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Author Topic: BloodRayne's distribution "strategy" Jarryd Beard Expert Film Handler Posts: 229 From: Hellertown, PA Registered: Jul 2004 posted 01-14-2006 10:41 PM                     We got it and we weren't booked. According to the DM, every theatre in our chain received the print; none were booked to show it. Something about a Regal Cinemas deal that upset our chain from booking it.  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 01-15-2006 12:06 AM                        It's down to 1 late evening show a day here already. It'll be gone next week.  |  IP: Logged Alan Dallas Film Handler Posts: 48 From: Prescott Valley, AZ Registered: Jul 2004 posted 01-15-2006 03:56 AM                     We played it for 1 whole week. It did so poor we moved it mid week to a smaller house to accomodate the higher numbers of Narnia(we're still running 2 copies of that). Guess I have to call TES to come get this POS and shove it up Uwe Bolls ass. God I hate that guy.  |  IP: Logged Frank Dubrois Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 896 From: Cleveland, OH Registered: Mar 2005 posted 01-18-2006 04:48 PM                    Sell it on Ebay...send them the proceeds back rather than the film. I'm sure they'd appreciate it.  |  IP: Logged Ryan Navaroli Film Handler Posts: 63 From: Athens, OH, USA Registered: Nov 2005 posted 02-05-2006 08:53 PM                        I was thinking of offering 50 bucks to whoever distributed this film to help them cut their losses. And just so I could have a 35mm print of my own... even though it would be so sad.  |  IP: Logged Wolff King Morrow Master Film Handler Posts: 490 From: Denton, TX, USA Registered: Feb 2004 posted 02-05-2006 11:16 PM                        I can't get them to pick it up. We showed it one week and it's been broke down ever since. Not the first print to be abandoned here. I have a print of "Mickey" that was actually given to me after we showed it.  |  IP: Logged Jarryd Beard Expert Film Handler Posts: 229 From: Hellertown, PA Registered: Jul 2004 posted 02-21-2006 07:17 PM                     After sitting in the theatre for weeks, our print has finally be picked up, completely unopened and never touched. We were told by upper management not to schedule a pickup with Technicolor. They finally took it on their own.  |  IP: Logged Paul Van Dusen Film Handler Posts: 82 From: Roanoke, VA Registered: Feb 2006 posted 02-22-2006 01:07 AM                        Yeah, we got it too. It was extremely hilarious as we're a discount house. I called the Carmike booker and I was met with a "damnit, that's the fourth one today!", and I called at 11am.  |  IP: Logged Michael Gonzalez Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 790 From: Grand Island , NE USA Registered: Sep 2000 posted 02-28-2006 09:28 PM                     Here is a link to an interview with Uwe Boll.. http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=62899 I wont include the entire articl but here is a nice quote: quote: However, he (Uwe Boll) concedes, as far as BloodRayne goes, which arrived in American cinemas last month, "I cannot say that it was a big success in the movie theatres. I tried it with a new theatrical distribution company, and they were not able to lock in all the theatres - that was the biggest problem we had. We were scheduled to go out on 2000 screens, and then we came out on 930 screens, and only shit screens, so it didn't work out. "Now we are counting on the DVD release - I'm sure that on DVD it will sell very well." Sounds like he hold a lot of respect to movie theaters. If you read the entire interview it is pretty funny on just how he see himself and his movies.  |  IP: Logged

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