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Author Topic: Chicago Sneaks 1/25 and 1/26 Jim Casterioto Film Handler Posts: 32 From: Wilmington, DE, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 01-26-2003 12:20 AM                        Can anyone explain the logic of this to me? Chicago has been playing in some theatres for several weeks now, and I just checked the showtimes in my area, and a couple of theatres are having sneaks of it, running in place of Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. I know both films are made by Miramax, however it doesn't make sense. Someone please shed some light on this.  |  IP: Logged Franklin Armstrong Expert Film Handler Posts: 106 From: Orlando, FL, USA Registered: Sep 2002 posted 01-26-2003 02:00 AM                     I don't get it too !  |  IP: Logged Darryl Spicer Film God Posts: 3250 From: Lexington, KY, USA Registered: Dec 2000 posted 01-26-2003 02:25 AM                    all I know is that it raked in the people. Maybe this is miramaxes way of deciding if it is worth expanding into the same markets. I think it would be well worth it.  |  IP: Logged James R. Hammonds, Jr Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 931 From: Houston, TX, USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 01-26-2003 03:15 AM                     quote: Maybe this is miramaxes way of deciding if it is worth expanding into the same markets. Yeah, but there were sneaks at some theatres in town while some others were already playing it. If it wasn't playing in town at all, I could understand.  |  IP: Logged Thomas Procyk Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1842 From: Royal Palm Beach, FL, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 01-26-2003 03:26 AM                     Yeah. We got the sneak and pretty much every other theater had it already; but we had about 80+ people! I maybe see some logic in this. Since some sort of sporting event is going on Sunday ("the game" I believe.) Miramax felt that Confessions's target audience would be at home, while Chigago's target audience would rather go out, and they'd earn some oscar buzz in the process. Saturday (4pm-ish) was the "sneak" of Sunday's (7pm-ish) "sneak." Sounds pretty sneaky. Did everyone have the same showtimes? I know that people were not allowed to stay for Confessions afterwards. Odd for a true sneak. =TMP=  |  IP: Logged Mike Spaeth Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1129 From: Marietta, GA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 01-26-2003 10:03 AM                        The reason for this is that Confessions was not tracking very well. They did this simply to boost the gross on Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind. Cue Charles Everett ... rant about how unfair this is for Miramax to be artificially boosting Confession's gross.  |  IP: Logged Dennis Benjamin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1445 From: Denton, MD Registered: Feb 2002 posted 01-26-2003 11:19 AM                        This one weirded me out. Very confusing to run a 'sneak' in town when the film is already playing at six other locations at a full schedule. I don't mind the extra boost of business though.....  |  IP: Logged Charles Everett Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1470 From: New Jersey Registered: May 2001 posted 01-26-2003 11:59 AM                     Mike S is correct: Confessions of a Dangerous Mind had its national break this week. Miramax did this not-so-sneak of Chicago to pump up the per-theater average on Dangerous Mind. How stupid was this? I was in Bucks County PA yesterday. The Regal Warrington Crossing 22 has 2 prints of Chicago and sold out at least 3 matinees. Five miles north the Regal Barn Plaza 14 got the not-so-sneak of Chicago. Why sneak a movie if you can go to a theater already playing it? Fox did much the same thing in June 2000 when it sneaked Me, Myself & Irene on opening weekend of Titan A.E. Irene at least broke even. Titan A.E. tanked bigtime; that promoted Fox to fire its chairman and shut down its animation unit.  |  IP: Logged Darryl Spicer Film God Posts: 3250 From: Lexington, KY, USA Registered: Dec 2000 posted 01-26-2003 01:48 PM                    The sneak is tracked on a different number so nothing is turned in on Confessions. That movie will not see any of this money. Chicago is going wider next week. My thinking is that Miramax may be seeing if it is worth going wider in some markets. In our market there are three zones. The one zone is only regal and they are playing the film full scheduel. THe other two zones picked up the sneak. A decision may be made this week wether to keep them in the zones on a regular run or drop them out based on what the sneaks do. That is my theory.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 01-26-2003 02:36 PM                     It's no different than adding a manual to the sneak section of this website. Sure the manual may already be available elsewhere in some other form, but it's new to this site, just like Chicago is new to the theaters sneaking it this weekend. Film-Tech - The Miramax of websites!  |  IP: Logged Mike Olpin Chop Chop! Posts: 1852 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Jan 2002 posted 01-26-2003 04:07 PM                     Chicago is slated to go wide relese in early feb. It has been playing at other theatres in my area for awile, yet the sneak we showed last night (sat) nearly sold out a 450 seat auditorium!  |  IP: Logged Steve Kraus Film God Posts: 4094 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 01-26-2003 08:40 PM                    Brad called: Film-Tech - The Miramax of websites! OK Brad, do you want to be Bob or Harvey?!  |  IP: Logged Aldo Baez Master Film Handler Posts: 266 From: USA Registered: Mar 2001 posted 01-26-2003 11:15 PM                    Wierd, my theatre sneaked Chicago in place of a 7:15 pm Catch Me If You Can on both Sat and Sunday. Which I thought was wierd. When I went downstairs and looked in the office I saw on the booking notice to sneak Chicago on "anything"...  |  IP: Logged Jason Black Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1723 From: Myrtle Beach, SC, USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 01-27-2003 09:38 AM                        We had that sneak as well, and yes, it was screwed up, IMO. Why the print wasn't made available for teh week long playdate I have no clue. It's still made up on our platter, so why not allow us to run it for the many who WANT TO SEE IT NOW???? Also, Thomas, it WAS a double feature sneak. You may want to pass that along to your GM so that she can get further clarification. 9/10 we have sneaks, they are always double features. If your booker is like mine, youy GM should have rec'd a letter, oh, say FRIDAY, in regards to the aforementioned facts. Yeah, Friday. Four days AFTER bookings are confirmed and three days AfTER newspaper deadlines are met!  |  IP: Logged Thomas Procyk Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1842 From: Royal Palm Beach, FL, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 01-27-2003 12:57 PM                     Jason -- We received an e-mail, which was posted in the box office and had a paragraph highlighted that explained, "Patrons who come for Chicago are NOT allowed to see Confessions of a Dangerous Mind for free afterwards." =TMP=  |  IP: Logged

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