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Author Topic: How is Harry Potter holding up? John T. Hendrickson, Jr Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 889 From: Freehold, NJ, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 07-20-2009 11:40 AM                     Having read all the responses in the thread about all the midnight sellouts, I'm curious to know how the film performed subsequent to that. We've experienced steady business since the opening, (running four prints) but no sold out shows. Is this another front-loaded tentpole release, or will we see some legs with repeat business? Warner Bros is looking for $180 mill for the first seven days, but what about after that? Has this cow already been milked?  |  IP: Logged Claude S. Ayakawa Film God Posts: 2738 From: Waipahu, Hawaii, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 07-20-2009 12:13 PM                        I am very curious what the response will be when the IMAX version finally opens this weeK. How well it does or does not should tell us pretty much what the public thinks about the format especially the digital version. -Claude  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 07-20-2009 12:24 PM                        Our biggest crowd so far was the midnight show but we've had decent crowds nightly. We had our county fair in town this weekend so having a half-full house is still good -- I've had a lot of people tell me they're coming to the show next weekend. (They must have heard that Gulbrandsen is coming this week to tune-up our system!)  |  IP: Logged John T. Hendrickson, Jr Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 889 From: Freehold, NJ, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 07-20-2009 12:28 PM                     Look out Mike. There goes your profits!  |  IP: Logged Justin Hamaker Film God Posts: 2253 From: Lakeport, CA USA Registered: Jan 2004 posted 07-20-2009 12:35 PM                        We've done solid business, but no sellout. We have two prints with a total of seven shows per day. We normally only run one print and if we had just one print of Potter we would be near to sold out every show. Still, business is up significantly from the last Potter which we only ran one print.  |  IP: Logged Sean Kapp Film Handler Posts: 30 From: Columbiana OH USA Registered: Jun 2008 posted 07-20-2009 03:51 PM                     We have had solid business for matinee and 7pm shows, however our late show on Friday and Saturday is nothing to write home about. The midnight showing was by far our best crowd. No complaints over all though. See how it pans out in the end!  |  IP: Logged Jack Ondracek Film God Posts: 2348 From: Port Orchard, WA, USA Registered: Oct 2002 posted 07-21-2009 05:34 AM                        No sellouts, but solid business, which has made concessions crowds much easier to serve. By comparison, "Transformers" was a total zoo out here. 3 days in a row, we were hanging cars off the nearest tree limbs.  |  IP: Logged Jonathan Althaus Master Film Handler Posts: 435 From: Bedford, TX Registered: Dec 2008 posted 07-23-2009 11:02 PM                     4 prints, 11 shows a day, and its done crap (133 total tickets today). We sold out 3 screens for the midnights. But then again we are kind of a crappy theatre surrounded by new theatres.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 07-24-2009 10:45 AM                        Still doing quite nicely here. We might actually see an increase this week because we had our county fair last week which was very busy every night of the weekend.  |  IP: Logged

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