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Author Topic: IJ4 The Popcorn Movie Edwin Schwing Expert Film Handler Posts: 116 From: Las Vegas NV Registered: May 2002 posted 05-24-2008 02:35 AM                     I was around for The Passion of the Christ. That was a popcorn movie. There have been no other "Popcorn Movies" since. I have read all the reviews on here, and all the predictions. The reviews have been bad, but MY popcorn sales have been through the ROOF!!!! GO IJ4!!! E  |  IP: Logged Chad Souder Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 962 From: Waterloo, IA, USA Registered: Feb 2000 posted 05-24-2008 01:20 PM                     quote: Edwin Schwing I was around for The Passion of the Christ. That was a popcorn movie. Really? Was that a joke? Our per caps were awful here for Passion. Something about the subject matter took away people's appetite...  |  IP: Logged Darryl Spicer Film God Posts: 3250 From: Lexington, KY, USA Registered: Dec 2000 posted 05-24-2008 01:22 PM                    I must agree....popcorn sales sucked when we played Passion.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-24-2008 03:41 PM                        Same here. "Passion" was anything but a popcorn movie.  |  IP: Logged Robert LaValley Expert Film Handler Posts: 104 From: Tampa, FL Registered: May 2007 posted 05-25-2008 02:54 PM                     i sold more senior tickets then any other movie I had at my two screen when we played passion. and I agree with everyone, the per cap was terrible.  |  IP: Logged Jack Ondracek Film God Posts: 2348 From: Port Orchard, WA, USA Registered: Oct 2002 posted 05-25-2008 03:41 PM                        I think we passed out more Kleenex than we sold popcorn.  |  IP: Logged Matt Fields Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 545 From: Ohio, United States Registered: Jun 2005 posted 05-25-2008 09:39 PM                     The Passion (biggest movie ever at my theatre) was also the biggest ever for BOTTLED WATER.  |  IP: Logged

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