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Charles Everett
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1470
From: New Jersey
Registered: May 2001

posted 11-13-2002 11:36 AM

This is the opening weekend for Harry Potter in my area:

Reading Cinemas, Manville -- 3 prints, first show 11 AM, last show 11:15 PM Fri-Sat/10:30 PM Sun.

Loews New Brunswick -- 6 prints, first show 9 AM Fri/8:30 AM Sat-Sun , last show 11:15 PM Fri-Sat/10:45 PM Sun.

AMC Hamilton -- 6 prints, first show 11 AM, last show 10:30 PM Fri-Sat/10:20 PM Sun.

Is your Harry Potter schedule just as crazy?

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William T. Parr
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 823
From: Cedar Park, TX
Registered: Nov 2000

posted 11-13-2002 11:58 AM

Schedule at the SR Ltd Highland 10 is two prints.
First show is at 11:30 a.m. Last show 10:15 p.m.

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David Stambaugh
Film God

Posts: 4021
From: Eugene, Oregon
Registered: Jan 2002

posted 11-13-2002 12:02 PM

Looking at Cinemark 17's schedule here, they have "only" 3 prints, 1st show at 9:45AM, last show at 10:45PM. Regal Cinema World 8 has booked 2 prints, which is almost unheard of there, but I can't get to there [I mean their

] online schedule right now -- regalcinemas.com doesn't resolve in DNS!!??

UPDATE: regalentertainmentgroup.com works. Cinema World 8 in Eugene has 2 prints, 1st show at 11:55AM, last show 10:30PM.

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Jennifer Osborne
Film Handler

Posts: 27
From: Columbus, IN, USA
Registered: Apr 2002

posted 11-13-2002 12:03 PM

We will have 4 prints of HP2 on 5 screens. With both the first and last show playing at 10:30

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Richard Miller
Film Handler

Posts: 33
From: Lafayette, IN, USA
Registered: Aug 2002

posted 11-13-2002 03:32 PM

Daily first show is 10:10 AM (normally it's a little around noon) and the last show starts at 10:15 PM. On Friday and Saturday we have lateshows wich start at 11:10 PM at latest. The late show is ok because we normally get out around 2 AM anyway so no big loss there.

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Paul Konen
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 981
From: Frisco, TX. (North of Dallas)
Registered: Jun 99

posted 11-14-2002 09:21 AM

Cinemark Legacy 24
3 film prints, 1 DLP

Weekends - First show 9:45 am last Show 11:45 pm - approx 45 minutes
between shows
Weekdays - First Show 10:45 am last show 10:35 pm

Paul

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Jim Casterioto
Film Handler

Posts: 32
From: Wilmington, DE, USA
Registered: Feb 2002

posted 11-14-2002 10:04 AM

At my theater, Cinemark 10.... We have 2 prints, the first showtime is at 11:30 AM, and the last show is at 10:05 PM. The only thing "crazy" about our times is that we have a show at 6:15. This tends to tick off some people because they believe we do that on purpose in order to charge full price, instead of matinee price.

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Franklin Armstrong
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 106
From: Orlando, FL, USA
Registered: Sep 2002

posted 11-14-2002 11:01 AM

My first show is at 1pm last show at 745 only one print

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Per Hauberg
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 883
From: Malling, Denmark
Registered: Jul 2000

posted 11-15-2002 06:32 PM

Opening weekend
Screen one: 12,00 & 16,00 & 20,00
Screen two: 14,00 & 18,00

same print

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James R. Hammonds, Jr
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 931
From: Houston, TX, USA
Registered: Nov 2000

posted 11-16-2002 12:57 AM

Five prints.
First scheduled show 10:15 AM.
Last scheduled show 11:15
Sold out all shows 6:15 on.
Added 11:50 show.
Mad Crazy.

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Matthew Cunningham
Film Handler

Posts: 5
From: Seattle, WA, USA
Registered: May 2001

posted 11-16-2002 11:47 PM

Most of the theaters in the Seattle area are starting with 8:00am or 8:30am shows. This looks like a scam to stack box office records in H. Potter's favor.
Who in hell takes their kids to see a movie at 8 in the morning??!!

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Paul Linfesty
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1383
From: Bakersfield, CA, USA
Registered: Nov 1999

posted 11-17-2002 12:13 AM

There was an article in our local paper about all the parents who pulled out their kids from school to see it opening day.

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Mike Spaeth
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1129
From: Marietta, GA
Registered: Jul 2000

posted 11-17-2002 12:20 AM

Matthew said "This looks like a scam to stack box office records in Harry Potter's favor."

Let's compare.

Spiderman, with a runtime of 122 minutes ... possible schedule

11:00, 1:50, 4:40, 7:30, 10:20 (5 shows)

To get 5 shows off of one print of H. Potter, one would need to run shows at

8:45, 12:10, 3:35, 7:00, 10:25

Same number of shows ... longer movies sometimes require longer operating hours. It's no scam ... just a theater trying to capitalize on a high-grossing movie by offering more options. I seem to remember theaters running shows of Episode one round-the-clock opening weekend!

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Alex Grasic
Film Handler

Posts: 90
From: Toronto, ON, Canada
Registered: Jul 2002

posted 11-17-2002 01:56 AM

Per, I'm assuming you have a change over system? Not decked platters?? We have 5 prints at our 18-plex. I was really expecting more though because last year we got 7 print of Harry Potter. I can't believe an 8 AM start time. Our first show usually runs at 12:00 and last starts at 10:40. Now instead, we start 11:30-10:50. We're just playing less shows on each screen. Most of them only run 3 times a day! So far...we've sold out every Harry Potter show since opening on Friday (17 shows a day in total) and we have still sold out every evening show for 8 Mile (a total of 6 a night)

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Peter Kerchinsky
Master Film Handler

Posts: 326
From: Seattle, WA, USA
Registered: Jan 2002

posted 11-17-2002 03:34 AM

There were about 123 showings today of Harry Potter in the greater Seattle area according to ads in today's papers. Why go at 8am when it's showing every half hour somewhere?

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