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Coming Soon's Edward Douglas thought some of us might be interested to know that Universal is expanding Children of Men into 1200-plus theatres next Friday. We'll all be curious to see how this expands, of course. Douglas predicts it will end up in the $5 million range for the weekend (i.e., about the same as Babel)

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on December 29, 2006 at 10:40 PM

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breadlymoore says ...

Well, if the news came from Edward Douglas that must mean...

It was a mass-emailed press release.

Posted by breadlymoore at December 29, 2006 10:56 PM

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jeffmcm says ...

Why the f--- couldn't it have been _this_ Friday?
)&(^(^(*&^%%&^

Posted by jeffmcm at December 29, 2006 11:10 PM

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dixiedugan says ...

Yeah how bout it...I'll have to wait til next week since it's only showing at one downtown Chicago theatre. Same with Pan's Labyrinth.

Just my luck to live in the sticks.

Posted by dixiedugan at December 29, 2006 11:57 PM

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Devin Faraci says ...

Saw this again today... 3:30 in Times Square... packed house, and they applauded at the end.

Posted by Devin Faraci at December 30, 2006 12:08 AM

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Arizona Joe says ...

"Children of Men" should do pretty well. After all, it's a preview of what might happen following the George W. Bush administration. I can't wait to view the sack of Seattle.

Posted by Arizona Joe at December 30, 2006 01:42 AM

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EDouglas says ...

"Well, if the news came from Edward Douglas that must mean...

It was a mass-emailed press release."

No, asshole. I just looked on the front page of BoxOfficeMojo and Emailed Jeff cause I thought he'd be interested, and he posted it here because he thought others would be interested.

Posted by EDouglas at December 30, 2006 04:54 AM

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KevinTC says ...

Good news. We're dying for it here in Oklahoma.

Posted by KevinTC at December 30, 2006 08:44 AM

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breadlymoore says ...

"No, asshole. I just looked on the front page of BoxOfficeMojo and Emailed Jeff cause I thought he'd be interested, and he posted it here because he thought others would be interested."

Asshole?

Let's not fog up our tinted glasses, shall we?

Posted by breadlymoore at December 30, 2006 09:59 AM