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Chris Bridges
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To-date grosses, including worldwide, are $25,7 mil.

If you haven't seen it yet, don't wait for the DVD. See it now!

If you have seen it, go again!

[ October 17, 2005, 12:56 PM: Message edited by: Chris Bridges ]

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Arg, we've got to get it up to #1. Flightplan shouldn't beat it in it's second week. Drat.

I'm going to see it twice today.

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Was gonna go see it again on Monday -- prefer not to be around weekend crowds -- but I'll shift forward to today or tomorrow, just to say "JossWhedon did a great job." Even though I've never*gone to see any movie in a theater more than once.
Yep, Serenity is that good. GO SEE IT NOW

* Except for revival showings of cult or classic movies many years later.

[ October 01, 2005, 01:36 PM: Message edited by: aspectre ]

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how much did it cost to make? anyone know?
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$40million
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oh dear...
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It will suck if this great movie doesn't do better at the box office than that. [Frown]

Not to belabor the obvious, but...

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It was only at 2200 theaters, isn't that a bit low? Maybe that's part of it. I thought maybe it would take off with a bang but maybe it's going to build slowly. The excellent reviews it is getting should really help...
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Have we learned NOTHING from the past? Some exec will get antsy and pull it from theaters, and then it will sell a bazillion DVDs, prompting a sequel. I don't understand what all the anxiety is about....

jk.

I'm going to see it this afternoon. Twice. And I'm going to drag people in off the street.

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Push for an $80million box office. Universal has already said they'll back Whedon again if Serenity hits that mark.
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It should win an oscar or something. My only problem is that it wasn't quite deep enough to stick with me. It was played too casually, or simply, in other words, I didn't learn anything. I am the same guy before as I am after, and that's not quite right. Don't get me wrong, I thoroughly enjoyed the ride.

I just think that a great movie should have some more staying power in my soul. WHen Serenity was done, I wanted to see more because I liked the characters, I didn't want to see more out of some sense of duty. This is one of those movies that, while arresting, did not lead my soul to wisdom.

[ October 01, 2005, 02:36 PM: Message edited by: Irami Osei-Frimpong ]

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I haven't seen it, but the review in the paper this morning thought it was fun and would make a cute TV show. [Wink]
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Are you serious? Were they joking?
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I'm going to go see it tonight hopefully.
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quote:
Originally posted by digging_holes:
I haven't seen it, but the review in the paper this morning thought it was fun and would make a cute TV show. [Wink]

[ROFL]
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Teshi : yes I'm serious, and yes, he was joking. It was quite an amusing review, in fact, and I think I shall have to go see what all the fuss is about one of these days.
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Chris Bridges
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#1. Movies do better on Saturday and Sunday.
#2. A $15-17 million weekend opening ain't bad for this time of year.
#3. I don't know if this movie will drop the 2nd week as much as most movies do. I suspect Serenity will have legs.

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Long sexy legs or short flabby legs?
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I'm going to see it again today.
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I think Serenity will do ok. Even if Universal only breaks even at the box office, the DVD sales should be incredible this Christmas.

Besides, there aren't that many good movies out there right now. The field is pretty thin.

That doesn't mean I'm not going to watch it for the third time this weekend, just to make sure.

I've lost Firefly and Freaks & Geeks. I'm not losing this darn it!

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Well, our theater was pretty full last night at 10pm. And we live, I admit, in the boonies. So that was pretty good.
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Just came back from seeing it with seven other people. As in there were seven other people in the theatre, not with me. I got there early to avoid massive lineups to find that the lineup consisted of me. I almost thought I'd get a private screening; it was 5 minutes before the show started before anyone else came in. So not looking good here. But then, it *is* a small city. Maybe absolutely everyone in town went last night and it was jam-packed then...?
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Seeing it in a couple hours [Smile]
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The theater was only about 1/5 or 1/4 full when I saw it.
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My wife and I are taking two people with us tomorrow. Doing our best here!
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quote:
Long sexy legs or short flabby legs?
What about short sexy legs?
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Gonna go see it again today [Smile]
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I saw it in a theatre with 13 other people. Darn, I thought my city would have the poorest showing!
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I saw the 4:05 showing on a Friday so not the fullest- it was about half full. I assume the later evening showings were fuller.
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I saw the 12:30 showing early early this morning. It was me and my 5 friends, and then another group of maybe 9 people.

I wonder what the 8pm showing looked like.

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I went to an 11:30 am showing yesterday, and the theater was about half full, I think. One woman came in when there were still only about 10 people there and her jaw hit the floor and she commented to the person she was with "I can't believe it's so *crowded.*"

I couldn't believe she reacted that way when only 10 people were in the theater at the time. . . .

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Posted by Joss Whedon on the movie site:
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So, it starts. We've all heard the good and bad about the B.O., but what does it all mean? 3.9, not huge on the richter scale, but it's the aftershocks that count. I talked to the Uni execs and they were very cool. This is less than projected, but they understand (as I've been saying since before I made the thing) that this is about slow growth. Word of mouth. We got some crazy sweet reviews, but more importantly, people are having fun. I saw it with some family last night: the crowd was not big at all, but they really enjoyed themselves and that's what matters. Remember what I said about holding? That's how it's done. (Oh, and people like you all, dragging your friends and seeing it multiple times -- don't think I've forgotten your crazy love.) Normal drop-off for a film is 40% in the second weekend. I really think we can beat that. There's nothing normal about this one, guys, which is why Uni gets such props for taking it on and hanging with it. Remember, "Rome" wasn't filmed in a day. (I'm not sure if that means anything, but it giggles me.) We'll see if we can push Saturday a little harder, maybe even muster up a little Sunday brawn. Then let people get to school, the office, let them talk about it. We've got a long way to go, and it would have been very relaxing to have smashed through to destined success on opening night. But we're not a bunch known for relaxing. You guys have been in the fight for so long, I expect you know that resting everything on opening night is exactly the paradigm this movie is trying to unravel.

Remember, we're still too pretty to die, although I am jowly enough to be mortally wounded. Thanks, my peeps, for always remembering the first rule of flying. I'll check in soon. -j.


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I saw it with a PACKED theater at 7:45 last night. I plan for the theater to be packed again when I go see it at 6:15 and 9:10 this evening. (I can't let the anecdotes of empty theaters depress me.) Gotta stay chipper!!!! [Smile]
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Saw it at a 4 PM showing today that was 2/3 full. Nice to see it with a good crowd and hear the laughs and "Oh no!" exclamations.
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There were a fair number of people at the Winchester this morning at 11:30 am, but no where NEAR full or even half full.

The movie was fantastic though. There's gotta be a sequel!

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$4 million for a Friday? This year, that has to be a pretty strong showing.

He said in furious denial of anything else.

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Our showing tonight was pretty sad as far as attendance, but then again it was the late set.

I think it'll have a good long run. It should drop off after only a week or two. This is a movie that is gonna benefit really well by word of mouth, especially with non-Firefly-fans.

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I went to the 10:15 showing. There were enough people in the theatre that the people I went with and I didn't get to have that one empty seat as a buffer between us and the people next to us, but it wasn't full.

However, they still had those barricade line-up things and signs out for the 7pm showing, so apparently they expected a lot of people for it.

-pH

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*weeps*

I'm in South Korea and won't be able to see Serenity for maybe 2 months...

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I'm hoping to see it Thursday and hoping it stays for a second week in my town so I can see it next weekend, as well. Thursday is my payday, and also the end of the movie theater week, so if it doesn't stay a second week, at least I'll get to see it once.

I'm going to have to make arrangements at work, though, to do this - I work Monday through Friday. (Trying to picture my immediate supervisor's face when I explain that I'm planning to go to a movie at 4:30 in the afternoon. [Eek!] But, it's got to be done - just in case the movie doesn't play a second week here. Maybe I'm paranoid, but I missed seeing too many movies because they only played one week here. (Okay, or two weeks, but played longer elsewhree.)

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We're aiming for next weekend. [Smile]
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Isn't this interesting? The Firefly DVD set is currently #3 in DVD sales at Amazon.
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I went to the 7.20 showing at the theater near me and it was pretty near full. I ended up convincing two extra friends to come along with the original group of three. I also ran into some friends who had seen the 3.00 showing and they said it was also pretty full. On the doors of the theater they had written SERENITY in giant white letters. I was pleased.
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Chris,

I had completely missed the Firefly fanfare, so I am one of those that blindly but with no doubts, ordered Firelfy from Amazon a few days before Serenity came out.

BTW the film was awesome! I will see it again soon!

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I saw it twice yesterday with a very respectable crowd both times. (You know how the really large theater seeting is? The majority of the seating is stadium style with some more level seating on the floor? Well, at both of my showings, the stadium seats were mostly full.)

The gross for yesterday wasn't very encouraging though. 3.7 million and it slipped to #3 behind Flightplan and Corpse bride. Why why WHY is Flightplan doing so well?! [Mad]

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This site is helping give me an idea of how Serenity's doing.

EDIT: But I know more people are being introduced to Firefly (and thus, Serenity) as we speak.

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http://www.showbizdata.com/index.cfm

That's my site. It actually calculates daily gross (as good as it can.) I think you have to register though, but it's free and not a pain in the butt.

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"Why why WHY is Flightplan doing so well?!"

Mass hallucinations? Who knows. Maybe it's a morbid fascination, everyone wanted to know what the love child of Air Force One and Panic Room would look like.

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No no no! It's the child of Air Force One and the Forgotten. We all saw the Forgotten. She gets the kid back at the end. Does that satisfy everyone's morbid desire? [Wink]
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Maybe I should get a big sign and stand outside the cinema:

"Don't see Flightplan. See Serenity. It's better."

I'm not sure if that's allowed, though.

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