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Posted by Charles Everett (Member # 889) on 11-13-2002, 11:36 AM:
This is the opening weekend for Harry Potter in my area:Reading Cinemas, Manville -- 3 prints, first show 11 AM, last show 11:15 PM Fri-Sat/10:30 PM Sun.
Loews New Brunswick -- 6 prints, first show 9 AM Fri/8:30 AM Sat-Sun 
, last show 11:15 PM Fri-Sat/10:45 PM Sun.
AMC Hamilton -- 6 prints, first show 11 AM, last show 10:30 PM Fri-Sat/10:20 PM Sun.
Is your Harry Potter schedule just as crazy?
Posted by William T. Parr (Member # 677) on 11-13-2002, 11:58 AM:
Schedule at the SR Ltd Highland 10 is two prints.
First show is at 11:30 a.m. Last show 10:15 p.m.
Posted by David Stambaugh (Member # 1102) on 11-13-2002, 12:02 PM:
Looking at Cinemark 17's schedule here, they have "only" 3 prints, 1st show at 9:45AM, last show at 10:45PM. Regal Cinema World 8 has booked 2 prints, which is almost unheard of there, but I can't get to there [I mean their 
] online schedule right now -- regalcinemas.com doesn't resolve in DNS!!??UPDATE: regalentertainmentgroup.com works. Cinema World 8 in Eugene has 2 prints, 1st show at 11:55AM, last show 10:30PM.
Posted by Jennifer Osborne (Member # 1220) on 11-13-2002, 12:03 PM:
We will have 4 prints of HP2 on 5 screens. With both the first and last show playing at 10:30
Posted by Richard Miller (Member # 1405) on 11-13-2002, 03:32 PM:
Daily first show is 10:10 AM (normally it's a little around noon) and the last show starts at 10:15 PM. On Friday and Saturday we have lateshows wich start at 11:10 PM at latest. The late show is ok because we normally get out around 2 AM anyway so no big loss there.
Posted by Paul Konen (Member # 41) on 11-14-2002, 09:21 AM:
Cinemark Legacy 24
3 film prints, 1 DLPWeekends - First show 9:45 am last Show 11:45 pm - approx 45 minutes
between shows
Weekdays - First Show 10:45 am last show 10:35 pm
Paul
Posted by Jim Casterioto (Member # 1155) on 11-14-2002, 10:04 AM:
At my theater, Cinemark 10.... We have 2 prints, the first showtime is at 11:30 AM, and the last show is at 10:05 PM. The only thing "crazy" about our times is that we have a show at 6:15. This tends to tick off some people because they believe we do that on purpose in order to charge full price, instead of matinee price.
Posted by Franklin Armstrong (Member # 1448) on 11-14-2002, 11:01 AM:
My first show is at 1pm last show at 745 only one print 
Posted by Per Hauberg (Member # 529) on 11-15-2002, 06:32 PM:
Opening weekend
Screen one: 12,00 & 16,00 & 20,00
Screen two: 14,00 & 18,00same print
p.
Posted by James R. Hammonds, Jr (Member # 673) on 11-16-2002, 12:57 AM:
Five prints.
First scheduled show 10:15 AM.
Last scheduled show 11:15
Sold out all shows 6:15 on.
Added 11:50 show.
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Posted by Matthew Cunningham (Member # 873) on 11-16-2002, 11:47 PM:
Most of the theaters in the Seattle area are starting with 8:00am or 8:30am shows. This looks like a scam to stack box office records in H. Potter's favor.
Who in hell takes their kids to see a movie at 8 in the morning??!!
Posted by Paul Linfesty (Member # 214) on 11-17-2002, 12:13 AM:
There was an article in our local paper about all the parents who pulled out their kids from school to see it opening day.
Posted by Mike Spaeth (Member # 524) on 11-17-2002, 12:20 AM:
Matthew said "This looks like a scam to stack box office records in Harry Potter's favor."Let's compare.
Spiderman, with a runtime of 122 minutes ... possible schedule
11:00, 1:50, 4:40, 7:30, 10:20 (5 shows)
To get 5 shows off of one print of H. Potter, one would need to run shows at
8:45, 12:10, 3:35, 7:00, 10:25
Same number of shows ... longer movies sometimes require longer operating hours. It's no scam ... just a theater trying to capitalize on a high-grossing movie by offering more options. I seem to remember theaters running shows of Episode one round-the-clock opening weekend!
Posted by Alex Grasic (Member # 1371) on 11-17-2002, 01:56 AM:
Per, I'm assuming you have a change over system? Not decked platters?? We have 5 prints at our 18-plex. I was really expecting more though because last year we got 7 print of Harry Potter. I can't believe an 8 AM start time. Our first show usually runs at 12:00 and last starts at 10:40. Now instead, we start 11:30-10:50. We're just playing less shows on each screen. Most of them only run 3 times a day! So far...we've sold out every Harry Potter show since opening on Friday (17 shows a day in total) and we have still sold out every evening show for 8 Mile (a total of 6 a night)
Posted by Peter Kerchinsky (Member # 1098) on 11-17-2002, 03:34 AM:
There were about 123 showings today of Harry Potter in the greater Seattle area according to ads in today's papers. Why go at 8am when it's showing every half hour somewhere?
Posted by Mike Spaeth (Member # 524) on 11-17-2002, 09:34 AM:
Why? Because the competition be damned ... I want as many people as possible coming to MY theater!
Posted by Thomas Procyk (Member # 1170) on 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=
Posted by Matthew Cunningham (Member # 873) on 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.
Posted by Peter Kerchinsky (Member # 1098) on 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.
Posted by Tony Ratcliff (Member # 1196) on 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
Posted by Steve Scott (Member # 630) on 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.