Whoops!!

Looks like it will likely be the #1 movie over the weekend and the per screen average is quite amazing.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/daily/chart/?...04-06-26&p=.htm



I don't plan on going to see the film but it certainly has had a quite successful opening weekend. [/b][/quote]
I WAS WRONG

Hmmm, well Bush has lead all the way until just a few months ago and that change has come mostly from people's perception of the war in Iraq not going well. Bush lead all the way until mid Feb. Kerry lead from about mid February until a few weeks ago. Now it is tied. There was a fair rise in the past month of people's perception of the economy so that is probably the cause of Bush's rise. Perception always lags on the economy.

I believe you said once that the election is Kerry's to win or lose but I think it is more in Bush's hands, as the incumbent, than Kerrys. As Iraq and the economy go, if you consider those "in Bush's hands", will go the Bush campaign. Kerry's greatest influence on the election will come from his performance at the Democratic National Convention and his choice of running mate. It's possible Kerry could jump ahead a good amount at the convention but difficult to guess because of the extremely polarized electorate.

I think most people are either voting "For Bush" or "Against Bush".

Colin, in the last few weeks there has been that halo effect from the whole Reagan thing. Beloved republican, blah blah blah... Pretty much all the pundits have said there would be a boost, at least short term.

The return of Iraq as a sovereign nation will certainly help as well, as it gives the impression that "the war is over". That will last until more US troops die. Having that hostage killed on the same day certainly took away from the strength of the move. Overall, there will still be a short term boost.

However, unless there is a major reduction in the number of troops in Iraq before the election, I suspect you will see Kerry hitting on the fact that "the war isn't over, our soldiers are still at risk and still dying in Iraq"

The MM effect will be harder to guage... and he gets two bites at the apple, as the DVD will be release before the election...

Alex

christianitytoday? [/b][/quote]
yeah, go figure and it is a moderate review.

AMC is currently the largest movie theater chain in the nation, perched on buying out Loews.

Lionsgate is on of the largest independent film producers.


F9/11 grossed 22 mil in 3 days, audience of 3-4 million.


I dont see where the argument is, people went to see it, it made money at teh largest single set of theaters in the country. If this was shrek 2, would you argue the same argument?

and as to why only AMC. it is one of the only chain of theaters not owned by Disney. go figure

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/daily/chart/?...04-06-28&p=.htm

nice, 4.5 million on a Monday? doubled dodgeball, which i saw last night and thought was pretty damn funny.

-Matt

I went tonight, left after an hour. I am too smart to get fed that bullshit.

I did notice several webmasters on the back row eating it up, believing all the BS.

dodgeball was some bullshit. i would have left too:)

AMC is currently the largest movie theater chain in the nation, perched on buying out Loews.

Lionsgate is on of the largest independent film producers.


F9/11 grossed 22 mil in 3 days, audience of 3-4 million.


I dont see where the argument is, people went to see it, it made money at teh largest single set of theaters in the country. If this was shrek 2, would you argue the same argument? [/b][/quote]
Grimm - I already said I was wrong about F911 making it into the top 5 for the weekend

Are you sure about other theater chains being owned by Disney?
I don't think Muvico is

and I still say Shrek2 is a more important film :D


Totally unrelated but interesting - I believe Muvico owns the most attended theater in the USA, it's about 5 minutes from my house. 24 screen complex

and it's a very good possibility that Muvico will draw more people through the doors this entire year than ....

... the Baltimore Orioles

but then who wants to see the Orioles ah ha ha ha



Edit - and as muc as I don;t like to admit it F911 is doing huge per screen/showing numbers
It may fall off a little as what is expected to be the summer's biggest movie opens today Spiderman 2

Grimm, Snuggles miss you.

from where i'm sitting its still playing at Lowes
and Century Theaters, who owns Century ?
and obviously AMC

so all that bullshit about limited release and white man keeping Moore down goes out the window for me, cuz only Meni can understand it

800 screens for the opening day is probably a near record or a record for a documentary anyway

The ONLY movie which matters to me is...
Spiderman II,
as I wrote 20th puts on MVL,
everything else is yadda-yadda-yadda
;-)))

Grimm - I already said I was wrong about F911 making it into the top 5 for the weekend

Are you sure about other theater chains being owned by Disney?
I don't think Muvico is

and I still say Shrek2 is a more important film :D


Totally unrelated but interesting - I believe Muvico owns the most attended theater in the USA, it's about 5 minutes from my house. 24 screen complex

and it's a very good possibility that Muvico will draw more people through the doors this entire year than ....

... the Baltimore Orioles

but then who wants to see the Orioles ah ha ha ha



Edit - and as muc as I don;t like to admit it F911 is doing huge per screen/showing numbers
It may fall off a little as what is expected to be the summer's biggest movie opens today Spiderman 2 [/b][/quote]
yeah i missed your retraction.


an hey, the oriols are onteh rise. made good decisions in the offseason. cant turn shit into gold overnight, and besides football season is in two months;)

the AMC here has 22 screens, not 24.10 on one side, 12 on the other.

Im sure about loews. the fact that they reside on the same square block as an ESPN zone in NYC (or across the street, seals that, everything is oned by disney there;)


and withut a doubt this weekend will be spiermans weekend. f911 saw its big opennig weekend, but it is still pulling in 4-5 mil a day. just think about it, BFC made 18 mil on DVD sales alone. this could be the first documentary to hit the 80-100 mil mark. but it did somehow cost 58 millions.


all in all the reaction is that of Americans wanting to have a voice, and ot hear other voices. This is a very confused nation. an election year, a war... any speculation on the November election this early is nothing more than mews media outlet fodder to boost ratings. These guys arent campaigning, they are smearing. using laws for purposes they were not meant to? putting out fires more than setting them?


Matt

tell snuggles i miss him too, squirmey little thing:)

$58 mil. Isn't there a decimal missing there?

all the BS? :lol:
Maybe you should re-watch it with the sound turned off so you don't have to subject yourself to MM's commentary.

Just out of curiousity, what station do you prefer for your news?

all the BS? :lol:
Maybe you should re-watch it with the sound turned off so you don't have to subject yourself to MM's commentary.

Just out of curiousity, what station do you prefer for your news? [/b][/quote]
Doesn't everyone just read the news on the internet now? ;-)

Matt, the two brothers who arranged distribution bought the film from Disney for around 6 million. I think you slipped a decimal point in there!

80 million box office won't be out of range, having done already 30 million (according to boxoffice mojo). However, this might weaken DVD sales in the end, although the timing of the release of the DVD might make it spike way up, as it should be VERY near election day, and should get good press coverage.

Overall, this will give Moore more than enough working capital to produce a few more interesting movies in the future.

Alex

After that everything pales in comparison :okthumb: :okthumb:

$58 mil. Isn't there a decimal missing there? [/b][/quote]
no i read who was it the weinstein brothers wplit to do this film, the bottom line was 58 million.beats me how they spent it.

i stand corrected, missed a decimal point


http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/...renheit911.htm


i was wondering hw a film with the production values o a documentary could cost so much, must have been all the on set massages:)

Its doing a steafy 3-4 mil a day. probably will slow to a mil a day after Spidey comes out, even lower when it goes back to limited release. But he has a way of selling DVDs. and you are right, i imagine it will come out on dvd right around the middle or beginning of october. so 80 mil is definitately attainable for this film.



which would make it the second highest grossing independant film ever. behind "clerks" which has been selling DVD's for what 10 years?:)

all the BS? :lol:
Maybe you should re-watch it with the sound turned off so you don't have to subject yourself to MM's commentary.

Just out of curiousity, what station do you prefer for your news? [/b][/quote]
http://www.nakednews.com/


;)