Porthos

Query: Are you doing this off of AMC's website? And if so, are they still following that bullshit practice of removing sold out shows from their website entirely (as opposed to greying it out). Could be a problem going forward for mega hits. Probably already thought of this, but I thought I should mention it all the same.

Joker Greater Sacramento Area Premiere Night Seat Report: T-2 days and counting Sellouts Showings Seats left Total Seats Seats Sold Perct Sold TOTALS 0 244 25739 28409 2670 9.40% Total Showings Added Today 26* Total Seats Added Today 2218 Total Seats Sold Today 532 * Includes 6 showings from non-reserved seating showings T-2 Unadjusted Comps % Sold T-2 Total Sold Sellouts/Shows Seats Left/Total Seats Perct Sold Comp It 2 94.71 485 2819 0/211 19509/22328 12.63% 9.95m T-2 Adjusted Comps #1 % Sold T-2 Total Sold Sellouts/Shows Seats Left/Total Seats Perct Sold Comp DP2 47.04 725 5094 0/141 9796/14890 34.21% 8.75m Joker (adj) n/a 467 2396 0/244 19631/22027 10.88% n/a ADJUSTMENT NOTE: Joker (adj) is the ticket data at the same theaters I had tracking info for Deadpool 2. T-2 Adjusted Comps #2 % Sold T-2 Total Sold Sellouts/Shows Seats Left/Total Seats Perct Sold Comp Venom 107.00 ----- 2258 0/117 10486/12744 17.72% 10.70m Joker (adj) n/a 468 2416 0/244 21661/24077 10.03% n/a ADJUSTMENT NOTE: Joker (adj) is the ticket data at the same theaters I had tracking info for Venom. ==== Another pretty strong day in Sacramento. Not much else to say than what I've been saying the last few days, so consider the comments as already read. NOTE: I didn't have the amount of tickets sold on T-2 for Venom, hence there being no info there. I will have it for the last two days, however.

*looks up at replay of postgame celebrations on MLBN while I'm doing nightly seat count* What th... Is that a... That has to be Sean... ... Sorry @Plain Old Tele. Even if he wasn't going to play the Dodgers, I am forced to stan for the Nats here all the way to the end of the World Series*. * Unless they face the 'stros of course. I'm sure you understand. 👍 (Sean Doolittle is a YUGE Star Wars nerd, for the record)

Wow. That was brutal. Not over yet, but commiserations in order for all Brewers fans if they lose that way.

Live look at @DAR right now.

Very nice (and long!) interview with the folks behind Resistance on what to expect for S2. edit:::

To be fair, I'm pretty sure there's only one person in this thread saying Joker will do that. And I'm not 100% sure they're actually serious. (Also, to be fair, I'm not 100% sure they're just riffing off their rep, either ) *sees captainwondyful's post* Yeah, what she said. LS13 can be... interesting when it comes to blockbusters. Best not to take it as indicative of the nation as a whole.

Switching to non-verified: Trying to stick to writers/bloggers here. Raves: Mixed, but mostly positive: ==== Mid 60s to mid 70s on RT, maybe? Be interesting if the "better than expected" phenomenon holds it above the rotten line.

Not much in the way of reactions out there (at least when filtered by verified), but here are some. This first batch aren't critics, but included for a sense of the room: besides Scott Mendelson (see last post), this is the only critic reaction I could easily find: Might be others out there, but I didn't see them. Didn't see much in the way of mixed or negative reactions, though the paucity of reactions at all is a little "hmmm" worthy. Still, seems like it has found at least some adherents. We'll see where it goes as more reactions come in.

Curating some things, but I wanted to post this right away: Avatar crossed with Gargoyles???

Joker Greater Sacramento Area Premiere Night Seat Report: T-3 days and counting Sellouts Showings Seats left Total Seats Seats Sold Perct Sold TOTALS 0 218 24053 26191 2138 8.16% Total Showings Added Today 19* Total Seats Added Today 1825 Total Seats Sold Today 367 * Includes 2 showings from non-reserved seating showings T-3 Comps % Sold T-3 Total Sold Sellouts/Shows Seats Left/Total Seats Perct Sold Comp It 2 91.60 324 2334 0/177 17771/20105 11.61% 9.62m PRE-SALES NOTE: It 2 had 36 days of pre-sales while joker had 11. T-3 Adjusted Comps % Sold T-3 Total Sold Sellouts/Shows Seats Left/Total Seats Perct Sold Comp DP2 44.15 374 4369 0/127 9812/14181 30.81% 8.21m Joker (adj) n/a 318 1929 0/218 19510/21439 9.00% n/a PRE-SALES NOTE: Deadpool 2 had 30 days of pre-sales, while Joker had 11. ADJUSTMENT NOTE: Joker (adj) is the ticket data at the same theaters I had tracking info for Deadpool 2. ==== I'd call this a strong day in Sacramento, but not a fantastic one like yesterday. On rate of growth, still pacing for double digits for Thur, IMO. Starting tomorrow, I'll have Venom as a comp. I do have a lot of other CBMs, but not sure how much value they'll be or how different they'll be from either a Venom or Deadpool 2 comp. I'll see if I feel like putting them in at T-1 or at final bell. All in all, even if Sacto is an underperforming market, I'd say Joker is doing what it needs to for 10m+ on Thr. After that, your guess is as good as mine.

Curious if that's final numbers for Wick 3 or not. Unless the wording is nailed down precisely, I'm always a little skeptical of articles that are based on, presumably, company PR blasts.

Beating Venom isn't that much to write home about given Atom's growth this past year plus, even with losing Regal. Beating It 2? Okay, now we're talking as that's a direct R-rated comp from a movie released just weeks ago.

excel was right!!! *scrolls up a bit* Oh hush, I'm memeing here.

Alright, did a quick check around Sacramento, and it now stands at 231 tickets sold, which is 32 tickets more than Thr morning. That's eight tickets a day. Not exactly great, though it is in the dead-ish zone for this kind of film. Right now (t-18 using this morning's count as last night's numbers as I reckon it's hardly done any sales this morning) it stands at: 56.76% of Pika Pika (3.24m) 38.18% of Aladdin (2.67m) 31.05% of It 2 (3.26m) And a lol comp of 114.36% of H&S (6.63m) That sounds much more in line with what is going down on in Philly. Not that I expect this to be the type of film to be pre-sale heavy, even if it is strong in the female demographic. Just have to see if it picks up or not.

Did a check last week and... *checks post* Well derp. I made comps for T-28, not T-21. That's what I get for trying to do comps first thing in the morning when I'm not awake. Just did a quick check, gimme five/ten to write up a post with actually accurate numbers.

2018 happened, you know. For all of the crowing about how the "rules don't apply to Trump" he still is a remarkably unpopular president (especially given the state of the economy) who failed to get the vast majority of his policies approved by the legislature. If this is "perfectly", I'd hate to see what a bungled attempt at his game plan would be.

I would watch the hell out of that, tbh.

Never change, excel, never change. 👍

Joker Greater Sacramento Area Premiere Night Seat Report: T-4 days and counting Sellouts Showings Seats left Total Seats Seats Sold Perct Sold TOTALS 0 199 22595 24366 1771 7.27% Total Seats Sold Today 302 T-4 Comps % Sold T-4 Total Sold Sellouts/Shows Seats Left/Total Seats Perct Sold Comp It 2 88.11 184 2010 0/167 17953/19963 10.07% 9.25m PRE-SALES NOTE: It 2 had 36 days of pre-sales while joker had 11. T-4 Adjusted Comps % Sold T-4 Total Sold Sellouts/Shows Seats Left/Total Seats Perct Sold Comp DP2 40.33 264 3995 0/121 9472/13467 29.67% 7.50m Joker (adj) n/a 267 1611 0/199 18007/19614 8.21% n/a PRE-SALES NOTE: Deadpool 2 had 30 days of pre-sales, while Joker had 11. ADJUSTMENT NOTE: Joker (adj) is the ticket data at the same theaters I had tracking info for Deadpool 2. ==== Just a fantastic day for Joker out of Sacramento today. Century Arden led the way with 89 ticket sales. There still is a bit of that variation I've seen as a couple of the larger theaters didn't match others in the region (if they had, there might have been 350+ tickets sold today). Even so, just an all around great day. Sales have been erratic enough that I can't say for certain that this is the start of a great walkup-ramp up for pre-sales headed into Thur locally. But it absolutely is a good first step. Several good steps, even.

Meh. People have pulled the Oscars Walkups card for other movies, even before they released. Nice try though. 👍

My joke notwithstanding, I think it's which set of headwinds win out in the end: DC's pre-sale heavy nature. R-rated adult skewed type film. Got two strong sets of indicators that normally point in opposite directions. Complicating matters is the 4pm start time. Usually depresses the previews-OW internal multi, though It 2 did pretty well at 8.7x off a 5pm start. On the other hand, OUaTiH got 7.1x on a 4pm start time, and that was with a much lower preview number. Now because DC does tend to have a strong Thur, still plenty of time for pre-sales to spike for Thur's preview number. What happens after that is anyone's guess.

===== Made it all the way to Sunday of release week before someone pulled out the Walkups Card. I think that's a record for this thread.

Joker Greater Sacramento Area Premiere Night Seat Report: T-5 days and counting Sellouts Showings Seats left Total Seats Seats Sold Perct Sold TOTALS 0 199 22897 24366 1469 6.03% Total Seats Sold Today 111 T-5 Comps (somewhat lol at this stage - don't take seriously) % Sold T-5 Total Sold Sellouts/Shows Seats Left/Total Seats Perct Sold Comp It 2 80.45 138 1826 0/167 18137/19963 9.15% 8.45m PRE-SALES NOTE: It 2 had 36 days of pre-sales while joker had 11. T-5 Adjusted Comps (somewhat lol at this stage - don't take seriously) % Sold T-5 Total Sold Sellouts/Shows Seats Left/Total Seats Perct Sold Comp DP2 36.02 167 3731 0/121 9736/13467 27.70% 6.70m Joker (adj) n/a 93 1344 0/199 18270/19614 6.85% n/a PRE-SALES NOTE: Deadpool 2 had 30 days of pre-sales, while Joker had 11. ADJUSTMENT NOTE: Joker (adj) is the ticket data at the same theaters I had tracking info for Deadpool 2. ==== Pretty sleepy Saturday. For the first time, Joker didn't gain ground on It 2 (Joker paced 80% of It 2 exactly today). That's a tiny bit more worrisome for Joker's prospects than the standard sleepy Saturday, as it can be the down day before the ramp up beings in earnest. But not gonna lie, would have liked to see a little more out of Sacto today. Just have to see how it goes.