Isn't that about what you did for Inside Man last weekend too? I remember seeing most of the later showtimes sold out for that but I wasn't around to check for ATL. Once my movie was over I got as far away from that area as possible.

Take the Lead has about the same number of sellouts for its sneaks as Eight Below did recently.

Looks promising so far.

I hope SLITHER and BASIC INSTINCT 2 have good Saturday increases . A 2 Million Saturday for BI2 would be nice.

Ice Age: The Meltdown - 4/1/06
5:30pm showing
80% full (466-seat auditorium)

TRAILERS
Akeelah and the Bee (silent)
Garfield's A Tale of Two Kitties (lots of laughs)
The Simpsons Movie (LOTS of talk)
Hoot (some talk)
Just My Luck (some laughs)
Over the Hedge (lots of laughs)
RV (laughs and talk)

Great movie, though I think I liked the first more. There was lots of clapping at the end and an extremely positive reaction at the exit.

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Basic Instinct 2 - 4/1/06
7:45pm showing
90% full (157-seat auditorium)

TRAILERS
Click (laughs)
X-Men: The Last Stand (some talk)
The Da Vinci Code (some talk)

I had planned on waiting for the DVD, but Take the Lead was sold out and the next Slither was an hour away so I went ahead and saw it....not good at all.....poor reaction at the exit as well.


Sellouts tonight:
ATL - 7:30 I 8:45 I 10:10
Ice Age: The Meltdown - 8:00 I 9:30
Inside Man - 9:15
Take the Lead - 7:30

Extremely busy night.

At my theater.

Ice Age (two 600 seaters, one 300 seater, two 250 seaters, and one 175 seater)
11:00 - 115
11:30 - 82
12:00 - 125
12:30 - 163
12:30 - 22
1:00 - 145
1:30 - 209
2:00 - 161
2:30 - 209
3:00 - 176
3:00 - 106
3:30 - Sold Out (250 seater)
4:05 - 372
4:35 - Sold Out (250 seater)
5:05 - 325
5:45 - 214
5:45 - 86
6:15 - Sold Out (250 seater)
6:45 - 455
7:15 - Sold Out (250 seater)
7:45 - 365
8:15 - Sold Out (300 seater)
8:15 - Sold Out (175 seater)
9:00 - Sold Out (250 seater)
9:30 - Sold Out (600 seater)
10:00 - Sold Out (250 seater)
10:30 - 197
11:00 - 106
11:30 - Sold Out (250 seater)
(Wow, we haven't had this much business for a movie since the Star Wars days).

ATL (both 400 seaters)
12:35 - 21
1:10 - 14
3:15 - 54
4:05 - 29
5:50 - 89
7:00 - 114
8:10 - 247
9:50 - 262
10:50 - 181
(It was quite a bit down from yesterday).

Slither (160 seater and 155 seater)
12:45 - 18
1:30 - 18
3:25 - 46
4:15 - 34
5:55 - 57
7:05 - 76
8:25 - 102
9:40 - 129
11:10 - Sold Out (155 seater)
(Much better than yesterday, happy with the sold out show).

Basic Instict (160 seater and 90 seater)
12:20 - 17
1:25 - 22
3:05 - 35
4:20 - 29
5:45 - 33
7:20 - 29
8:25 - 64
10:00 - 62
11:15 - 40
(It increased only slightly)

Thank You for Smoking (200 seater and 160 seater)
11:45 - 14
1:20 - 39
2:10 - 42
3:35 - 42
4:30 -35
5:50 - 26
7:30 - 32
8:30 - 93
10:15 - 75
11:00 - 58
(I guess it's not popular here).

Holdovers coming up next.

Holdovers

Inside Man sold out the 9:30 (200 seater) and the 10:30 (175 seater). The 7:55 and 11:05 were near sold out (160 seater).

Stay Alive got the 300 seater. The 7:55 got 77% full and the 10:20 got 57% full.

Larry the Cable Guy sold 21 admits among 2 showtimes.

V for Vendetta sold out the 8:30 and 11:30 shows (110 seater). The 10:35 got 80% full (155 seater)

Shes the Man sold out the 4:25, 7:10 and 9:50 shows (all 90 seaters).

Failure to Lanch got 60% full for the 7:15 (135 seater) and 80% full for the 8:20 (110 seater)

The Hills Have Eyes sold out the 8:00, 9:55, and 10:40 shows (all 90 seaters).

Shaggy Dog did 13 - 38 people the whole day (5 showtimes).

16 Blocks did 43 people for the 10:30 show.

Aquamarine did 61 admits among it's two showtimes.

Date Movie's peak show got 65% full (90 seater).

Pink Panther did 38 people among it's two shows.

Final Destinations 10:40 show got 40% full (135 seater)

And finally, the Take the Lead sneak Sold Out (135 seater)

Overall, we haven't seen this type of business since Christmas day. Yes it was that busy. Looks like my theater is back on the map, even though Ice Age did almost half of the business.

heh dont blame ya the whole complex is a madhouse fri/sat after 8...anyways
Madea opening Friday = $41,000
ATL opening fri = $34,500
Inside Man opening Fri = $32,000

its all about the same to me once we reach 20,000

I was going to post the Take The Lead sneak sell-outs I found on Fandango last night...then my laptop crashed. I had to wipe everything off of the computer, including all of my documents. *POOF!* THANKFULLY, most of my important documents were saved on my flash drive and on the other family computer. Whew.

Anyway, I saw MANY sellouts for TTL- at Loews Lincoln Square 12 in NYC, Regal Union Square Stadium 12 (NYC), UA Court Stadium (Brooklyn), Loews Waterfront Theatre (Pittsburgh)...plus the many reports of sellouts here on the site. This movie is going to do quite well, I think.

EDIT: A showing of Ice Age 2 sold out at my local 8-screen theater on Sunday, a true testament to its enormous opening. The first sell-out (I think) at my theater since Hostel.

never let sell out reports fool you.... sometimes the film is split with a movie that has been out for weeks so thus it gets a small house of only like 100 - 150 seats...

It could do very well I agree just always keep that in mind when looking at sneak reports

Ice Age: The Meltdown
4/2/06, 3:35 PM
80% in a 400 Seater

Trailers:

The Wild (Looks like a poor rip-off of Madagascar)
Over The Hedge ( I love that cookie )
RV (big hit?)
The Simpsons

Movie: The movie is good entertainment for the entire family

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