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Rolling Thunder
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For a movie that isn't tracking well, Poseidon is getting a ton of screens. I suppose theaters don't really pay much attention to tracking and just assume super-wide releases demand more screens? That didn't pay off well for mine last weekend, when they unexplainably gave Hoot two and it barely racked up $700 in sales over three days.
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| Thu May 11, 2006 8:09 am |
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xiayun
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The reports of 10pm shows by notfabio are right in line with a $20m opening.
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dolemit3
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xiayun wrote: The reports of 10pm shows by notfabio are right in line with a $20m opening. Just how packed were the 10pm shows: 50%, 20%, ...?
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| Fri May 12, 2006 12:59 pm |
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xiayun
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dolemit3 wrote: xiayun wrote: The reports of 10pm shows by notfabio are right in line with a $20m opening. Just how packed were the 10pm shows: 50%, 20%, ...? Average around 30-40 people in the few theaters he tracked. _________________Recent watched movies: American Hustle - B+ Inside Llewyn Davis - B Before Midnight - A 12 Years a Slave - A- The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - A- My thoughts on box office
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dolemit3
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If Poseidon scores below 20 mil this weekend, it might teach WB (and other studios) not to release a poorly tracked movie ultra-wide on multiple screens with 10pm Thurs. shows no matter how much $$$ they spent on it.
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| Fri May 12, 2006 1:34 pm |
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xiayun
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notfabio reports fewer than a dozen people per show for the first two shows at the locations he's tracking. Similar report from Rolling Thunder. Sub-$20m looks pretty certain.
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Jedi Master Carr
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I guess it shows that WB shouldn't have remade Posiedon or that people don't want to see disaster flicks anymore.
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Mr. Reynolds
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you are all so gonna be wrong come tomorrow morning.
It'll do $8-10 million today.
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| Fri May 12, 2006 4:27 pm |
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Rolling Thunder
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Update: My theater reports current Poseidon business as "embarassing" and says that a sub $20M weekend is "very likely".
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Mr. Reynolds
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Rolling Thunder wrote: Update: My theater reports current Poseidon business as "embarassing" and says that a sub $20M weekend is "very likely". you're in Kentukcy. Hardly a good representation of what's going on in the cities.
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AlexGTX
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Sam Nasty wrote: Rolling Thunder wrote: Update: My theater reports current Poseidon business as "embarassing" and says that a sub $20M weekend is "very likely". you're in Kentukcy. Hardly a good representation of what's going on in the cities. _________________
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zingy
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I wouldn't say his theater is a bad respresentation, actually. I believe he called a disappointing opening weekend around this time last Friday for Mission: Impossible III. Even the 10:00PM showings from last night did awful, though not unexpected.
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misterglass
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I'm not sure why they'd even bother with 10pm screenings. Not being a sequel, Poseidon just wouldn't have that kind of demand regardless.
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GCC
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Sell outs around SF Bay Area: ZERO
Even the IMAX show are NOT sold out.
Ha ha ha ha ha! The slump continues....
Look for lots of theatres to close by the end of summer!
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| Fri May 12, 2006 6:25 pm |
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makeshift
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SFERIC wrote: Ha ha ha ha ha! The slump continues....
Look for lots of theatres to close by the end of summer! Is that funny?
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xiayun
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Since not much is happening this weekend, here is the booking info for the next one:
notfabio wrote: Early SoCal Megaplex Bookings 5/19
5 DA VINCI CODE
4 OVER THE HEDGE
1 SEE NO EVIL
No DA VINCI CODE pre-open midnights.
HEDGE right now is the same as MADGS booking a week out, a fifth screen was added as a split with Longest Yard a few days before. In this case a fifth digital is looking likely even though POSDN was booked just this week in digital. Really, it's that bad today.
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El Maskado
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I always thought that Poseidon will bomb but even I didnt know it was going to bomb this badly being under 20 million. I guess it wasnt that far off by saying it was going to take between Stealth to KOH opening
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jb007
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Oompa Loompa Midget Man wrote: I always thought that Poseidon will bomb but even I didnt know it was going to bomb this badly being under 20 million. I guess it wasnt that far off by saying it was going to take between Stealth to KOH opening Kurt Russell and Josh Lucas = Box Office Poison x 10 
Poseidon supporters must be getting that "sinking" feeling by about now. 
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dolemit3
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jb007 wrote: Oompa Loompa Midget Man wrote: I always thought that Poseidon will bomb but even I didnt know it was going to bomb this badly being under 20 million. I guess it wasnt that far off by saying it was going to take between Stealth to KOH opening Kurt Russell and Josh Lucas = Box Office Poison x 10 Poseidon supporters must be getting that "sinking" feeling by about now. Kurt Russell is smart enough to diversify his resume: Miracle, Dreamer, etc. His career should survive this.
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El Maskado
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jb007 wrote: Oompa Loompa Midget Man wrote: I always thought that Poseidon will bomb but even I didnt know it was going to bomb this badly being under 20 million. I guess it wasnt that far off by saying it was going to take between Stealth to KOH opening Kurt Russell and Josh Lucas = Box Office Poison x 10 Poseidon supporters must be getting that "sinking" feeling by about now. Wheres Ron's parking lot report to finally nail the coffin for this movie shut?
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jb007
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Oompa Loompa Midget Man wrote:
Wheres Ron's parking lot report to finally nail the coffin for this movie shut? The parking lot has been abandoned. 
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Animosity Reigns
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everything is slow...
MI3 dropped hard (ex: last week 7pm = 175 people, this week 7pm = 45 people ), Just my luck is doing jack, goal I think had 3 people all day
Poseidon...
ugh...
we have 3 prints all 3 during the 6pm-8pm set had an avg of 75 people.... last week MI3 in the same set avg'd 215....
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MadGez
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I wouldnt worry too much about the 10pm screenings - they hold no water for a film like this.
Regardless - this is on track with my expectations of being a dissapointment.
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xiayun
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Hmm, $15m is a real possibility now.
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dolemit3
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xiayun wrote: Hmm, $15m is a real possibility now. Simply ridiculous 
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