Re: Darwin Movie ---CREATION Box Office Receipts

["Phillip Bigelow" <bigelowp@juno.com>]

It will do fantastic when it hits DVD.  The reviews are good.  But good reviews 
often don't translate to boffo box office.

I will be surprised if the movie ever comes to my little backwater 'burg's 
theater, however.

<pb>
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---------- Original Message ----------
From: dale mcinnes <wdm1949@hotmail.com>
To: DML <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Subject: Darwin Movie ---CREATION Box Office Receipts
Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 01:01:00 -0700


For what it's worth ......
 
The weekend opening box office receipts for this movie
were a staggering $67,000. (I know how that must sound).
I didn't cringe however. The movie was deliberately 
"squashed". It did not open in 7,000 theatres, or 700.
Not even 70. It was limited to just 7 !!! This means at 
$10/ticket, it played to 1,000 movie goers/theatre (roughly).
It sold out.
 
It's a shrewd business move if before a wide spread release,
the distributors can claim it "sold out" to pre-audiences. I
should know. I was invited to a pre-screening on 17 Jan. Standing
room only. The movie was well received. Time will tell. --dale                  
                  
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