Serenity 3rd in weekend take

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WILDHEAVENFARM

Monday, October 3, 2005 8:25 PM

Serenity opened at number 2, which is still really good all things considers. But look at this - our beloved BDM garnered more money per theater than any other movie this weekend. Here are those figures (in round numbers, this weekend's only) in order of box office rank:

Flightplan - $4391
Serenity - $4535
Corpse Bride - $3044
Into the Blue - $2509
Just like Heaven - $1722
Emily Rose - $1464

You get the picture. Be proud, my be-coated breathren! And keep up the good work.

Mary
Always a beast, never a burden.

JASONZZZ

Monday, October 3, 2005 9:01 PM

Actually, all said and done, Serenity ending up averaging about $4635/theatre.

But.... i actually looks like History of Violence actualy did $6120/theatre (on its 2nd week too) and Proof did $4904 (on its 3rd week). Those are pretty strong showings.

Quote:
Originally posted by WildHeavenFarm:
Serenity opened at number 2, which is still really good all things considers. But look at this - our beloved BDM garnered more money per theater than any other movie this weekend. Here are those figures (in round numbers, this weekend's only) in order of box office rank:

Flightplan - $4391
Serenity - $4535
Corpse Bride - $3044
Into the Blue - $2509
Just like Heaven - $1722
Emily Rose - $1464

You get the picture. Be proud, my be-coated breathren! And keep up the good work.

Mary
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WILDHEAVENFARM

Monday, October 3, 2005 10:01 PM

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Originally posted by Jasonzzz:
Actually, all said and done, Serenity ending up averaging about $4635/theatre.

But.... i actually looks like History of Violence actualy did $6120/theatre (on its 2nd week too) and Proof did $4904 (on its 3rd week). Those are pretty strong showings.

Yeah, I sorta deliberately left that out. I didn't see Proof, though.

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EMBERS

Monday, October 3, 2005 11:28 PM

I think that this is a positive statistic:
no theater owner is going to replace their top grossing movie...
so if they have both 'Serenity' and 'Flightplan' I think they would say that being #1 doesn't mean much to THEM,
that movie is obviously going to make even less next weekend and they can replace it,
but they should hold onto 'Serenity'....

I hope that if Universal puts out some ads showing our two thumbs up (because Ebert really did like it) then we may actually do better next week
(knock on wood)

JASONZZZ

Monday, October 3, 2005 11:58 PM

Wouldn't bet on Universal doing anymore ads than what they've done... They are trying to do the grassroots thing, so more likely they release a little bit small (# of theatres wise) with little fanfare, 1st + 2nd week, they are waiting for grassroots excitement to build up. They'll do a review by the 3rd/4th week and do a bit more ads and open to more theatres *if* it looks right...

typical mkt fashion, it's their way for hedging their bet. It lets them pull out if things don't look right...

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Tuesday, October 4, 2005 12:02 AM

Check this out too...

same take last year was higher than this season...

Also, if you look at comparable Sci-Fi genre figures, it's a bit more clear too...

Star Trek; Nemesis - $18.5mil
Star Trek, Insurrection - $22.5 mil

So you might say, yeah, ST has a huge loyal (questionably) fanbase. But look at,

Sky Cap and the World of Tomorrow - $15.6mil

MIRAMEL

Tuesday, October 4, 2005 12:45 PM

anyone know what they'll have to make to get another one?

INEVITABLEBETRAYAL

Tuesday, October 4, 2005 12:49 PM

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Originally posted by Miramel:
anyone know what they'll have to make to get another one?

The number floating around right now is $80 mil.

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OPTIMUS1998

Tuesday, October 4, 2005 1:25 PM

now correct me if i am wrong here, but the $80 Million needed to greenlight the sequals is Worldwide box office, andthe above figures are just (US) Domestic.

so Hey! 1 Country got us an 8th of the way there on opening weekend!
now if the other shiny folks around this shiny globe can do the same.........

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Tuesday, October 4, 2005 1:41 PM

I don't about where you guys are, but in almost every theater where I live, Serenity only showed in one screen per theater, and only 4 times a day. It makes sense. Serenity is an unknown, Flightplan was getting an audience. That will change.

What sucks, is in my brothers town they have 3 theaters. An 8 screen, 12 screen, and 15 screen. Only 1 theater is showing Serenity. And again, only 4 times a day.

I think the movie might follow the same growth the TV show did, slow and steady. Slow and steady motions also have this very strong side effect... momentum. Regardless of sales, Joss did the impossible, because we wanted him to do the impossible. Momentum is what drives a TV show to get more fans long after it’s off the airwaves. Momentum is what drives DVD sales to a point that makes people take notice. Within weeks a lot more of the world is going to feel this momentum. I have no doubt we will hit $80mil.

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