Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: M:i:III: How's it holding up?

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 05-13-2006, 01:30 PM:

We couldn't get a print of this one. Initially I was upset, but given its relatively lackluster opening, I almost feel like we may have dodged a bullet. Just wondering how it's holding up around Film-Tech land.

Posted by Dennis Benjamin (Member # 1137) on 05-13-2006, 04:43 PM:

So far - a really crappy weekend for movies. The weather is too nice here on the Shore. Poseidon is beating out MI:III here at our location. All in all - a really bad, bad weekend for movies.

I have a feeling it is the 'calm before the storm' with OTH and DaVinci coming up......

Posted by Chad Souder (Member # 343) on 05-13-2006, 08:21 PM:

RV is holding up here better than anything else

Posted by Dennis Benjamin (Member # 1137) on 05-13-2006, 09:00 PM:

Holy Rolling Turd!

RV was our number one grosser today.

Didn't see that one coming......

Posted by Matt Fields (Member # 3211) on 05-14-2006, 12:25 AM:

M:I:3 has basically sucked for us, which I was expecting, to be honest. As others have mentioned, RV has good legs. Poseidon is my #1 this weekend so far, but RV is right behind it.

Posted by Ross Oba (Member # 3433) on 05-14-2006, 01:13 AM:

Da Vinci and OTH are really going to kick the summer into high gear. Then XMen is going to make sure it stays that way.

Posted by Barry Floyd (Member # 385) on 05-14-2006, 02:50 AM:

We were fortunate to be able to run "RV" and "MI3" together as a double feature this weekend. Played "Poseidon" and "The Sentinel" as a double on the second screen. So far both screens have nearly drawn identical numbers.

Last weekend we had MI3 and RV on separate screens, and the RV side pulled the largest crowds. I'm just hoping "Over the Hedge" will be this years "Madagascar"!

Posted by Matt Fields (Member # 3211) on 05-14-2006, 08:48 AM:

From next weekend until Pirates 2 slows down should do gangbuster business around here...DaVinci/Hedge then X-Men then The Break-Up and Omen (We do well with horror and The Break-Up looks funny), Cars of course, then Click and Garfield two weeks later, then Superman, then Pirates 2.

Load up on the popcorn!

On a similiar topic...which looks beter to you (business-wise): Nacho Libre or Fast and the Furious 3?

I think Nacho looks really funny, but I did well with the first 2 Fast and Furious movies.

Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 05-14-2006, 01:55 PM:

We are playing RV now and suddenly I don't really mind missing out on MI-III on the break. (I'm sure we'll play it later.)

I thought the Nacho Libre trailer (that came with Ice Age 2, I think) was really dopey looking but literally dozens of people mentioned that movie as THE ONE they can't wait for! Teenagers/young adults mostly, I guess.)

Posted by Pravin Ratnam (Member # 1417) on 05-14-2006, 07:04 PM:

MI3 in first place with 24M. Easily more than Poseidon's first week of 20M. I would say it is holding up pretty decently despite the disappointing first weekend. RV also lasting longer than I expected, but not as great as our locales - 9.4M

Posted by Jack Ondracek (Member # 1466) on 05-14-2006, 07:29 PM:

"MI3" outdid "RV" and "Poseidon" on Friday... but "RV" caught up and kicked everything last night (Saturday)... Wonder if it was a "Mother's Day choice"? That's certainly where the kids were, last night.

Posted by Ross Oba (Member # 3433) on 05-15-2006, 12:23 AM:

Poseidon was the top seller here but MI3 was in close second.

Posted by John T. Hendrickson, Jr (Member # 849) on 05-15-2006, 01:33 PM:

It's a matter of which turkey has the biggest feathers. First week MI 3 was horrible, but the second week drop was less than expected. Still, not doing the business that was originally expected. Poseidon has truly lived up to it's billing as a disaster film.

Hopefully, we'll be able to take our principal owner off suicide watch when Da Vinci and Over the Hedge open. [Smile]

Posted by Dominic Espinosa (Member # 2122) on 05-15-2006, 03:13 PM:

For us RV, Poseidon and MI3 are showing steady business.
I agree though, the weather and in some counties the fair and other outdoor festivities are slowing down business.

Once OTH and Da Vinci hit it's all gravy, I think. Temp. is just going to go up and people seeking air conditioned refuge have a lot of good reasons to come to the theater this year.
Superman, Pirates, and X3 among other things look promising.

Aren't the analysts saying 2k6 might actually show a gain over last year?

The bullet to dodge is Just My Luck.
I'm calling it this years "Fever Pitch". Come to think of it, I remember more people watching Fever Pitch...

Posted by Chad Souder (Member # 343) on 05-16-2006, 10:21 AM:

quote: Matt Fields
On a similiar topic...which looks beter to you (business-wise): Nacho Libre or Fast and the Furious 3?

Definately Nacho. There are no actors in Tokyo Drift and you know that at least for the opener, all the immature guys like myself are going to step over each other to see it.

Posted by Brad Allen (Member # 470) on 05-16-2006, 02:54 PM:

R.V. is stomping both Poseidon and MI3 in my world. More than double the gross. MI3 tanked upon opening.