Friday (2nd week) estimates--WE'RE IN SERIOUS TROUBLE!

POSTED BY: StakeTheLurk
UPDATED: Monday, October 10, 2005 15:14
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ROCKETJOCK

Sunday, October 9, 2005 5:33 PM

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Now, if Whedon pulled something that cheesy he'd deserve death by HeeHaw reruns.

LOL, grab sides, gasp for breah. No, no, I'll take the reavers first--

"What was that?" -- Captain Malcolm Reynolds

STAKETHELURK

Sunday, October 9, 2005 5:48 PM

Hey, folks, I got me a new thread over here to discuss the Saturday figures: http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=2&t=13687

The short of it: We’re still flying. We need to turn out again today and then spread word of mouth all through next week, make sure we have legs next weekend. If word of mouth continues to spread, there’s an outside chance the Box Office will improve instead of slowly taper off, and even if it doesn’t we still need to get folks in the theaters--more money for the BDM and more customers for the DVDs.

As someone else put it, try to come off as passionate but not as a zealot. You might even carefully omit your browncoatishness and just emphasize the quality of the BDM. If people don’t think you’re biased (I’m not saying you are, but they could think “Oh, of course you’ll say it’s good, you’re a fan”) they’ll be even more likely to check it out based on a favorable recommendation from a friend or acquaintance.

EMBERS

Sunday, October 9, 2005 6:12 PM

some of the box office sites have us in the #8 spot for Saturday,
but this one sets us at #7 (so of course I believe THEM!):
http://www.showbizdata.com/dailybox.cfm

You know, we are the only action figure in the top ten
(well History of Violence has some action,
but can hardly be called anything but a drama)
so if theaters keep us around I think we can manage to continue to build an andience...
here's hoping!

SADLITTLEKING

Monday, October 10, 2005 5:15 AM

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Originally posted by watchall:
Not sure if anyone else read this but "reliable industry sources" over at Digital Bits (link below) say Universal will soon announce the DVD release of Serenity for 12/20 (Yep That's This Year) Looks like Univeral could be trying to get more money from Serenity and QUICK.

Full story at.... http://www.thedigitalbits.com/rumormill.html#1006

Serenity coming to DVD on 12/20 would be great! I could pick up that and Battlestar Galactica Season 2.0 in one trip to Best Buy. It'd be an awesome day!

Also, don't know if this is been posted yet, but the Week 2 numbers are in and Serenity is at #9 having pulled in $4,925,000. Which makes a total of $17,594,000. Not a bad take so far. And I think more people will find the movie when it hits DVD.

The box office chart I'm referring to is here:
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/

KRYTEN3

Monday, October 10, 2005 1:59 PM

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Originally posted by treschonde:
Well here's my two cents on some of the reasons why Serenity isn't doing as well as we all hoped it would.

I have my own opinions re: this. Feel free to disagree/flame

I'm a huge sci-fi fan, but sci-fi movies (as a concept) turn me off these days, given the recent pickings. HHGTTG is the strongest sci-fi film of recent years, and that's based on a book/radio series from the 70's. The newest Star Trek movie was (apparently) shitehouse, the new Star Wars were [Chinese expletive] and the Matrix 2 and 3 were equally disappointing. COming up we have Doom, which looks like a philosophically challenging exploration of the morality of blowing demons up with BFGs. Not, i would say, a deep character piece...

So recent efforts on behalf of CGI buffs have ensured that sci-fi movies are a massive turnoff to those who don't like blitzing fast action and flashy explosions (again, with the exception of HHGTTG). Sad to say, this turnoff is more pronounced with a female demographic, but the same dissatisfaction can be found in male demographics too.

Disappointing that female demographics are switchingo ff in droves, because that was a massive part of Firefly's audience, as it appealed VERY strongly to a female audience...

Oh well, I love the BDM. Even if there is never another one (but I think there will be), I will be satisfied.

EDIT: Additionally, I don't think it's doing badly at all. The reason it's not making our expectations could have something to do with unreasonable expectations...?? The local theatres in Canberra, Australia are still filling up for Serenity. Plenty of people are still going to see this movie...

STORMBEAR

Monday, October 10, 2005 2:06 PM

The best site to track Serenity is Box Office Mojo...
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=serenity.htm

Keep an eye on the worldwide gross, now at almost 19 million.

and ditto on the chart ref upthread...
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/

With a weekend of 5 mill, that was good compared to some other films that had TONS of marketing behind it. I am at a loss on Flightplan and why it is doing so badly.

Serenity is coming up on Lord Of War with 23 mill but that film has been out for a month and had a huge name and large ad budget. If Serenity had a 1 mill second weekend, that would be a major issue.

Serenity is suffering from the same problem every other theatrical release is and that is a public (US at least) that no longer goes to the theater as much as they used to. It is an industry-wide slowdown.

I am unsure if the film will ever see a sequel. Maybe, who knows? I think it is much more likely to see a return to cable than the big screen. Besides, I would rather see that instead of another film - an episodic season is longer than a 2 hour movie. More story, etc.

The DVD sales will probably far excede the box office. These days, and it is true for most films, studios make more from DVD sales than they do the theatrical release. The quick DVD release for Christmas is a way to capitalize on the branding of the film.

So I do not see Serenity as a failure. The plot was good, the acting was well done and... well... "I ate a bug" was priceless.

--
http://stormbear.com

SADLITTLEKING

Monday, October 10, 2005 3:14 PM

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Originally posted by StormBear:
So I do not see Serenity as a failure. The plot was good, the acting was well done and... well... "I ate a bug" was priceless.

LOL

I completely agree.

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