Sunday numbers
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry dipped 5% from Friday to Saturday, but the expected Sunday night tally will nonetheless be about $34,775,000, which will make it the weekend winner. Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix will be a close second with a projected $33,209,000. And Hairspray was off 15% from Friday to Saturday, and is now looking at a weekend total of $28,729,000 instead of Saturday morning's projected figure of $30,367,000. How much of the general Saturday falloff was due to the much-discussed coast-to-coast cocooning of Harry Potter fans reading the latest novel ("Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows") all day yesterday?
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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on July 22, 2007 at 9:41 AM
comment #1
tpk123
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In all seriousness, can someone direct me to the TRUE Potter spoilers? They've even been wiped out of wikipedia. I read the first 2 books and gave up, but want some type of closure.
Posted by tpk123
at July 22, 2007 9:53 AM
comment #2
George Prager
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A lot of dorky white 20/30/40somethings, who would've seen the movie this weekend, instead were speed-reading the book so they could give it to their significant other to read so they could both finish the book by Monday -- yet another convenient reason to avoid sex. (Geek Bed Death)
Posted by George Prager
at July 22, 2007 9:55 AM
comment #3
Mr. Muckle
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Go ahead and enter Phoenix into spellcheck now.
Posted by Mr. Muckle
at July 22, 2007 10:18 AM
comment #4
York "Budd" Durden
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I attribute the Hairspray Friday-to-Saturday drop to the young lead actress's weight.
Posted by York "Budd" Durden
at July 22, 2007 12:01 PM
comment #5
btwnproductions
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Beautiful summer weather in the NE probably didn't help, but HAIRSPRAY still broke the opening-weekend record for a musical.
Posted by btwnproductions
at July 22, 2007 12:23 PM
comment #6
George Prager
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There is also the John Travolta, Scientologist in drag factor.
Posted by George Prager
at July 22, 2007 12:33 PM
comment #7
bmcintire
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I think Universal's estimate of CHUCK AND LARRY dropping only 15% from Saturday to Sunday is wishful thinking. I'm guessing the numbers for the top three pan out to be much closer than they have them now.
Posted by bmcintire
at July 22, 2007 12:54 PM
comment #8
Chicago48
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can someone explain why Talk to me hasn't gone wide? It's getting per screen equal to the top 3 movies.
Posted by Chicago48
at July 22, 2007 1:03 PM
comment #9
Peterson
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The per-screen average of TALK TO ME means nothing - it's only playing in a very limited number of the best theatres in the biggest markets. Add another 1,000 runs and watch the per-screen average drop like a rock.
Posted by Peterson
at July 22, 2007 1:07 PM
comment #10
Chicago48
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Peterson: How so? I asked about the rollout being so slow. There must be a precedent for this.
Posted by Chicago48
at July 22, 2007 1:09 PM
comment #11
Rob
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It's not a particularly slow rollout. It's doing two weeks in the top markets and then going wider in the third weekend. Very typical.
Posted by Rob
at July 23, 2007 7:45 AM
comment #12
Rich S.
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tpk123,
In the first spoiler site Jeffrey linked to, the text at the bottom was authentic, and the spoilers at the top were almost all completely wrong. The site is still up, with the incorrect spoilers, but the text at the bottom has been removed.
The second spoiler site Jeffrey linked to had about 8 authentic spoilers as to the fates of characters. But that site is now completely gone.
If you read the seven page epilogue that was posted last week, that should give you all the closure you need.
Posted by Rich S.
at July 23, 2007 8:59 AM