Let's check the current box office figures from Variety, shall we?

edbermac

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Tue Oct-21-08 02:32 PM
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Let's check the current box office figures from Variety, shall we?

----------------- Box office week --- # of theaters ---- avg per theater --- weeks open --- Total

Religulous -------- 1,446,221 ----------- 540 -------------- $2,678 ----------- 3 ------ $9,068,325

American Carol ----- 350,000 ------------ 599 --------------- $584 ------------ 3 ------- $6,776,000

My, my, my...:rofl:

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meegbear

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Tue Oct-21-08 02:34 PM
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1. I looked that up yesterday ...

the average cost of a movie tix (by my estimation) is $10, which means they're selling on average 58.4 seats ... a day. :spray:

I wonder what his next "blockbuster" will be?

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edbermac

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Tue Oct-21-08 02:38 PM
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5. "which means they're selling on average 58.4 seats ... a day"

Edited on Tue Oct-21-08 02:39 PM by edbermac

With 3 or 4 shows a day, 15 - 20 people per show.

Really packing them in, aren't they?

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ColbertWatcher

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Tue Oct-21-08 05:30 PM
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18. He'll do a documentary on how Hollywood strangled his beloved project. n/t

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dana_b

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Tue Oct-21-08 02:34 PM
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2. we saw Religulous last weekend!

We really enjoyed it. You can't take Maher too personally but I thought that he made some good points.

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RaleighNCDUer

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Tue Oct-21-08 02:36 PM
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3. Curious that Religulous has 3x the attendence than Carol

but only 1/3 higher gross. Any idea why?

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dysfunctional press

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Tue Oct-21-08 02:40 PM
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6. the box office numbers may only be for the past week,

Edited on Tue Oct-21-08 02:42 PM by QuestionAll

while the receipts are for the total run so far...? :shrug:

otherwise- it would work out to $19.36 per ticket for american carol.

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WhollyHeretic

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Tue Oct-21-08 02:43 PM
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7. Other weeks they have been more even in gross. Of course Carol started in 3x the number of theaters

so while it was bringing in the same amount of money it was much smaller per theater.

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snappyturtle

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Tue Oct-21-08 02:36 PM
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4. heehee

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Beregond2

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Tue Oct-21-08 02:47 PM
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8. So they are both bombs. Your point?

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Winterblues

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Tue Oct-21-08 03:14 PM
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9. They are only bombs if they don't make money

Edited on Tue Oct-21-08 03:15 PM by Winterblues

I suspect the cost of American Carol was ten fold that of Religulous and that one will make money and the other will lose money "Big Time"

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FatDave

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Tue Oct-21-08 05:07 PM
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11. A generic comedy should easily trounce a generic documentary.

Documentaries always do poorly. Even shitty comedies do great. Epic Movie, for example.

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ProudToBeBlueInRhody

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Tue Oct-21-08 05:13 PM
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12. Not at all.......

Edited on Tue Oct-21-08 05:14 PM by ProudToBeBlueInRhody

"Religulous" cost 2 million to make, and "Carol" was at least 10 million (I thought I heard 20 mil, actually).

For a 500 theater movie for it's entire run, "Religulous" has done very well.

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marmar

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Tue Oct-21-08 05:16 PM
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14. Religulous cost $3 million to make; American Carol about $20 million

I think your defintion of "bomb" needs some clarity.

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edbermac

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Tue Oct-21-08 10:10 PM
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21. General rule: Movie must make about 3 times its cost to at least break even.

Depending on how much the studio gets, the filmmakers get and the theaters get.

So Religulous produced at $3 mil breaks even at $9 mil (which it already has), while Carol produced at $20 mil must make $50-60 mil just to break even. (They've made about $7 mil so far)

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HCE SuiGeneris

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Tue Oct-21-08 05:18 PM
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15. Both bombs...

you're funny!

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FatDave

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Tue Oct-21-08 05:02 PM
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10. 13% on the tomatometer

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/an_american_carol/

It will be listed as one of the worst films of the year. Top complaint? Just not funny. Go figure. Conservatives have no sense of humor.

Religulous is at 69%, which is not bad given the subject matter.

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ProudToBeBlueInRhody

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Tue Oct-21-08 05:15 PM
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13. I loved on opening weekend.......

.......how the freepers bragged "Carol" made more money by about 200,000 dollars appearing on three times the screens. They didn't care how stupid their logic sounded. And THEY are supposed to be experts on business?

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Fly by night

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Tue Oct-21-08 05:28 PM
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16. How is "W" doing?

I haven't seen it yet. I hope it stays in the theaters long enough for me to catch it.

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edbermac

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Tue Oct-21-08 10:18 PM
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22. Pretty good opening for W: $11 mil, 1600 theaters, $7000 per theater avg.

Seems like W the movie will be more of a success than W the Presidency.

Oh, the irony of it all.

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AlCzervik

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Tue Oct-21-08 05:29 PM
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17. Neither one is playing near me, An American Carol was at some uberplex down the street for 2 weeks

and then poof---gone.

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pepperbear

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Tue Oct-21-08 05:55 PM
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19. it gets even better, when "american carol" opened, it was on well over 1000 screens..

"religulous" opened on far fewer screens period.

:)

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Coexist

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Tue Oct-21-08 06:35 PM
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20. What is American Carol about?

I saw religulous and it was wonderful.

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Zhade

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Tue Oct-21-08 10:20 PM
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23. Rightwing lies from rightwing liars.

NT!

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