That's just festival hype. The excitement of seeing a shiny, new movie at a big movie festival, one that is fairly exclusive, even for big critics, is going to cause aggregate inflation. Even in more prestigious places like TIFF, this kind of stuff happens on occasion.
The Lost City Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report Final Count
Sellouts
Showings
Seats Sold
Total Seats
Perct Sold
TOTALS
0
61
1022
12953
7.89%
Total Seats Sold Today: 248
Comp
1.300x of Jungle Cruise (3.5M)
1.460x of Free Guy (3.21M)
0.740x of Uncharted (2.74M)
3M previews sound about right, accounting for all the advance showings, so let's go with that.
As always, thank you to @The Panda and @Ezen Baklattan for a rousing ceremony. It's always a great time to do these every year.
Now next year, everybody needs to support Timothee and the Tracking Team. I deserve these wins!
Even moreso than with most of these press screenings, these tweets feel very selective in terms of the easiest to please geeky critics out there. Still excited for the movie as a Sonic nut, but this is even more side-eyeing than usual.
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-15 and Counting
Sellouts
Showings
Seats Sold
Total Seats
Perct Sold
TOTALS
0
57
482
10373
4.65%
Total Seats Sold Today: 16
Comp
0.581x of Shang-Chi T-15 (5.12M)
0.873x of Venom 2 T-15 (10.13M)
1.229x of Ghostbusters: Afterlife T-15 (5.53M)
2.201x of Uncharted T-15 (8.14M)
Adjusted Comp
5.642x of Sonic the Hedgehog T-15 (16.92M)
Morbius Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-8 and Counting
Sellouts
Showings
Seats Sold
Total Seats
Perct Sold
TOTALS
0
74
854
15649
5.46%
Total Seats Sold Today: 83
Comp
0.606x of Shang-Chi T-8 (5.33M)
0.888x of Venom 2 T-8 (10.3M)
0.428x of Eternals T-8 (4.07M)
The Lost City Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-1 and Counting
Sellouts
Showings
Seats Sold
Total Seats
Perct Sold
TOTALS
0
61
774
12953
5.98%
Most Seats Sold Today: 98
Comp
2.473x of Jungle Cruise T-1 (6.68M)
2.546x of Free Guy T-1 (5.6M)
0.871x of Uncharted T-1 (3.22M)
So I have a terrible confession. I was totally swamped with work today, so I couldn't check today's showings. And I lost track of time when I got home so I completely missed all but one 7 PM showing tonight. So today's sales are not indicative of all sales.
I'm really, really sorry this isn't accurate, but I hope you guys will understand and won't be upset over this. If you want just Thursday numbers, they now account for 331 tickets.