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Mike Blakesley
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posted 10-29-2007 09:12 PM

Is it just me, or is this Christmas season shaping up to be sorta...weak? I hope I'm wrong but there's just nothing I'm feeling a buzz on...yet.

National Treasure will be huge, but most of the rest just seem marginal. Maybe I've had one too many sequel-heavy holiday seasons.

What's everyone else think? What are your picks to click?

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Chad M Calpito
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posted 10-29-2007 11:12 PM

I think National Treasure will be great, but, am unsure about the rest though.

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Scott McGuire
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posted 10-30-2007 12:38 PM

Our booker told us that this has been the slowest fall since 2000. Looking at what is coming out between nw and Christmas i don't see anything that i think will do great at the box other that National Treasure. I hope we aren't in for a slow winter as well.

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James. R. Deeter
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posted 10-30-2007 05:52 PM

I'm thinking Fred Claus should do well ( Elf level biz ) and Enchanted will be a great family film

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Mark Ogden
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posted 10-30-2007 06:49 PM

There's a lot of good movies coming up. What about The Golden Compass, I Am Legend (Will Smith) , Alien Vs. Predator 2, The Bucket List (Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman), The Water Horse, Charlie Wilson's War (Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts)?

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John T. Hendrickson, Jr
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posted 10-30-2007 08:03 PM

National Treasure will do great business. After that, roll the dice. [Eek!]

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Chris Slycord
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posted 10-30-2007 08:15 PM

quote: Mark Ogden
There's a lot of good movies coming up. What about The Golden Compass, I Am Legend (Will Smith) , Alien Vs. Predator 2, The Bucket List (Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman), The Water Horse, Charlie Wilson's War (Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts)?

To all of those: respectable but not huge.

Except for AVP 2; I don't see how that one could do that great. AVP really didn't do well from what I saw and most fans of the comics thought it was pretty awful. So why should the sequel do well?

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Brad Allen
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posted 10-30-2007 10:07 PM

In the smaller towns, Enchanted, Fred Claus, Mr Margoiums, National Treasure 2, Dewey Cox (if not rated R), The Water Horse should all do very well.

National Treasure 2 will do well, but have the curse of no legs sequel itis.

I personally think this Christma's lineup looks much better than last.

Its' been a rough fall that's for sure.

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Luci Reeve
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posted 11-01-2007 04:06 PM

I'm sure glad to hear that everyone is having a bad autumn...I thought it was just us!

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Mike Blakesley
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posted 11-01-2007 05:53 PM

quote: Brad Allen
I personally think this Christma's lineup looks much better than last.

There's always the hope of a December surprise too...I would've bet money last year that "Night at the Museum" would be a stinkeroo, and I was incredulous when our booker thought we should play it on the break...but it wound up doing very well for us.

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Thomas Pitt
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posted 11-02-2007 06:37 PM

I guess we're talking about the US and Canada here, since films are usually released a few months later in the UK. Other than the seasonal movies that really HAVE to be shown at certain times of year (there would be little point putting something like "Deck the Halls" on in June!), the autumn and winter line-up in the UK seems slightly better than what you're getting in the US.

Films like 'Golden Compass' have a mid-December release date in the UK. However, some of the other films mentioned in this thread have a January or February UK release, and I haven't even heard of some of them!

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Aaron Mehocic
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posted 11-03-2007 04:21 PM

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I'm sure glad to hear that everyone is having a bad autumn...I thought it was just us!

On the contrary, I think we're having better than average fall business at the locations I've been working.

As I mentioned to a manager just today, I'll be real interested in how well Charlie Wilson's War will do in comparison with Rendition and Lions For Lambs. My gut reaction is it may do quite well as the trailer tends to spin a different (dare say pro-war) message which, the other films do not. Without Any Political Comment, I'm just suggesting movie goers reject star-studded casts if they also reject the message they perceive the film gives off. If Wilson does well, I think it will prove my theory.

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Andy Muirhead
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posted 11-06-2007 07:42 PM

I think it looks like a promising christmas line up in the UK. With Enchanted, Mr Magoriums, The Golden Compass, Fred Claus etc, it's better than I recall for a few years.

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Brad Allen
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posted 11-06-2007 08:54 PM

quote: Mike Blakesley
There's always the hope of a December surprise too...I would've bet money last year that "Night at the Museum" would be a stinkeroo, and I was incredulous when our booker thought we should play it on the break...but it wound up doing very well for us.

Really? I thought just the opposite when I saw the trailer. Had the best leg's for us of anything we'd had in several years.

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Anslem Rayburn
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posted 11-06-2007 10:42 PM

Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium may surprise. I think it looks awful, but it's got some star power and is the rare Rated G live-action film. Might be what the parents are looking for.

Golden Compass looks sort of blah to me, but if the religious groups get riled up and protest it, it might give it the extra media push it needs to be succesful.

National Treasure looks like a hit, I agree with everyone else on that.

I think I Am Legend will be big, it looks like the perfect movie to escape from all of the Christmas displays and cheer with! The only other truly interesting looking film is Charlie Wilson's War, but it could easily tank OR do huge numbers depending on how it's received.

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