Huge Opening Weekend; Nearly Empty Theater
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Huge Opening Weekend; Nearly Empty Theater
This thread is inspired by the one about private screenings. However, instead of being about private screenings, this is about times when you have gone to a movie that did huge opening weekend numbers but for some reason the theater where you attended a screening had a small audience. I will say that I do not mean a movie that opened huge and then three weeks later you went to see it after the crowds died down, I mean one that you went to on its opening day/weekend but had a small audience in attendance.
Daytona Beach has a smaller 10 screen theater on the beach where I have always been able to get tickets to a blockbuster on opening weekend, and I mean about ten to fifteen minutes before it starts.
Some that spring to mind:
Iron Man-maybe 26 people max, opened close to $100 million
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince- saw it the first Friday, theater was probably half full.
Quantum of Solace- half full theater at a 5:00 PM showing opening day.
I will say that I don't think this has as much to do with a movie's popularity as much as the fact that blockbusters seem to get a minimum of two screens no matter how small the theater, so if you want to go, you can.
Daytona Beach has a smaller 10 screen theater on the beach where I have always been able to get tickets to a blockbuster on opening weekend, and I mean about ten to fifteen minutes before it starts.
Some that spring to mind:
Iron Man-maybe 26 people max, opened close to $100 million
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince- saw it the first Friday, theater was probably half full.
Quantum of Solace- half full theater at a 5:00 PM showing opening day.
I will say that I don't think this has as much to do with a movie's popularity as much as the fact that blockbusters seem to get a minimum of two screens no matter how small the theater, so if you want to go, you can.
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You love telling that BJ story in these threads.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
Sunday night, my friend and I were the only two in the theater.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
Sunday night, my friend and I were the only two in the theater.
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Re: Huge Opening Weekend; Nearly Empty Theater
When my buddy and I went to see Terminator 4 opening night the theater was about 45% full, maybe less. And this was at the Irvine Spectrum, a veritable magnet for every man/woman/child looking to see a movie on the weekend.
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Re: Huge Opening Weekend; Nearly Empty Theater
The theater I go to will usually put a big blockbuster on at least 4 screens so yeah, they're never full when you have a new show starting every 30 minutes.