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Author Topic: Half-empty or half-full? Charles Everett Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1470 From: New Jersey Registered: May 2001 posted 09-16-2001 07:32 PM                     Amid all the Sturm und Drang of the past week people did get out to the movies. The glass was either half-empty (slowest weekend of the year) or half-full (the Olympics did much bigger damage last September). How did your theater fare?  |  IP: Logged Mathew Molloy Master Film Handler Posts: 357 From: The Santa Cruz Mountains Registered: Nov 2000 posted 09-16-2001 10:35 PM                     Oddly enough, Tuesday night was our busiest weeknight! I guess folks just wanted to get away from it all that day.  |  IP: Logged Steve Scott Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1300 From: Minneapolis, MN Registered: Sep 2000 posted 09-16-2001 11:31 PM                     We fared pretty well. People who wanted a laugh or a heartwarming story went to see Hardball & Herman USA (but Herman's a local favorite, having been filmed in MN). Our scratched up re-release print of Pearl Harbor got a real boost from the crowds looking for patriotism (or Josh Harnett ------------------ http://www.mullerfamilytheatres.com  |  IP: Logged

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