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Author Topic: Grosses for Fahrenheit 9/11 - 350 Million+ US, 600 Million+ Overseas Carl Martin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1424 From: Oakland, CA, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 06-29-2004 02:49 AM                        yes, we're getting one more print next week. we'll have it on every screen. carl  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 06-29-2004 07:46 AM                        When I went to see it Monday night at 7:20, it was almost a sell-out in an auditorium with almost 300 seats. The late afternoon matinee had several hundred people, and there were long lines for the late show. Currently on four screens in Rochester. A news report on Rochester WHAM-1180 radio indicated that Rochester will be getting several additional prints this weekend, and even more next week.  |  IP: Logged Thomas Procyk Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1842 From: Royal Palm Beach, FL, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 06-29-2004 10:14 AM                     People are trying to compare this to "Passion of the Christ" which is way off... Passion had a phenominal print run when it opened, and grossed accordingly. I would compare this more to "Greek Wedding" where it was initially a limited release, then when they realized people actually wanted to see the movie, it expanded a little more each week until the grosses leveled off. Greek Wedding, however, is the highest-grossing movie NEVER to have reached #1! I doubt Greek Wedding would have pulled in that much if it were plopped onto 2,000 screens without the word-of-mouth it had generated in limited release. Theaters would have cut shows after the first week or two, and it would be out by the third to make room for the "50 prints per film" summer rush. Every good economist knows that the harder it is to get/see something, the more people want to buy/watch it. Film bookers should take notice. =TMP=  |  IP: Logged Pravin Ratnam Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 844 From: Atlanta, GA,USA Registered: Sep 2002 posted 06-29-2004 11:14 AM                     quote: Pravin Ratnam 13M too low. 20M minimum. I say 25M opening weekend even with only 900 theaters. I think this is the kind of movie people will be willing to commute 10 miles to watch. Can I just say, KD's threads seem to bring the best out of me in predictions. I was off by less than 10M on Passion's overall gross(380M was mine). Now, I am off by 1M on this as the actual opening numbers seem to tally closer to 24M. I wonder if Mike or someone has the Atlanta Landmark's numbers on the terminal versus F911. They had The Terminal on 2 screens, same number as F911 which I thought was silly considering F911 was going to gross much higher.  |  IP: Logged Paul Linfesty Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1383 From: Bakersfield, CA, USA Registered: Nov 1999 posted 06-29-2004 11:33 AM                     quote: Thomas Procyk Every good economist knows that the harder it is to get/see something, the more people want to buy/watch it. Film bookers should take notice. And distributors used to follow this reasoning. A recent special about blockbusters that aired on TRIO used the example of JAWS. Because JAWS was a troubled production, Universal was planning to open it on hundreds of theatres opening weekend (in case word of mouth was bad). However, after a few very successful sneak previews, Universal knew they had a potential blockbuster on its hand, so the studio actually greatly decreased the number of screens, opening the film on just over 400 screens. The stated rational was to make audiences have to go and seek the film out, to make it hard to get into. (Previous to this, Universal released "blockbuster" films such as AIRPORT, EARTHQUAKE, and THE STING in exclusive engagements in major cities, and even with constant sellouts, continued to hold the films exclusively for many months).  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 06-29-2004 05:45 PM                     I saw a news report late this afternoon about "Fahrenheit 9/11" and the money it is making. Reporters were drawing some odd comparisons in their statements about "the real test will be how the film will last." They noted how films like the latest "Harry Potter" movie and other big summer releases have had giant drop-offs in attendance percentage in the second week of release. They presumed Michael Moore's pseudo-documentary would suffer the same drop. I think that's a stupid prediction. Strangely the dumb bells at the news networks didn't look to see how the typical summer release these days has many thousands of prints glutting theaters on opening day. Anyone who has any desire to see "Harry Potter" or the next "Spiderman" installment will have very little problem in doing so. The releases literally blow their wad right out of the gate in attempts to break opening weekend records. Who really gives a crap about that? I was far more impressed how films like "Forrest Gump" or "Titanic" lasted week after week and month after month in theatrical release. That's a far more impressive achievement, and one that is more possible when you don't have 8,000 prints circulating in the United States alone. If "Fahrenheit 9/11" keeps its print inventory at a somewhat modest level (below 2,000) it should maintain some decent attendance levels through July.  |  IP: Logged Aaron Garman Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1470 From: Toledo, OH USA Registered: Mar 2003 posted 06-30-2004 03:44 AM                     I agree with everything Bobby just said. The word of mouth is already flying about the film, the media always talking about it, and people are just downright curious to see the film. So the moral of the story is to keep them curious and make the movie difficult to see. We open the film tomorrow, and hopefully it will do well. It's good alternative programming to something like Spider-Man anyhow. AJG  |  IP: Logged Stephen Furley Film God Posts: 3059 From: Coulsdon, Croydon, England Registered: May 2002 posted 06-30-2004 05:32 AM                     quote: Carl Martin yes, we're getting one more print next week. we'll have it on every screen. That doesn't seem to give people much choice as to what they see; are there other theatres nearby offering other films?  |  IP: Logged Pravin Ratnam Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 844 From: Atlanta, GA,USA Registered: Sep 2002 posted 06-30-2004 11:01 AM                     Bobby has a point with F911, though I do think movies like the first Spiderman had decent legs. No matter what it made the first weekend, the fact is it still made 400M. Initially, I thought this movie would make a killing the first two weeks and then dropoff. But now knowing that this movie hasn't even been released in some decent sized towns yet, maybe it will have more legs than I expected. I don't think Spiderman robs this movie of any attendance, though Spiderman will probably make it tougher for this movie to get as many screens asa it would like. Maybe it's time some multiplexes stop hoarding 3 or 4 screens for Shrek 2, at least for the evening shows.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-30-2004 12:11 PM                        According to the Billings (Montana) Gazette, the first showings at Carmike Campus Square theatre in Bozeman were sold out, but the projector broke down during the first showing, so they had to cancel afternoon matinees. (They were back onscreen that evening.) There was a rumor that it was a "plot" to shut down the movie, but in a rare instance of a Carmike person talking to the press, they assured patrons it was NOT a vast right-wing conspiracy.  |  IP: Logged Dustin Mitchell Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1865 From: Mondovi, WI, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 06-30-2004 01:21 PM                     Carmike policy is that local management is never to talk to the press. In an instance such as that they might be forgiven if caught but that could just as easily be fired.  |  IP: Logged Carl Martin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1424 From: Oakland, CA, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 07-01-2004 03:34 AM                        quote: Stephen Furley That doesn't seem to give people much choice as to what they see; are there other theatres nearby offering other films? oh yes, this is a theater mecca. carl  |  IP: Logged Stephen Furley Film God Posts: 3059 From: Coulsdon, Croydon, England Registered: May 2002 posted 07-09-2004 05:15 PM                     How well is it holding up after two weeks? It opened here today, but I still haven't seen any publicity for it, and I don't know where it's showing. There was an interviiew with Michael Moore on Channel Four News eiither yesterday of Wednesday, and a couple of very short clips were shown.  |  IP: Logged Paul Mayer Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under! Posts: 3836 From: Albuquerque, NM Registered: Feb 2000 posted 07-09-2004 06:04 PM                        Box Office Mojo says the estimated gross as of yesterday is $69,090,104 USD. Final figure for the opening weekend is $23,920,637 USD. It opened on 868 US screens and has expanded to 2011. I think it will begin to tail off from here.  |  IP: Logged Nate Lehrke Master Film Handler Posts: 396 From: Denver, CO Registered: Oct 2002 posted 08-15-2004 02:19 AM                     Well as of August 13th: Domestic: $114,772,000 78.0% Overseas: $32,400,000 22.0% = Worldwide: $147,172,000 716 theatres still showing it. source   With many arab countrys banning it, I don't see it hitting that 950 Million mark but you certainly cant deny that it did amazing business overall.  |  IP: Logged

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