Screen counts for new releases in Annapolis, MD:

~2~

FIREWALL (9 Showings)
THE PINK PANTHER (10 Showings)

~1~

CURIOUS GEORGE (5 Showings)
FINAL DESTINATION 3 (5 Showings)

New
Curious George - 1 screen (5 showings)
Final Destination 3 - 1 screen (5 showings)
Firewall - 1 screen (5 showings)
The Pink Panther - 1 screen (5 showings)

Holdovers
When A Stranger Calls - 1 screen (5 showings)
Something New - 1 screen (5 showings)
Nanny McPhee - 1 screen (5 showings)
The Matador - 1 screen (5 showings)
Underworld: Evolution - 1 screen (5 showings)
Brokeback Mountain - 1 screen (4 showings)
The New World - 1 screen (4 showings)
Hoodwinked - 1 screen (4 showings)
Annapolis/Last Holiday - Sharing 1 screen (3 showings for Annapolis, 2 for Holiday)
Good Night, And Good Luck./The End Of The Spear - Sharing 1 screen (3 showings for Night, 2 showings for Spear)
The Chronicles Of Narnia/Glory Road - Sharing 1 screen (2 showings for each)
Capote - 1 showing (Hoodwinked's late showing)

Openers:
Curious George - 2 screens
Final Destination 3 - 2 screens
Firewall - 2 screens
The Pink Panther - 2 screens

Holdovers:
Annapolis/Capote - 1 screen
Big Momma's House 2 - 2 screens
Fun with Dick and Jane/Last Holiday - 1 screen
Hoodwinked/Good Night, and Good Luck - 1 screen
Hostel - 1 screen
Match Point - 1 screen
Mrs. Henderson Presents/The Matador - 1 screen
Nanny McPhee - 1 screen
The New World/Syriana - 1 screen
Something New - 1 screen
Underworld: Evolution - 1 screen
When a Stranger Calls - 1 screen

2 - FD3
2 - Firewall
1 - Curious George
1 - Pink Panther

nothing really exciting

New
Curious George - 1 screen (5 showings)
Final Destination 3 - 2 screens (11 showings)
Firewall - 2 screens (10 showings)
Imagine Me and You - 1 screen (5 showings)
The Pink Panther - 2 screens (10 showings)

Holdovers
Annapolis - 1 screen (5 showings)
Big Momma's House 2 - 2 screens (8 showings)
Brokeback Mountain - 1 screen (4 showings)
Capote - 1 screen (4 showings)
Glory Road/Narnia - 1 screen (2 shows each)
Hoodwinked/Good Night & Good Luck - 1 screen (4 Hoodwinked, 1 Good Night)
Last Holiday/The New World - 1 screen (2 shows each)
The Matador - 1 screen (6 showings)
Mrs. Henderson Presents - 1 screen (5 showings)
Nanny McPhee - 1 screen (5 showings)
Something New - 1 screen (5 showings)
Underworld: Evolution - 1 screen (4 showings)
When a Stranger Calls - 2 screens (11 showings)

New
Curious George - 2 screens (9 showings)
Final Destination 3 - 2 screens (9 showings)
Firewall - 2 screens (10 showings)
The Pink Panther - 2 screens (9 showings)

Holdovers
Something New (5 showings)
When a Stranger Calls (5 showings)
The World's Fastest Indian (4 showings)
Annapolis (5 showings)
Big Momma's House 2 (5 showings)
Nanny McPhee (5 showings)
Underworld: Evolution (5 showings)
Glory Road (2 showings)/Narnia (2 showings)
The New Wolrld (2 showings)/Memoirs of a Geisha (2 showings)
Brokeback Mountain (4 showings)

Gr.... and I wanted to see Capote.

Doubt Ill see anything...

At my theater.

Final Destination - 3 screens (12 showtimes)
Pink Panther - 3 screens (11 showtimes)
Curious George - 2 screens (9 showtimes)
Firewall - 2 screens (8 showtimes)

Solid counts for Final Destination 3 so far.

Screen Report

600 seater
Final Destination 3
Final Destination 3

400 seater
Curious George / When a Stranger Calls
Curious George / Final Destination 3

300 seater
Firewall
Firewall

250 seater
Big Momma's House 2
When a Stranger Calls

200 seater
Pink Panther
When a Stranger Calls / Curious George

175 seater
Final Destination 3 / Curious George
Pink Panther

160 seater
Big Momma's House
Brokeback Mountain
Nanny McPhee
Pink Panther

155 seater
Annopolis
Underworld 2

135 seater
Hostel
Walk the Line

110 seater
King Kong
Last Holiday / New World

90 seater
Capote / Good Night and Good Luck
Fun With Dick and Jane
Hoodwinked
Munich
Narnia / Glory Road
Something New
Syriana / Tristan and Isolde
World's Fastest Indian

Good for Final Destination 2 and George. Pretty Good for Firewall. Not good for Pink Panther. Also, I am opening Friday, so you will see matinee reports.

Curious George gets three theatres during the day and only one theatre at night? I can understand the need to do that on the weekend, but wouldn't it be better to have it in more theatres for Friday night after school? I'm going to predict now that you're underestimating the demand for Pink Panther. It'll be in one of the 400's by Saturday.

That was a misprint. It is fixed now.

Some (homeless looking) guy on campus told me he somehow got tickets to an advance screening of PP tonight. He thought it was "really good". It was "mostly full" when I asked, but that can really mean anything.

LOL.

I'm still pumped...

Show me some crowd reports!!!

Early sellout check: Pink Panther has sold out the 7:15 at Loews Lincoln Square, Curious George the 7:30 at Loews 34th Street in Manhattan.

wow, curious george sold out a 7:30 show... I'm actually quite impressed.. it should do very well over the rest of the weekend...

Any reports?

Well, that's weird, cause I was *AT* the Loews 34th and at around 7:15, nothing was sold out according to the board... but when I got out of the movie at 9:30 (early screening of Failure to Launch), the later screening of Final Destination 3 was the only thing sold out.

I guess I should have checked what size theatre Curious George was playing in (might have been put ina small theatre)... the place was pretty packed though...there were a lot of people there tonight.

Final Destination 3 - 2/10/06
7:45pm showing
80% full (466-seat auditorium)

TRAILERS
Running Scared (silent)
Mission: Impossible III (lots of talk)
Slither (talk and laughs)
Stay Alive (silent)
She's the Man (some laughs)
Take the Lead (talk)

End reaction was pretty mixed. I thought it was ok, but not as good as the first. BTW, the only sellout of the night was The Pink Panther at 8:25.

Matinee Report at my theater (before 6:45)

In admits

Final Destination - 262 (6 showtimes)
Curious George - 224 (5 showtimes)
Firewall - 196 (5 showtimes)
Pink Panther - 208 (7 showtimes)

It looks like Final Destination will win the night. Pink Panther looks to be the lowest performer of the night (per theater wise that is). I hope this is the outcome of the numbers (this would help my numbers).

THE PINK PANTHER
5:10PM at Crown Annapolis Mall 11
75% Full

Trailers: Nacho Libre, Over The Hedge, The Benchwarmers, Madea's Family Reunion, and Ice Age 2: The Meltdown.

Reaction: Fantastic, laughs throughout and the large groups of children applauded at the end.

***

FINAL DESTINATION 3
7:40PM at Crown Annapolis Mall 11
95% Full

Trailers: Slither, Alpha Dog, Running Scared, The Hills Have Eyes, and Mission: Impossible III.

Reaction: Very strong. Laughs and screams mixed throughout during the various horror/gore scenes and some mild applause at the end.

The Pink Panther
9:40 show, 300-seater, about 1/3 full.

Trailers
Madea's Family Reunion
The Benchwarmers
RV
Ice Age 2
The Shaggy Dog

Movie
Shoot me, but I thought it was funny. We were going to see Firewall but then decided we wanted to see something light and silly after a long week, so we saw this instead (Final Destination was actually the first choice but it was sold out). Um, anyway, the movie is dumb but just funny in an amusingly slapstick way. A decent way to kill a few hours. B-

Crowd seemed to enjoy it, plenty of laughs. As I said, I saw a sellout for Final Destination for a show that started around the same time as Pink Panther. Firewall looked about the same number of people that Pink Panther had.

Too bad you couldn't see FD3 Libs but nice to see it sold out. I will be seeing it tomorrow, along with Panther and Firewall.

I'm seeing FD3 tomorrow night. Sounds like it might be #1 this weekend.

Mrs Henderson Presents

7:20pm - AMC Emeryville, CA

lots of people in a small auditorium.

The house lights were left on "50%" during the whole movie, and then when the credits started to roll the automation then turned the lights off just in time for everybody to trip down the stairs. I hate AMC. (sorry Scott.)

Was the MADEA'S FAMILY REUNION trailer you saw before THE PINK PANTHER really short? The one I saw was. I mean, like TV spot-length short.

The RUNNING SCARED trailer before FD3 was also really short (30-seconds and it ended with an invite to the official site, where the opening 6 minutes are available). The last time I remember seeing TV spot-style ads before theatrical movies was a DEVIL'S REJECTS one before DARK WATER last summer and I hope it's not becoming a trend, it's annoying and defeats the purpose of trailers (to give people a larger understanding of a movie's plot and style).