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Mike Spaeth
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1129
From: Marietta, GA
Registered: Jul 2000

posted 11-17-2002 09:34 AM

Why? Because the competition be damned ... I want as many people as possible coming to MY theater!

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Thomas Procyk
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1842
From: Royal Palm Beach, FL, USA
Registered: Feb 2002

posted 11-17-2002 11:39 AM

Reverse-crazy-Harry-Potter-Schedule:

Wellington Movies 8 - Wellington, FL
Friday: 7:00pm
Satuday, Sunday: 1:20, 4:15, 7:15
Monday-Thursday: 7:00pm

Does this owner want to turn a profit or not?
Oh, and everything else starts at the same times: 1:30, 4, 7, and 9.
=TMP=

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Matthew Cunningham
Film Handler

Posts: 5
From: Seattle, WA, USA
Registered: May 2001

posted 11-18-2002 02:10 AM

Mike, I agree that longer films normally require an adjusted schedule, but 8am is completely ridiculous to me.
The theater I did maintenance at today opened box office at 7:30am, last show got out at 2:45am the nest morning. For the sixty or so people who showed up for those first two or three screenings, was it worth wearing out the staff?
I don't think it's a conspiracy or anything, I just think it's stupid.
We're being overrun by hype in my humble opinion.

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Peter Kerchinsky
Master Film Handler

Posts: 326
From: Seattle, WA, USA
Registered: Jan 2002

posted 11-18-2002 04:41 AM

Thanks Matt for the attendance fiqures on those early shows. Kind of proves that not many want to show up for those damn 8 am shows. Taht's ridiculous. Not only that, I don't think the public is tuned in for those early ones since we don't do them all the time. The exception was mentioned earlier with a Star Wars film, but how many of those are there. Let's not be so damn greedy and give these films legs. That's my opinion.

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Tony Ratcliff
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 216
From: Madison, IN, USA
Registered: Mar 2002

posted 11-18-2002 09:57 AM

Interesting thing happened this weekend at my theatre.

I had my best November weekend in 6 years! And I did NOT have Harry Potter.
My theatre is a mid-run house. So we had Sweet Home Alabama and Tuck Everlasting.
Only thing I can figure is that people were scared away from the multiplex in town showing Harry Potter and came to me to avoid the crowds.

Same thing happened with Titanic opened - I had a record weekend while NOT showing it.

Tony

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Steve Scott
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1300
From: Minneapolis, MN
Registered: Sep 2000

posted 11-21-2002 07:15 PM

Lakeville 18 started with five prints for the first week. We interlocked two screens for two showtimes on Saturday due to a set of library and Coca-Cola group screenings that were at the same time.

This week, four prints run four shows a day, while the fifth print does matinees opposite Die Another Day. This tuesday, we'll be sending back two prints of Harry Potter.

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