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Author Topic: Business slow in Sweden right now Thomas Jonsson Expert Film Handler Posts: 216 From: Bromolla, Sweden Registered: Sep 2003 posted 04-27-2005 03:29 PM                       Business is lousy here in Sweden right now. Figures from the Swedish Film Institute says attendance for the first two months has dropped 20% compared to 2004. My guess is the figures for March and April are even worse. How is the situation in the US and other parts of the world? Thomas  |  IP: Logged Peter Kerchinsky Master Film Handler Posts: 326 From: Seattle, WA, USA Registered: Jan 2002 posted 04-27-2005 03:34 PM                     We have not been busy for some time now here in Seattle. Not sure if it's the films or the weather or if people are finding something else to do (like rent DVDs). We got spring early here this year and we are outdoors people here in the great Northwest.  |  IP: Logged Bruce Hansen Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 847 From: Stone Mountain, GA, USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 04-27-2005 05:11 PM                     I have noticed quite a few closed stores in all the malls in the Atlanta area (not a good sign for the economy). We have very high gas prices in the US right now, that could be one reason that people do not have money to spend on other things.  |  IP: Logged Bill Gabel Film God Posts: 3873 From: Technicolor / Postworks NY, USA Registered: Jan 2002 posted 04-28-2005 12:20 PM                     Its been busy here in NYC. With all the weather changes, there is a lot of tourists in town.  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 04-28-2005 05:07 PM                     The dollar exchange rate favors growth in international tourism to places like New York City. I'm not surprised to hear anyone commenting that business at movie theaters is slow. From the beginning of this year most shows have been turkeys. Few hits at all.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-28-2005 05:57 PM                        It's the movies. Last year we had "Passion." But usually this is a slow time of year almost every year. Wait.  |  IP: Logged Kurt Zupin Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 989 From: Maricopa, Arizona Registered: Oct 2004 posted 04-29-2005 06:43 PM                     ****Warning there is a lot of information compiled in this post, sorry for its length, but it gives us an idea of what each spring looked like**** This was in this weeks Entertainment Weekly Movie Theater Attendance From 1/1-4/17 2002 --- 439 Million tickets sold 2003 --- 389 Million tickets sold 2004 --- 407 Million tickets sold (58 Million "The Passion of the Christ") 2005 --- 379 Million tickets sold Source Exhibitor Relations Co., Inc. For Release date information ***There are many other films released in this time frame, these are only the major releases*** Spring Release's 2002 Orange County Snow Dogs Kung Pow: Enter the Fist Walk to Remember, A Mothman Prophecies, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Slackers Collateral Damage Rollerball Big Fat Liar Return to Neverland John Q Hart's War Super Troopers Queen of the Damned, The We Were Soldiers 40 Days and 40 Nights Time Machine, The All About the Benjamins Ice Age Showtime Resident Evil E.T.(20th Anniversary) Blade 2 Panic Room, The Rookie, The Death to Smoochy National Lampoon's Van Wilder Big Trouble Sweetest Thing, The Changing Lanes Spring Releases 2003 Just Married Blue Collar Comedy Tour National Security Hours, The Darkness Falls Final Destination 2 Recruit, The Biker Boyz Shanghai Knights How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days Daredevil Old School Dark Blue Life of David Gale, The Gods and Generals Cradle 2: The Grave Tears of the Sun Bringin Down the House Agent Cody Banks Hunted, The Willard Bend It Like Beckham Dreamcatcher Boat Trip Core, The Basic Head of State What a Girl Wants Phone Booth Man Apart, A Anger Management House of 1,000 Corpses Bulletproof Monk Spring Releases 2004 Chasing Liberty My Baby's Daddy Big Fish Along Came Polly Torque Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! Butterfly Effect, The Big Bounce, The Perfect Score, The You Got Served Barbershop 2 Miracle 50 First Dates Welcome to Mooseport Eurotrip Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen Passion of the Christ, The Twisted Starsky & Hutch Hidalgo Secret Window Dawn of the Dead Taking Lives Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed Ladykillers, The Jersey Girl Home on the Range Hellboy Walking Tall Prince and Me, The The Whole Ten Yards Alamo, The Girl Next Door, The Ella Enchanted Johnson Family Vacation Kill B ill: Vol 2 Punisher, The Spring Releases 2005 White Noise Racing Stripes Elektra In Good Company Coach Carter Amityville Horror, The Assault on Precinct 13 Are We There Yet? Hide and Seek Alone in the Dark Boogeyman Wedding Date, The Hitch Pooh's Heffalump Movie Because of Winn-Dixie Constantine Son of the Mask Cursed Diary of a Mad Black Woman Upside of Anger, The Man of the House Jacket, The Be Cool Pacifier, The Robots Hostage Millions Ring Two, The Melinda and Melinda Ice Princess Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous D.E.B.S. Guess Who Beauty Shop Sin City Sahara Fever Pitch I'm sure that I've missed a few films here and there but just by looking at the movies and quality of movies that have been released in the past 4 years, I would have to say that Spring 2002 had the best schedule, as the numbers show. Sorry about the length everyone, hope this helps ---KURT  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-29-2005 08:56 PM                        Right. So leaving "Passion" out of the picture, we've picked up from last year. This is a cyclical business and always has been. Personally I think this is going to be a slow summer too, given that virtually all of the high profile movies are either sequels, TV adaptations or remakes, but I hope I'm wrong. (edit to fix typo.) [ 04-30-2005, 12:46 PM: Message edited by: Mike Blakesley ]  |  IP: Logged Brian Hogan Expert Film Handler Posts: 119 From: Charlotte, North Carolina, USA Registered: Jul 2001 posted 04-30-2005 02:25 AM                     things are slow here in auckland generally. right now its picked up cause of school holidays, but after this weekend it will be dead again. star wars is all that can save us.  |  IP: Logged Jeremy Jorgenson Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1002 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: Feb 2005 posted 05-01-2005 01:34 PM                        quote: Mike Blakesley I think this is going to be a slow summer too, given that virtually all of the high profile movies are either sequels, TV adaptations or remakes But that's fairly typical for summer films. With the exception of, say, Pixar films, studios will rarely put out a "tent pole" or "high profile" picture that isn't based on previous material.  |  IP: Logged Kurt Zupin Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 989 From: Maricopa, Arizona Registered: Oct 2004 posted 05-01-2005 10:30 PM                     (EDIT)Sorry mis read Jeremys post and wrote something that I couldn't even understand... What I ment to say is, there are plenty of films released every summer that are not based on a previous film or tv show. But there will all ways be the remakes every year, something we can never get rid of unfortunately  |  IP: Logged Tracy Bellar Film Handler Posts: 72 From: Sciotoville, Oh. Registered: Mar 2005 posted 05-01-2005 11:34 PM                        Our business is up over the last three or four years. Janurary and February boomed over last years grosses. March did better than the last few years but not by as much. April was better but just slightly. Over-all our grosses this year have been the best in the last five years. We seem to be in a lul right now. Things just got kind of stagnant. But with the upcoming summer films things look promising.  |  IP: Logged Jeremy Jorgenson Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1002 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: Feb 2005 posted 05-06-2005 03:38 PM                        quote: Kurt Zupin there are plenty of films released every summer that are not based on a previous film or tv show. True, true... I was talking about "previous material" in general... including: books, video games, comics, poems, based on "true stories"... etc etc...  |  IP: Logged

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