Aug 9 Report from Jewel Staite
POSTED BY: lightinthebrainpan
UPDATED: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 21:28
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Originally posted by Corncobb:
My gut feeling is that this film's going to be a major box office hit. It's opening weekend may be a bit dissapointing but it will spread by word of mouth. People who have seen it will tell all their friends how brilliant it is. Here's hoping
Inexpensive (<7 figures) films can hang around @their original (small) venue for awhile, building up audience by word of mouth. Serenity is budgeted in the $40 million range. It's going to open in some big screens. However, if the opening weekend receipts are disappointing, it will be gone from those in two weeks. Almost nobody achieves success in second run cinemas, and we won't get #2 & 3 @the movies (thought they could be made for video).
Let's do all we can to make the opening weekend big. Don't put it off 'til the crowds thin out.
Keep the Shiny Side Up
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I guess the fans can take care of the first weekend... but if we want it to be a box office hit we need more than that. The first weekend in this case is not enough. We need the movie to last after the first weekend, so that people who didn't know about FF before (or at least haven't been fans) will go and wathc the movie.
Anyway, all we have to do is wait... and wait... and wait... And of course watch the movie as many times as we can 
You can't take the sky from me.
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Originally posted by ShepherdQ:
Blessed are the fans.
My children, it is very simple.. Universal does not launch movies and not push it before hand.. it means bucks to them.. Now.. ask yourself.. what movie ( besides Harry Potter ) ever had such a big fan base already pushing for it before the general public has been awaked? Harry Potter grew because of the fan base ( kids mostly ) spreading the good word of the Verse by word of mouth, loaning books. The Browncoats are already doing the same.. word of mouth, loaning DVD's.
I am sure many will already be giving warnings about the special levels of hell to those movie reviewers ( hmm almost typed Reavers there ) that will be reviewing and commenting on it , if they say bad things. Yep,,, priming the reviewers that it was a great series with great actors, scripts, CGI, director etc, that the movie will be even better. That will help them be in a positive mind to watch ( and know there already is a fan base ). Opening weekend? Every Browncoat will be there making lines wrap around the theater like the old days.
That covers the logic..
and the BEST reason is........
They are to damn pretty to be die.
Bless all connected and all supporting.
The Journey is the worthier part.
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Universal pushing Serenity? Not so much.
I have been talking to Rich who runs Browncoats.com and who will be organizing the Browncoat table at Dragon Con next month in Atlanta. He contacted Universal about getting hand outs or cards of some type promoting the movie to hand out and they were not interested. Other than the Browncoat table, our participation in the Costume Parade, the viewing party in the Con suite that Browncoats.com is holding, Jewel's appearance at the Con, and any word of mouth or flier promotions we do on our own, there is no promotion of Serenity at Dragon Con. This makes little sense to me.
Dragon Con is the largest sci-fi convention in the South and is only 7 months before the release date of the movie. This Con presents a great opportunity to not only market the DVD set, but to get the word out about the movie and expand the fanbase. I know that all the Browncoats attending will do all we can, but support from Universal would have been a big help.
We have some plans in place & with or without Universal's support we will get the word out.
"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."
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Originally posted by meleaux:
does anyone know, or has it even been established, what rating our BDM is shooting for?
She understands, she doesn't comprehend
The rating seems to be one of the very last steps before distribution, but I'm thinking...PG, or PG-13 for language and violence. Of course, you have to remember that the ratings standards continue to change -- more and more is permissable [sic] with each passing year.
Mary
Always a beast, never a burden.
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I feel i should clarify. When i said i think the opening weekend will be dissapointing I just meant it won't be huge straight away. All the fans will go to see it on the day it opens of course. I know I will be, not just to help box office records but because I simply won't be able to wait. Fan support will easily see it through the opening weekend. And then when we've all seen the movie we can tell all our friends how amazing it was. That's when the real fun starts.
"Gorramit Mal... I've forgotten my line."
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Originally posted by BrownCoat1:
Other than the Browncoat table, our participation in the Costume Parade, the viewing party in the Con suite that Browncoats.com is holding, Jewel's appearance at the Con, and any word of mouth or flier promotions we do on our own, there is no promotion of Serenity at Dragon Con. This makes little sense to me.
Dragon Con is the largest sci-fi convention in the South and is only 7 months before the release date of the movie. This Con presents a great opportunity to not only market the DVD set, but to get the word out about the movie and expand the fanbase.
1) See that long list of stuff you raise - that's the promotion of the movie right there. Aside from teaser trailers and one sheets, few movies would start spending their advertising dollar this early - its about getting the audience in the seats in April 2005 - which means an ad campaign building up to then. The fact is, Universal don't need the SF audience - that probably brings itself. They need the general audience.
2) Save that more DVD viewers may mean a few more bums on seats, Universal have no wish to publicise a product that doesn't line their pockets, which would be the DVD sets.
"I threw up on your bed"
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