Crown Annapolis Mall Cinema:

NEW:

Crank (5 Showings)
Crossover (5 Showings)
The Wicker Man (5 Showings)

HOLDOVERS:

Accepted (5 Showings)
Beerfest (4 Showings)
Invincible (9 Showings)
Snakes On A Plane (4 Showings)
Talladega Nights: The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby (4 Showings)
World Trade Center (4 Showings)
Barnyard/Accepted (3 Showings/1 Showing)

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Crown Annapolis Harbour Center:

NEW:

The Illusionist (4 Showings)
The Quiet (5 Showings)

HOLDOVERS:

How To Eat Fried Worms (5 Showings)
Idlewild (4 Showings)
Little Miss Sunshine (8 Showings)
Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (3 Showings)
Step Up (4 Showings)
Material Girls/The Devil Wears Prada (1 Showing/3 Showings)

No word on screens for my theater yet, but one place about 20 minutes away from me is getting The Quiet and the AMC Loews Cineplex 20 at Universal CityWalk Orlando (where I'll be this weekend) is getting Idiocracy so I'm happy.

I have confirmed that we are cutting one screen of Crank and giving it to Invincible. If Crank has a poor Friday, an interlock may be considered.

Openers:
Crank - 2 screens (11 showings)
Crossover - 1 screen (5 showings)
The Quiet - 1 screen (4 showings)
Trust the Man - 1 screen (4 showings)
The Wicker Man - 2 screens (9 showings)

Holdovers:
Accepted - 1 screen (5 showings)
Barnyard - 1 screen (2 showings)
Beerfest - 1 screen (4 showings)
How to Eat Fried Worms/Pulse - 1 screen (3 showings/3 showings)
Idlewild - 2 screens (7 showings)
The Illusionist - 1 screen (4 showings)
Invincible - 2 screens (8 showings)
Little Miss Sunshine - 1 screen (5 showings)
Material Girls - 1 screen (2 showings)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest/Miami Vice - 1 screen (3 showings)
Snakes on a Plane - 1 screen (5 showings)
Step Up - 1 screen (5 showings)
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby/World Trade Center - 1 screen (3 showings/2 showings)

Nice, we're getting The Quiet and Trust the Man. Oh, and this is really weird --- the AMC Loews Universal Cineplex 20 has a midnight show scheduled for Idiocracy, but it's not listed as playing at all on Friday. I don't know what's up with that, but I guess it's just stupid Fandango getting my hopes up.

New
Crank - 1 screen (7 showings)
The Wicker Man - 1 screen (6 showings)

Holdovers
Accepted / Material Girls - 1 screen (6 showings)
Barnyard / Snakes on a Plane - 1 screen (7 showings)
Beerfest - 1 screen (5 showings)
Idlewild - 1 screen (6 showings)
Invincible - 1 screen (7 showings)
Step Up - 1 screen (7 showings)
Talladega Nights - 1 screen (6 showings)
World Trade Center - 1 screen (5 showings)

New
Crank - 1 screen (5 showings)
The Illusionist - 1 screen (5 showings)
The Wicker Man - 1 screen (5 showings)

Holdovers
Invincible - 1 screen (5 showings)
Little Miss Sunshine - 1 screen (5 showings)
Beerfest - 1 screen (5 showings)
Accepted - 1 screen (5 showings)
Barnyard - 1 screen (5 showings)
Talladega Nights: Ballad of Ricky Bobby - 1 screen (5 showings)
Snakes on a Plane - 1 screen (5 showings)
How to Eat Fried Worms - 1 screen (5 showings)
World Trade Center - 1 screen (4 showings)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl - 1 screen (4 showings)
Material Girls/The Descent - Sharing 1 screen (3 showings for Material, 2 for Descent)
Pulse/You, Me and Dupree - Sharing 1 screen (3 showings for Pulse, 2 for Dupree)

Based off of BOM these are the screen counts here:
(Not including are major theater Century Rio 24. Theres also Century downtown thats not reported right now.)
(Oddly Cars is still at the major theaters and the dollar theater!)
UA Starport and Cottonwood Mall dosn't have its listed either (Thats another big theater)

UA Four Hills (Use to be one of the biggest theaters before they moved it.)

Crank: 1 screen, 4 showings
Wicker Man: 1 screen, 4 showings
How to Eat Fried Worms: 1 screen, 4 showings
Beerfest: 1 screen, 4 showings
Pulse: 1 screen, 2 showings
Step Up: 1 screen: 4 showings
World Trade Center: 1 screens, 4 showings
Barnyard: 1 screen: 4 showings
Talledga Nights: 1 screen, 4 showings
Monster House: 1 screen, 4 showings
An Inconvient Truth (!): 1 screen, 2 showings (I'm very surprised to see that here!)

Oh Snakes and Materiel Girls go bye bye!

UA High Ridge theater (My cousin works there!):

The Quiet: 1 screen, 5 showings (I didn't even know that it was expanding!)
Invincible: 1 screen, 5 showings
Snakes on a Plane: 1 screen, 2 showings
Accpted: 1 screen, 5 showings
The Illusionist: 1 screen, 4 showings
World Trade Center: 1 screen, 4 showings
Scoop: 1 screen, 2 showings
Little Miss Sunshine: 1 screen, 5 showings
Pirates 2: 1 screen, 4 showings

UA Winrock: (I think this was closed down temp.)

Crank: 1 screen, 4 theaters
Wicker Man: 1 screen, 4 showings
Beerfest: 1 screen, 4 showings
Invincible: 1 screen, 4 showings
Step Up: 1 screen, 4 showings
Talladega Nights: 1 screen, 4 showings


We use to have more theaters until recently. Lots of people go its just the multiplexes are now crowded.

Why is The Quiet expanding? It has mediocre reviews, no buzz, and didn't even do very well in limited release.

Thats what I was wondering!

new
2 - crossover
1 - wicker man
1 - crank
1 - trust the man
1 - idiocracy (that came out of no where )
1 - illiusionist

old
2 - idlewild
1 - snakes
1 - invincible
1 - little miss
1 - beerfest

some other junk

Why is Trust The Man still expanding?!

Openers

Crank - 2 screens (12 showtimes)
Crossover - 2 screens (11 showtimes)
Idiocracy - 1 screen (6 showtimes)
The Illusionist - 1 screen (6 showtimes)
Lassie / An Inconvenient Truth (reissue) - 1 screen (3 showtimes each)
The Quiet - 1 screen (6 showtimes)
The Wicker Man - 2 screens (11 showtimes.

Wow, we are showered with openers.

Same here:
AMC COVINA 30
Crank - 2 Screens
Crossover - 1 Screen
Idiocracy - 1 Screen
The Illusionist - 1 Screen
An Inconvenient Truth - 1 Screen (WTF? why is it back?)
Lassie - 1 Screen
The Quiet - 1 Screen
The Wicker Man - 2 Screens

Well, it is Labor Day weekend, and Labor Day weekend is notorious for reissues. Also, it is still getting PTA's over $1000, so, why not?

Yep. Paramount almost always reissues something for Labor Day Weekend. It's also about $200K shy of $23 million this
will get it over that hump. The only other film of theirs similarly close is OVER THE HEDGE to $155 but earning less than
$100 a day per screen isn't really worthwhile

It's a little surprising WB didn't reissue SUPERMAN RETURNS this weekend, but considering it would have taken away
screens from WICKER MAN and BEERFEST its understandable. It also kind of lends credence to the suggestion by
Bryan Singer that they are going to wait until closer to the DVD launch to re-issue it in some capacity.

I'm looking at a Domino for a comparable movie to Crank. How many screens did you guys get of that one?

Regarding presales for this weekend, we've got goose-eggs across the board. I will have final figures tomorrow afternoon. Maybe we will actually sell a ticket to something.

i guess its just a very weak weekend... try to get it in some markets it wasnt in before...make as much as it can..whoknows

Fox Searchlight has actually been expanding movies that haven't been doing that great. Another example would be Imagine Me & You.

Heres for the rest of the movies:

Centruy Rio 24 (The biggest theater in NM)

Crossover: 12 showings.
Crank: 12 showings.
Wickerman: 11 showings.
Idlewidle: 5 showings.
Fried Worms: 4 showings.
Beerfest: 7 showings.
Invincible: 11 showings. (Has both the earliest and latest time at this theater! 11:30 AM and 11:45 PM!)
Snakes on a Plane: 5 showings.
Accepted: 5 showings.
Material Girls: 2 showings. (Most likely on the small screen)
The Illusionist: 5 showings.
Pulse: 3 showings. (another one thats probably on 1 of the 2 small screens)
Step Up: 5 showings.
World Trade Center: 4 showings.
Barnyard: 6 showings.
Tagellda Nights: 5 showings.
The Decent: 6 showings. (that many?)
Miami Vice: 1 showing.
Little Miss Sunshine: 5 showings.
Monster House: 4 showings.
Pirates 2: 4 showings.
Devil Wears Prada: 5 showings.

Century Downtown 14 (Don't go there much as its far away but it is crowded.)

Crossover: 5 showings.
Crank: 6 showings.
The Wicker Man: 5 showings.
The Quiet: 5 showings.
How to Eat Fried Worms: 3 showings.
Beerfest: 5 showings.
Snakes on a Plane: 2 showings.
The Illusionist: 5 showings.
Step Up: 5 showings.
World Trade Center: 4 showings.
Little Miss Sunshine: 5 showings.
Pirates 2: 4 showings.
An Incovient Truth: 5 showings.
Mrs. Palfrey at the Clarmont: 5 showings. (This is still playing?!?)

UA Starport at Cottonwood Mall: (Another nice big theater)

Crossover: 4 showings.
Crank: 5 showings.
Wicker Man: 4 showings.
Idlewilde: 4 showings.
How to Eat Fried Worms: 4 showings.
Beerfest: 2 showings.
Invinicible: 4 showings.
Snakes on a Plane: 2 showings.
Accpeted: 5 showings.
Material Girls: 2 showings.
Pulse: 2 showings.
Step Up: 4 showings.
World Trade Center: 4 showings.
Barnyard: 4 showings.
Tallegeda Nights: 4 showings.
Little Miss Sunshine: 4 showings.
Monster House: 3 showings.
Pirates 2: 4 showings.
An Inconvient Truth: 2 showings.

So this is how many theaters the movies are playing at in Albuquerque: (Not including the indie theaters or dollar theaters or the Imax)

Crank: 5 theaters.
Crossover: 3 theaters.
Wicker Man: 5 theaters.
Idlewidle: 2 theaters.
How to Eat Fried Worms: 3 theaters.
Invincible: 4 theaters. (I'm surprised its not at more!)
Beerfest: 5 theaters. (Yes more theaters then Invinvible!)
Snakes on a Plane: 4 theaters.
Pulse: 3 theaters.
Materieal Girls: 2 theaters.
Little Miss Sunshine: 4 theaters.
The Illusionist: 3 theaters.
Pirates 2: 4 theaters. (Yes its at quite a few still!)
Barnyard: 3 theaters.
Accepted: 3 theaters.
Monster House: 3 theaters.
World Trade Center: 5 theaters. (Still quite a few)
Talleaga Nights: 4 theaters.
Step Up: 5 theaters. (Still quite a few as well)
An Incoveinet Truth: 3 theaters.
Scoop: 1 theater.
The Quiet: 2 theaters.
Devil Wears Prada: 1 theater. (And 5 showings on its only theater!)
The Decent: 1 theater. (and myseriously has 6 showings there!)
Mrs. Palfrey at the Clarmount: 1 theater.

(The most I've ever seen more a movie was 6 when we had more smaller theaters, but now we don't really have run down theaters here anymore!)

Looks like Zoom is out of Albuquerque now!

889 theaters for The Illusionist.

New
Crank - 1 screen (7 showings)
Crossover - 2 screens (12 showings)
The Illusionist - 1 screen (6 showings)
The Wicker Man - 1 screen (6 showings)

Holdovers
Accepted - 1 screen (6 showings)
Barnyard/Trust the Man - 1 screen (5 Barnyard, 1 Trust)
Beerfest - 1 screen (6 showings)
The Descent/Material Girls - 1 screen (3 shows each)
How to Eat Fried Worms - 1 screen (5 showings)
Idlewild - 2 screens (10 showings)
Invincible - 2 screens (11 showings)
Little Miss Sunshine - 1 screen (5 showings)
Miami Vice/Monster House - 1 screen (3 shows each)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - 1 screen (4 showings)
Pulse - 1 screen (3 showings, screen shared with Snakes on a Plane)
Snakes on a Plane - 1 screen day, 2 screens night (9 showings)
Step Up - 1 screen (6 showings)
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby - 1 screen (6 showings)
World Trade Center - 1 screen (5 showings)

My three surrounding theaters are all thumbs down on a print for Crank - I'm anxious to see the official theater count later. It sure seems like Lionsgate has lost faith in the film.

This weekend's presales are as follows:

The Illusionist - 5
Wicker Man - 4
Little Miss Sunshine - 2
Crank - 0
Crossover - 0

Looking back on data from the last two Labor Day weekends (the only years I have available), there is nothing suggesting a breakout for anything.

The Illusionist stands to do very well here, given the early presales and the inquiries I received a week before it even arrived.

Wicker Man has a shot at beating tracking, but we're not talking anything close to a $20M 4-day, IMO.

Little Miss Sunshine continues to do its thing - I'm expecting a solid PTA this weekend, and wouldn't be surprised to see it blow past Crank.

Crank is in trouble. Transporters 2 registered a handful of presales, and even worse, we're sticking this in one of our small screens (a 200 seater). There is talk about a possible interlock of this screen if Friday's number is poor. I suppose we're lucky to be getting a print, as the surrounding theaters aren't getting it at all. Crank could finish dead last this weekend (among openers).

Crossover has no presales, but we weren't expecting any. Though we usually get some for every release, we know this will be a slow movie weekend, and there isn't much awareness for this. Even so, I see this doing modest numbers that are close to tracking. As always, the bomb potential is always there.

All in all, it looks to be a slow weekend with an outside chance one of the above surprising.

Screen Allocations.

575 seater
Crank
Wicker Man

400 seater
Crossover
Invincible

275 seater
Illusionist
Wicker Man

240 seater
Accepted
Invincible

190 seater
Beerfest
Snakes on a Plane

175 seater
Beerfest
World Trade Center

160 seater
Barnyard
Idlewild
Little Miss Sunshine
Talladega Nights

155 seater
Crossover
Idiocracy

135 seater
Crank
Step Up

110 seater
Miami Vice
Pirates

95 seater
Descent
John Tucker Must Die / Lady in the Water
Lassie / Inconvient Truth
Material Girls
Pulse
The Quiet
Trust the Man / Quincenera

90 seater
How to Eat Fried Worms

That's a weird booking pattern for Crossover and Crank. Anyway, I am working night shifts Friday and Saturday again.