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Author Topic: War effected attendance? Scott Balko Expert Film Handler Posts: 136 From: Redwood Falls, Minnesota, USA Registered: Apr 2000 posted 03-19-2003 08:16 PM                     Has anyone else seen a major drop in attendance today with the whole war thing brewing? Mine was down considerably.  |  IP: Logged Paul G. Thompson The Weenie Man Posts: 4718 From: Mount Vernon WA USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 03-19-2003 08:38 PM                     It's too soon to tell for us. I actually live in Oak Harbor, even though the pic profile says I am from Mount Vernon. Oak Harbor is a sailor town, the home of NAS Whidbey Island and home of the EA6-B "Electric Pig" Prowler aircraft. So far, we have not experienced a significant drop in attendance to my knopwledge. We, at Whidbey Island, are all in mass support of our troops and president. We just want the job done correctly and swiftly so we can get back to our lives. I live in the FLMP bounce pattern. Jeeze.....that is hell in itself. Security is tight here, Very tight indeed. They were inspecting Deception Pass bridge today, and will be for the next several weeks. Traffic has been reduced to one lane across the bridge. Supposedly, they say it is to inspect the intergrety of the bridge, but I doubt that. If we are subject to terrorist attack, we are ready to defend ourselves. I have all my firearms armed and ready. I say agin...PLEASE SUPPORT OUR TROOPS AND PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND OUR ALLIES WHO STAND BESIDE US. ooooOOOOOoooooo....air raid sirens just went off in Baghdad, according to the TV news broadcast. Very interesting.....Don't know for sure, but the war might have just started. It has begun. The President will address the nation at 2215 EST, according to the press secretary.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 03-19-2003 09:05 PM                     The guys I have talked to in Dallas all say attendance is booming through the roof. Must be a Texas thing.  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 03-19-2003 09:14 PM                        Anyone who is sitting in a theatre, watching a movie...is a looser in life. They should just go out and end it all. They will not be missed. [ 03-20-2003, 08:49 AM: Message edited by: Bob Maar ]  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 03-19-2003 10:06 PM                     That's a little harsh, don't you think Bob? There are a lot of families out tonight. Perhaps they are trying to shield their kids from what is happening. Maybe they feel war will kick in full force and this may be the last chance they have to "get away from it all and get lost in a movie", or do one last fun thing with their kids before war breaks out. Then again, lots of people know that there is nothing they can say or do in their particular situations to change anything, so why sit by the tv all evening worrying about it? There are probably a lot more reasons for people to get out of the house tonight. That doesn't make them losers.  |  IP: Logged Sam Hunter Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 779 From: West Monroe, LA, USA Registered: Jan 2002 posted 03-19-2003 10:18 PM                     I would have went out to a movie if there was just something worth a shit to watch.  |  IP: Logged Michael Gonzalez Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 790 From: Grand Island , NE USA Registered: Sep 2000 posted 03-19-2003 10:30 PM                     Business will most likely be down the first couple of days. However people will soon tire of watching TV and come to the movies for a couple of hours for the distraction. I would actually expect to do pretty good business on Saturday (barring any kind of terrorist attack in the country).  |  IP: Logged Dustin Mitchell Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1865 From: Mondovi, WI, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 03-19-2003 10:51 PM                     No change in attendance here.  |  IP: Logged Jason Black Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1723 From: Myrtle Beach, SC, USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 03-19-2003 10:55 PM                        I was off tonight but the attendance today was slow, or so they told me...  |  IP: Logged Patrick McDonough Expert Film Handler Posts: 118 From: Greenfield Ma. Registered: Jul 2002 posted 03-19-2003 11:00 PM                     Our attandance is always slow, on weds nights.  |  IP: Logged John Carpenter Film Handler Posts: 96 From: Fort Walton Beach, FL, USA Registered: Nov 2002 posted 03-20-2003 12:11 AM                     too early to tell... will have to see how our weekend ends up - but with as busy as we normally are on the weekend I dont think it will have a huge impact?  |  IP: Logged Andrew Duggan Expert Film Handler Posts: 127 From: Albany, NY, USA Registered: Jun 2002 posted 03-20-2003 12:48 AM                        It was a ghost town in our lobby tonight. I think out of 16 shows, only 7 or 8 of them actually sold.  |  IP: Logged Aaron Garman Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1470 From: Toledo, OH USA Registered: Mar 2003 posted 03-20-2003 01:04 AM                     Hello all. I saw Frida tonight and there was around 10 people in the auditorium. Our place seemed pretty dead as usual for a Wednesday night. I did notice on the drive home, the roads were pretty empty though.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 03-20-2003 03:45 AM                     Before anyone asks the question, the reason this thread was not moved into the Political Arena is because it is dealing with theater attendance, not political or war issues.  |  IP: Logged Per Hauberg Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 883 From: Malling, Denmark Registered: Jul 2000 posted 03-20-2003 04:05 AM                        It has been a bit slow on 7 out of 8 shows today, -mainly i think, because of Iraq, but i'm afraid - many, and especially young people are watching The Bush/Iraq Reality Show, and not that tragic piece of history it really is. Beside, i don't think they will more likely hit Saddam on the first day, just because cinemagoers all over the world stays away from the cinema to follow the war on tv. p. "Let the generals fight and give the soldiers a week off" [ 03-20-2003, 09:17 AM: Message edited by: Per Hauberg ]  |  IP: Logged

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