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Author Topic: M:i:III: How's it holding up? Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-13-2006 01:30 PM                        We couldn't get a print of this one. Initially I was upset, but given its relatively lackluster opening, I almost feel like we may have dodged a bullet. Just wondering how it's holding up around Film-Tech land.  |  IP: Logged Dennis Benjamin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1445 From: Denton, MD Registered: Feb 2002 posted 05-13-2006 04:43 PM                        So far - a really crappy weekend for movies. The weather is too nice here on the Shore. Poseidon is beating out MI:III here at our location. All in all - a really bad, bad weekend for movies. I have a feeling it is the 'calm before the storm' with OTH and DaVinci coming up......  |  IP: Logged Chad Souder Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 962 From: Waterloo, IA, USA Registered: Feb 2000 posted 05-13-2006 08:21 PM                     RV is holding up here better than anything else  |  IP: Logged Dennis Benjamin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1445 From: Denton, MD Registered: Feb 2002 posted 05-13-2006 09:00 PM                        Holy Rolling Turd! RV was our number one grosser today. Didn't see that one coming......  |  IP: Logged Matt Fields Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 545 From: Ohio, United States Registered: Jun 2005 posted 05-14-2006 12:25 AM                     M:I:3 has basically sucked for us, which I was expecting, to be honest. As others have mentioned, RV has good legs. Poseidon is my #1 this weekend so far, but RV is right behind it.  |  IP: Logged Ross Oba Expert Film Handler Posts: 181 From: Kailua Kona, HI Registered: Oct 2005 posted 05-14-2006 01:13 AM                     Da Vinci and OTH are really going to kick the summer into high gear. Then XMen is going to make sure it stays that way.  |  IP: Logged Barry Floyd Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1079 From: Lebanon, Tennessee, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 05-14-2006 02:50 AM                        We were fortunate to be able to run "RV" and "MI3" together as a double feature this weekend. Played "Poseidon" and "The Sentinel" as a double on the second screen. So far both screens have nearly drawn identical numbers. Last weekend we had MI3 and RV on separate screens, and the RV side pulled the largest crowds. I'm just hoping "Over the Hedge" will be this years "Madagascar"!  |  IP: Logged Matt Fields Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 545 From: Ohio, United States Registered: Jun 2005 posted 05-14-2006 08:48 AM                     From next weekend until Pirates 2 slows down should do gangbuster business around here...DaVinci/Hedge then X-Men then The Break-Up and Omen (We do well with horror and The Break-Up looks funny), Cars of course, then Click and Garfield two weeks later, then Superman, then Pirates 2. Load up on the popcorn! On a similiar topic...which looks beter to you (business-wise): Nacho Libre or Fast and the Furious 3? I think Nacho looks really funny, but I did well with the first 2 Fast and Furious movies.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-14-2006 01:55 PM                        We are playing RV now and suddenly I don't really mind missing out on MI-III on the break. (I'm sure we'll play it later.) I thought the Nacho Libre trailer (that came with Ice Age 2, I think) was really dopey looking but literally dozens of people mentioned that movie as THE ONE they can't wait for! Teenagers/young adults mostly, I guess.)  |  IP: Logged Pravin Ratnam Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 844 From: Atlanta, GA,USA Registered: Sep 2002 posted 05-14-2006 07:04 PM                     MI3 in first place with 24M. Easily more than Poseidon's first week of 20M. I would say it is holding up pretty decently despite the disappointing first weekend. RV also lasting longer than I expected, but not as great as our locales - 9.4M  |  IP: Logged Jack Ondracek Film God Posts: 2348 From: Port Orchard, WA, USA Registered: Oct 2002 posted 05-14-2006 07:29 PM                        "MI3" outdid "RV" and "Poseidon" on Friday... but "RV" caught up and kicked everything last night (Saturday)... Wonder if it was a "Mother's Day choice"? That's certainly where the kids were, last night.  |  IP: Logged Ross Oba Expert Film Handler Posts: 181 From: Kailua Kona, HI Registered: Oct 2005 posted 05-15-2006 12:23 AM                     Poseidon was the top seller here but MI3 was in close second.  |  IP: Logged John T. Hendrickson, Jr Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 889 From: Freehold, NJ, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 05-15-2006 01:33 PM                     It's a matter of which turkey has the biggest feathers. First week MI 3 was horrible, but the second week drop was less than expected. Still, not doing the business that was originally expected. Poseidon has truly lived up to it's billing as a disaster film. Hopefully, we'll be able to take our principal owner off suicide watch when Da Vinci and Over the Hedge open.  |  IP: Logged Dominic Espinosa Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1172 From: Boulder Creek, CA. Registered: Jan 2004 posted 05-15-2006 03:13 PM                     For us RV, Poseidon and MI3 are showing steady business. I agree though, the weather and in some counties the fair and other outdoor festivities are slowing down business. Once OTH and Da Vinci hit it's all gravy, I think. Temp. is just going to go up and people seeking air conditioned refuge have a lot of good reasons to come to the theater this year. Superman, Pirates, and X3 among other things look promising. Aren't the analysts saying 2k6 might actually show a gain over last year? The bullet to dodge is Just My Luck. I'm calling it this years "Fever Pitch". Come to think of it, I remember more people watching Fever Pitch...  |  IP: Logged Chad Souder Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 962 From: Waterloo, IA, USA Registered: Feb 2000 posted 05-16-2006 10:21 AM                     quote: Matt Fields On a similiar topic...which looks beter to you (business-wise): Nacho Libre or Fast and the Furious 3? Definately Nacho. There are no actors in Tokyo Drift and you know that at least for the opener, all the immature guys like myself are going to step over each other to see it.  |  IP: Logged

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