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Author Topic: Will New Moon's midnight premier beat Half Blood Prince's? John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 09-29-2009 04:07 PM                     I agree with Matt. Old Dogs will wait.  |  IP: Logged Caleb Johnstone-Cowan Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 593 From: London, UK Registered: Mar 2006 posted 09-29-2009 08:37 PM                     Go with New Moon, it actually looks like there's enough in the film for normal people to watch. The hype will draw people in on opening weekend as well. Do you find that these midnight shows are useful in getting the fanboy/girls out the way of the normal customers and make the weekend go smoother, or do they hit payroll and retail spend hard?  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-30-2009 11:24 AM                        I do think the midnight shows take some of the crunch off the opening night crowd. Why anybody would want to watch a movie at that time of night is a mystery to me.  |  IP: Logged Sam Graham AKA: "The Evil Sam Graham". Wackiness ensues. Posts: 1431 From: Waukee, IA Registered: Dec 2004 posted 09-30-2009 12:54 PM                        quote: Mike Blakesley I do think the midnight shows take some of the crunch off the opening night crowd. Why anybody would want to watch a movie at that time of night is a mystery to me. Oh come on. Midnight...Vampires...  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-30-2009 06:17 PM                        Well, OK, maybe THAT movie, but what about stuff like Pirates or Potter? Why would you want to be falling asleep during a movie you've waited months to see?  |  IP: Logged Jonathan Althaus Master Film Handler Posts: 435 From: Bedford, TX Registered: Dec 2008 posted 09-30-2009 06:57 PM                     I never have problems staying awake for the late-night shows, but then again I'm usually working during thiose kind of hours. I think the audience is better during the midnights. The people (nerds/fanboys/stalkers) that show up for those shows always have better reactions to funny/gruesome moments during the movie. Won't ever forget the audiences reaction to the "pencil trick" scene during the midnight of Dark Knight I was at.  |  IP: Logged Jeremy Jorgenson Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1002 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: Feb 2005 posted 09-30-2009 07:19 PM                        quote: Mike Blakesley Why anybody would want to watch a movie at that time of night is a mystery to me. I generally go to bed between 6:00-7:30am, I would love to find some theatre that regularly showed 3am shows or something like that. ... of course I'm just a single case, as for the "anybody" you're talking about, it seems pretty simple that it's an event - the showtime makes it just that much more memorable (especially if you're younger & are accustomed to having a bed time or whatever)  |  IP: Logged Jonathan Althaus Master Film Handler Posts: 435 From: Bedford, TX Registered: Dec 2008 posted 10-05-2009 03:40 PM                     Just sold our 1st ticket to New Moon. Only 223 seats left.  |  IP: Logged Robert Crabtree Film Handler Posts: 91 From: Largo, FL Registered: May 2008 posted 10-06-2009 02:26 AM                     I'm going with New Moon doing good Midnight business, phenomenal Friday business, and then ghost town by Sunday. At the moment, we've got twice as many tickets sold to MJ's This Is It than New Moon. On day one, we had a total of 70 sold. I'm curious to see how this does, because shockingly the tickets are spread out over several days and times, not just the midnight and through the weekend.  |  IP: Logged John T. Hendrickson, Jr Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 889 From: Freehold, NJ, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 10-07-2009 03:31 PM                     I have been told (correctly I hope) that a running time has not been announced by the studio for New Moon. Therefore, after scheduling advanced ticket sales for the midnight shows, how do you sell advanced tickets for shows beyond that point without a proper running time?  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-07-2009 05:13 PM                        The newest IME shows it as "approx. 121" minutes.  |  IP: Logged Jeremy Weigel Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1062 From: Edmond, OK, USA Registered: Mar 2007 posted 10-07-2009 05:26 PM                     I was just told the same thing. "No stats available". Not that I would run any after 1201. I'll be lucky to get enough staff to work the 1201 let alone 230 or after, since most have school in the morning.  |  IP: Logged Chad Souder Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 962 From: Waterloo, IA, USA Registered: Feb 2000 posted 10-08-2009 11:12 AM                     New Moon will not beat Half Blood Prince's midnight gross. There will not be as many prints made available.  |  IP: Logged Sam Graham AKA: "The Evil Sam Graham". Wackiness ensues. Posts: 1431 From: Waukee, IA Registered: Dec 2004 posted 10-08-2009 11:41 AM                        The major exhibitors all seem to be banking their showtimes around a 120-140 runtime.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-08-2009 05:11 PM                        quote: Chad Souder New Moon will not beat Half Blood Prince's midnight gross. There will not be as many prints made available. That's right. We've already been told not to hold our breath on getting a print. Which is sad for us, because it's going to screw up our whole November/December schedule.  |  IP: Logged

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