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Author Topic: Iron Man 2 for FOUR weeks?! Alex Shultz Film Handler Posts: 54 From: Marysville, KS, US Registered: Nov 2008 posted 04-29-2010 10:06 AM                        Is Paramount requiring everyone to keep IM2 four weeks? I got a call yesterday saying they needed me to keep it that long. I tried to get them let me split the screen for it starting on week three but that option is not available at this time. Are they trying to keep some other studio's picture off the screen four weeks later? Is the picture a dog and they want to lock people in to it? I can't keep something four weeks. It's like shutting down 1/3 of my theatre for those last two weeks. Anyone have any ideas on how to get them to let me keep it a shorter time?  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-29-2010 11:44 AM                        Are you a single screen? If so, did you tell them you wanted Shrek? Or did you just book IM2?  |  IP: Logged Jack Ondracek Film God Posts: 2348 From: Port Orchard, WA, USA Registered: Oct 2002 posted 04-29-2010 12:01 PM                        I've been told to expect this from more studios this year.  |  IP: Logged Sam Graham AKA: "The Evil Sam Graham". Wackiness ensues. Posts: 1431 From: Waukee, IA Registered: Dec 2004 posted 04-29-2010 12:06 PM                        Supposedly it's a big piece of crap, so they're probably trying to end your run to coincide with the DVD release.  |  IP: Logged Alex Shultz Film Handler Posts: 54 From: Marysville, KS, US Registered: Nov 2008 posted 04-29-2010 12:28 PM                        Mike, I'm three-screen. I've been down to two screens for about three months while we remodeled one of them. That third screen is FINALLY reopening this weekend. I was kind of stunned when he asked for that much time for the show. I left him a message and will try contacting him again later to see if there's any way to work out a shorter run with extensions if my box passes a set amount on a weekend.  |  IP: Logged Barry Floyd Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1079 From: Lebanon, Tennessee, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 04-29-2010 01:36 PM                        I haven't heard it was a requirement, but I had planned on keeping it that long anyway. Being a drive-in with "double features", I had planned on having it paired behind Shrek Forverafter on Memorial Day weekend anyway.  |  IP: Logged Joe Elliott Master Film Handler Posts: 497 From: Port Orange, Fl USA Registered: Oct 2006 posted 04-30-2010 08:43 PM                     Anyone know if they have the 4 week requirement for second prints, and/or digital copies?  |  IP: Logged Mike Frese Master Film Handler Posts: 465 From: Holts Summit, MO Registered: Jun 2007 posted 04-30-2010 10:47 PM                        2nd copies are usually just 2 weeks. If you do not get this on the break, I would imagine you can get it at the beginning of week 3 without much trouble. so far: IMDB 8.7, 76% Rotten Tomatoes. More than good enough for the mainstream. Iron Man (the first one) IMDB 8.0, 93% RT  |  IP: Logged Alex Shultz Film Handler Posts: 54 From: Marysville, KS, US Registered: Nov 2008 posted 04-30-2010 11:16 PM                        I talked with my good friend who ran this theatre for about 25 years. I trust him completely when it comes to advice in this area. He told me I was being foolish NOT to book it. Some day I'll figure out how to tell when I'm being stubborn and when I should be justifiably upset about this kind of thing. Sigh.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-30-2010 11:22 PM                        So you apparently don't use a booker? This is a time when a booker might have been able to cut a better deal for you maybe. Just a thought.  |  IP: Logged Alex Shultz Film Handler Posts: 54 From: Marysville, KS, US Registered: Nov 2008 posted 05-01-2010 12:34 AM                        I don't use a booker. There are some times when I wish I was using one (like now). Most of the time I enjoy doing it myself.  |  IP: Logged Mike Frese Master Film Handler Posts: 465 From: Holts Summit, MO Registered: Jun 2007 posted 05-01-2010 07:06 PM                        Good it a be a digital thing? Alex is digital vs film.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-01-2010 08:42 PM                        For what it's worth, our booker told me that there's really no difference between film & digital when it comes to booking...they still make about the same number of copies of a film as normal (prints+drives=copies). But he has noticed shortages of film prints already in this area on some titles...in fact if we don't play a Warner title on the break, it's very likely we won't play it at all because WB doesn't like to move prints, and by the time an area print is available to us the DVD date is looming.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-02-2010 04:05 PM                     I find that people who are serous about this biz always employ the services of a booker. You are not going to get any kinda deal for yourself compared to someone booking 60 screens with the same title... just no way, no how. The only ones I've seen pull it off themselves at all successfully are sub run locations and lots of the time they just pay a flat rate anyway. Mark  |  IP: Logged Matt Fields Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 545 From: Ohio, United States Registered: Jun 2005 posted 05-02-2010 11:19 PM                     Biggest booking advantage I have enjoyed since I converted to digital is that the studios will commit to a playdate when I'm playing something off the break. That way I know I am getting the movie and can promote. Also, Summit gave me a copy of Remember Week one week off the break. Would have never happened with film.  |  IP: Logged

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