, Midnight, 12:30am

All the bold shows are greyed out online. It may not mean soldouts as people have suggested, but two weeks ago when M:I3 was showing similar thing, but not other theaters, Mercado did end up selling out a great deal and was one of the top performers for the film. BTW, I haven't seen this many showings for a film at Mercado since Revenge of the Sith.

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Those are awaiting on corporate approval and not really sold out, yet.

Actually they are. Just called and confirmed.

Holy cow. 17 shows sold out with 3 days left. This movie is looking bigger by the minute.

I suspected that it was better then most "adult" movies, but how is that campared to Harry Potter or Star Wars or LOTR? I'm sure its less, but just to get an idea.

Is there any indication DVC might crack 4000 theaters this weekend? Sony said "in about 4000" and the WW notes a little under 3900. Sony has to be aware how well many of the theaters are doing with advances sales, so I think 4000+ could very well be justified.

New
The Da Vinci Code - 5 screens (21 showings)
Over the Hedge - 3 screens (17 showings)
See No Evil - 1 screen (6 showings)

Holdovers
Akeelah and the Bee - 1 screen (5 showings)
An American Haunting/Goal - 1 screen (3 Haunting, 2 Goal)
Art School Confidential/Hoot - 1 screen (3 Art School, 2 Hoot)
Just My Luck - 1 screen (5 showings)
Mission: Impossible III - 3 screens (12 showings)
Poseidon - 3 screens (14 showings)
RV - 1 screen (6 showings)
The Sentinel/Ice Age/The Wild - 1 screen (2 Sentinel, 1 Ice, 3 Wild)
Silent Hill/Stick It - 1 screen (2 shows each)
United 93/Scary Movie 4 - 1 screen (3 United, 1 Scary)

That's a lot of split screens among holdovers.

That AMC Mercado is just wild. What's the draw there? Why is it so popular?


The Orinda Theatre has sold 450 tickets for the Friday night show to a Church! They want to come see the movie so they can discuss it afterwards! Could this be a trend?

New
The Da Vinci Code - 2 screens, 1 interlock (10 showings total)
Over the Hedge - 1 screen (6 showings)
See No Evil - 1 screen (6 showings)

Holdovers
Akeelah and the Bee / The Da Vinci Code (interlock) - 1 screen (2 showings each)
Just My Luck - 1 screen (5 showings)
Mission: Impossible III - 1 screen (5 showings)
Poseidon - 1 screen (6 showings)
RV - 1 screen (5 showings)
Stick It / United 93 - 1 screen (3 showings each)

I really doubt See No Evil is in just 1,000 theaters this weekend. This is the first time I've seen a film like this, expected to be in less than 1,500 theaters, playing at both of my local theaters.

I've also never seen a planned interlock before. Usually, it's just a last minute addition at my theater.

It has always been the most popular theater in the area. It's most accessible, I guess, being so close to the main bay area highways and Great America.

Hmmm...this film is not quite like...Narnia.

Okay.

Well, it also happened to The Passion.


D'uh.

I think it's really interesting that Churches are causing sell-outs, but really for an opposite reason than Narnia or Passion. In this case, they want to see the "atrocity" (according to them) for themselves to then discuss it.

With all of this news, I am tempted to go REALLY high on the film for opening weekend. Buzz, awareness, sell outs, screen counts, tracking, advertisement: ALL MASSIVE.

PEACE, Mike.

Not necessarily. I read that there are some church representatives and priests that actually thought that the ideas and issues raised in the book were highly interesting. Read that in an articles a while ago with some quotes.

Wow, I didn't know that. That's even more interesting to me.

PEACE, Mike.