Probably TDVC is siphoning off a big chunk of the audience.

I am now predicting a +40% Saturday increase for OTH...

This weekend. As school is still in... I think this is the last week... or next week...

I can't remember

yup so Im assuming you are putting your movie needs over your daughter's this week right?

I would have.

But I took her to see that on Thursday. She wants to see it again . We will go again on Sunday.

Oh, so first I deal with personal attacks regarding Brokeback, and now when I speak MY mind about the box office, I'm a troll????

Well, I'm sorry then. But IMO, the box office is really having a hard time, with so much competetion from DVD's, bad movies, other things to do, etc, that I've finally come to the realization that the end is near for the industry. I DO think some theatres are going to close, and I DO think DVC is going to drop on Saturday.

How am I a troll for discussing my thoughts about the box office on a box office forum?

Perhaps if you don't post "OMG THEATERS ARE CLOSING DOWN - THE DA VINCI CODE SUCKS - OMG ITS GONNA DROP LIKE GIGLI - OMG OMG OMG" in every TDVC related thread, people will not think that?

Nice place. Weird to navigate. I'm not even sure if I was doing it right. One post per page per selection?
Could you ask them what they think of the reviews and stuff too? It would be nice to get some critical feedback from people we know less virtually personally. Might help us tweak our works or know who appeals to whom, etc.

Da Vinci has just as many sellouts as I can remember for the last Harry Potter movie...

I never said OMG or DA VINCI CODE SUCKS.

It seems you have something out for me though....

I have nothing against you, but the point is, the constant "theaters are closing down" nonsense is stupid, and the fact that you posted the "Da Vinci Code will drop like Gigli" post in four different threads is kind of obsessive.

Meh. I don't think theatres will close, but I do think budgets will get a bit tighter on the producing end of movies, and the theatre needs to rethink how they are goin gto make going to the movies an "experience" rather than just being for the movie's sake (in which case DVD could rival).

Either that or theatres will be like flagship stores. They won't really be expected to make money, but rather to generate interest in the newest movies for consumption everywhere else.

I did not post that 'theatres were closing down in three threads'. but I did post my thoughts on a similar Gigli-like drop on three threads because there are three or more different threads discussing the topic of DVC's box office performance this weekend.

It's my experience that some threads are read and others are not. I guess that's not the case here, and it's not necessary to cross post. Please accept my apology.

Eric

if only every movie had ONE prediction thread....

Loews Lincoln PLaza, all 6 shows have sold out for today, except for the seventh last one at 11.45. Seeing as how the 6.15 one is about to start, I give the 11.45 showing only a half hour before it probably sells out too. After that, I'm pretty sure by the end of the night we'll see the prime viewing times around 7 pm sold out for tomorrow already.

I definately wouldn't be surprised with the comments saying that Hedge is not looking good for over $40 million. Tracking (MTC) only had the film at a $40 million weekend right on, and Wsex lines had it at $32.5 million. I was surprised, with this info, that people were going $50+ million on this film. But tracking isn't always necessarily right, so I can understand. I'm just glad I went low ($42.6 mil), relative to most people here.

PEACE, Mike.

Looks like OTH will barely do 30mill.

Ugh, ugh, ugh.

Why didn't I stick with my gut and predict $43M?!

DVC has a hell of a lot of screenings at the two cinemas in my town. The showing i was at was as good as sold out (arrived late so i had to settle for the 2nd row), as was the showing in the adjacent room.

As for the movie itself, critics are overreacting, it wasn't that bad. Yeah, it draged a bit, some performances fell flat (however, interestingly, it wasn't Hank's underacting that cought my eyes but McKellen's occasional overacting), but following the story, the charecters how they unrevel these mysteries, all that secret society and history stuff and all, was quite intriguing (i have quite a soft spot for such things). It's not that much repeat-viewing friendly though, once you know the story (haven't read the book myself) you don't feel the need to see the movie again (at least for a while), because the story is the movie, that's what makes it (not some great performances or scenes in particular or whatever).

From OscarWatch forum:

Saw See No Evil at 2:50. Me, a friend, and three other people. Big time bomb.

They had a news crew outside the theater for Da Vinci though, asking people what they thought. Everyone in line ahead of me was buying tickets for later tonight. The last time a news crew was at the theater was for ROTS.

AMC Mercado sold out the 11:15pm show and just added another one. Van Ness 14 in San Francisco sold out 3 of the 5 night shows, and Bay Street 16 in Oakland sold out 3 of the 10 night shows so far.

Well that would be third though didn't GOF make 40 some million on friday?

I think he is referring to his own theater in comparison. GOF also had midnight showings.

True that inflated.

Caught the 1:15 in Lincoln, NE of Da Vinci. It was sold-out.