DragonCon Report w/Photos!

POSTED BY: FireflyJunkie
UPDATED: Monday, September 13, 2004 12:33
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FIREFLYJUNKIE

Wednesday, September 8, 2004 5:42 PM

So sorry about the pics continually being down. Hey, if anyone wants the pics e-mailed to them, e-mail me at dmcbullitt@yahoo.com and I'll be happy to send you a zip file!

You'll get pics of the Sunday signing, with Nathan's grinning mug and Jewel shaking that Snapple bottle! Yeah, she drinks Snapple like everyone else. Oh, and you can see me with Nathan.

Mike

"They say that mercy is the sign of a great man." STAB "Guess I'm just a good man." STAB "Well, I'm all right."

BROWNCOAT1

Wednesday, September 8, 2004 5:59 PM

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Originally posted by fireflygal:
Browncoats, no power in the 'verse can stop us!!

By the way, BC1, I hope this is a given but sign me up for next DragonCon, heck, I already bought my ticket!

Of course you are down for next year FFG. It wouldn't be Dragon Con without you.

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I too, was touched when Adam called us "family". I don't think I've ever seen an actor so into his fans and so truly grateful to US (what a switch) and Joss. You're right, BC1, Firefly fans will be the largest contingent there, I'd bet my autographed photo of Nathan on it!

It was easy to see that Adam was touched by the outpouring of the Browncoats there, especially in the Saturday night panel. Nathan and Jewel seemed very emotional during the guest panels as well, but I did not get the opportunity to seem them interact w/ a smaller crowd of people.

I do believe that we can expect to see at least double the number of Browncoats next year, though more likely it will be more.

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Speaking of making the movie a hit (I should probably make a separate post on this but we have a captive audience) A magic number for the opening weekend that was mentioned, in order to be a "hit" was $40M. Now doing a little Browncoat math, using $8/ticket that's 5M tickets we have to get sold (or bought). Now, I'm planning on buying 1 ticket to each showing opening weekend, let's say 8 showings. That means we only need 625,000 fans to make this thing a hit, if each fan buys 8 tickets. And I'd say that's conservative based on tickets prices in high priced markets. Jewel mentioned that a fan bought out a whole theaters worth of tickets in his neighborhood already!! Wish I could do that, but alas, I'm a working class Browncoat.

I don't recall the figure being mentioned, but $40 million seems like a respectable figure to me. Five million tickets across the country is not an unattainable number. I know I for one will be going to see the movie at least 6-10 times the first two opening weeks. I will also take every family member, friend and co-worker that I can take, kidnap or drag kicking and screaming to see the BDM.

With the way the fanbase has been growing since the release of the DVD, I think we can make this movie a hit. There are 13,744 fans (as of 9/8/04 @ 13:49 EST) registered at the Serenity movie site alone. As the movie gets closer, we will start to see trailers which will draw more interest, there will be Conventions, ads, and a shiny marketing campaign from Universal. Add to that the fact that Browncoats will most likely go multiple times, taking people w/ them, and we should hit that $40 million mark in two weeks without much problem.

Now, what we really need to do is have every single Browncoat push the DVD set, the BDM, and convert as many as they can in the time we have left. We only have 226 days left, and that is not as long as it seems.

"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

XANDERESQUE

Wednesday, September 8, 2004 6:38 PM

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Originally posted by FireflyJunkie:
So sorry about the pics continually being down. Hey, if anyone wants the pics e-mailed to them, e-mail me at dmcbullitt@yahoo.com and I'll be happy to send you a zip file!

Hey Mike, get my PM? I still have the pics in my temp files, and I can host them if you want.

MOVIEIMP

Wednesday, September 8, 2004 6:51 PM

I work in a movie theater and have for a long time. I would say $22M to $25M would be fine. That's half the budget of $50M. I would estimate approximately $20-30M in marketing is the average. To be considered a hit a movie needs to make back it's budget and marketing costs in the U.S. alone (no counting international). Didn't say it was fair but that is the general way it works. $40M would be out of the park greenlight the two sequels immediately. If it opens in the high $20's with a decent and not massive drop on the second weekend (anything below 50% would be great), then you probably also have a greenlight. The mulitplyer should be around 2.5 to 3 with a little bit of decent legs should be good.

Remember you must go opening weekend and then the second weekend. Both are very very important to gauge not only the interest but the depth of the interest.

BTW, Thursday the Firefly poster goes up in the main lobby of my theater. I can't wait to slap that puppy up.

FIREFLYJUNKIE

Wednesday, September 8, 2004 7:41 PM

Sure! Host them if people still want 'em! Thanks!

Guys, I know this sounds lame, but HOW DO I CHECK MY PMs? I can't find the link to see them!

Thanks,

Mike

"They say that mercy is the sign of a great man." STAB "Guess I'm just a good man." STAB "Well, I'm all right."

JADEHAND

Wednesday, September 8, 2004 8:16 PM

Hey BC1 and FFG, it's good to see you made it away from the con in one piece. I'm sorry I'm just getting to the boards again but It took me a day or two to recover. Had a Blast and am looking forward to next year. And put me down for around 10 tickets opening weekend. I'll be posting some info soon. I'm heading out of work but I'll post when I get home. See you all soon.

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FIREFLYGAL

Wednesday, September 8, 2004 9:59 PM

Hi JadeHand, Glad you survived the Con. I'm counting the days till next year already.

"Of course you are down for next year FFG. It wouldn't be Dragon Con without you."
Hey BC1, thank you for the sentiment

The 40M I heard was actually from Jewel's husband Matt, when I was at the table talking with them. May or may not be accurate but if the 20-25M is more accurate, then it's a done deal! We Browncoats can do that with one hand tied behind our back.

XANDERESQUE

Wednesday, September 8, 2004 10:15 PM

Update on FireflyJunky's pictures -

If geocities won't let you see them here:

http://www.geocities.com/mfbespinluke/firefly

try this:

http://www.animateanimal.com/dragoncon/2004/mikefirefly%5b1%5d.htm

Nice ones Mike!

FIREFLYJUNKIE

Wednesday, September 8, 2004 11:14 PM

THANK YOU XANDER! MUCH APPRECIATED!

"They say that mercy is the sign of a great man." STAB "Guess I'm just a good man." STAB "Well, I'm all right."

BARB

Wednesday, September 8, 2004 11:48 PM

Thanks for all that great info. I don't think we'll have any trouble getting those numbers and more!!
As soon as that poster goes up, PLEASE take a picture and post it!! I'm wondering if you work for a large chain, will that poster go up at all their theatres. I'd love to see if they put one up here locally. I'll go see ANYTHING showing, just to get a first peek at it.

I know I'll be doing my part to make those first two weeks' numbers happen!

Keeping Serenity Flying!!

"It's pretty much down to ritual suicide, lambytoes."

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