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Joker Greater Sacramento Area Premiere Night Seat Report: PREMIERE NIGHT (FINAL REPORT) [3:00pm - 4:00pm] Sellouts Showings Seats left Total Seats Seats Sold Perct Sold TOTALS 0 250 23635 29138 5503 18.89% Total Seats Sold Since Mid-Day 950 Final Unadjusted Comp Time % Sold Since Mid Day Total Sold Sellouts / Shows Seats Left / Total Seats Perct Sold Comp It 2 4:00-5:00 97.24 1090 5659 0/236 18125/23784 23.79% 10.21m Final Adjusted Comps #1 Time % Sold Since Mid Day Total Sold Sellouts / Shows Seats Left / Total Seats Perct Sold Comp JW2 5:30-6:15 77.73 1275 6228 1/147 7487/13715 45.41% 11.89m DP2 5:30-6:30 59.52 1262 8133 3/169 8357/16490 49.32% 11.07m Joker (adj) 3:00-4:00 n/a 795 4841 0/250 17492/22333 21.68% n/a ADJUSTMENT NOTE: Joker (adj) is the ticket data at the same theaters I had tracking info for Fallen Kingdom and Deadpool 2. Final Adjusted Comps #2 Time % Sold T-0 Mid Day Total Sold Sellouts / Shows Seats Left / Total Seats Perct Sold Comp Venom 4:15-4:50 109.90 1012 4493 0/127 8736/13229 33.96% 10.99m Joker (adj) 3:00-4:00 n/a 819 4938 0/250 19868/24806 19.91% n/a ADJUSTMENT NOTE: Joker (adj) is the ticket data at the same theaters I had tracking info for Venom. Final Adjusted 4pm Comps Time % Sold Since Mid Day Total Sold Sellouts / Shows Seats Left / Total Seats Perct Sold Comp Pika Pika 3:30-4:00 175.87 447 3096 0/112 7172/10268 30.15% 10.02m KotM 3:20-4:00 189.19 492 2878 0/129 12885/15763 18.26% 11.91m OUaTiH ???-4:00 182.29 ----- 2987 ----- 4565/7552 39.55% 10.57m Joker (adj) 3:00-4:00 n/a 942 5445 0/250 21497/26942 20.21% n/a ADJUSTMENT NOTE: Joker (adj) is the ticket data at the same theaters I had tracking info for Fallen Kingdom and Deadpool 2. Thoughts and what I think might be the comp in a few minutes.

Sacramento, California (PDT). Takes me a bit to write everything up, so I'll prob post it around 7:15 to 7:25 your time.

Joker Greater Sacramento Area Premiere Night Seat Report: PREMIERE NIGHT (MID-DAY UPDATE) [12:00pm - 12:50pm] Sellouts Showings Seats left Total Seats Seats Sold Perct Sold TOTALS 0 250 24585 29138 4553 15.63% Total Showings Added Since Last Night 1 Total Seats Added Since Last Night 110 Total Seats Sold Since Last Night 842 T-0 Mid-Day Unadjusted Comps % Sold T-0 Mid Day Total Sold Sellouts/Shows Seats Left/Total Seats Perct Sold Comp It 2 99.65 749 4569 0/236 19215/23784 19.21% 10.46m T-0 Mid-Day Adjusted Comps #1 % Sold T-0 Mid Day Total Sold Sellouts/Shows Seats Left/Total Seats Perct Sold Comp DP2 58.89 942 6871 0/167 9330/16201 42.41% 10.95m Joker (adj) n/a 719 4046 0/250 18287/22333 18.12% n/a ADJUSTMENT NOTE: Joker (adj) is the ticket data at the same theaters I had tracking info for Deadpool 2. T-0 Mid-Day Adjusted Comps #2 % Sold T-0 Mid Day Total Sold Sellouts/Shows Seats Left/Total Seats Perct Sold Comp Venom 118.33 725 3481 0/127 9748/13229 26.31% 11.83m Joker (adj) n/a 752 4119 0/250 20687/24806 16.60% n/a ADJUSTMENT NOTE: Joker (adj) is the ticket data at the same theaters I had tracking info for Venom. ==== Another killer (clown) day in Sacto. Comps are converging nicely around 11m (I say that because Joker will probably pass It 2 at final report). Maybe 11.5, if Venom is more indicative. But as I warned last night, the Venom comp already dropped by about 500k, and I won't be surprised to see it drop again at final report. Got some things to do, but I might add some more comps of more of a lol-ish nature in a bit. Prob depend on if they say anything interesting. But at the mo, let's look around 11 to 11.5m. See how it looks at 3pm to 4pm-ish.

Nice article from SWNN. Most of it is based on this tweet: But the article itself over at SWNN is pretty through on the back story and possible angles here. Now, could just be being coy, so file under RUMOR for now.

Gonzo amount of tickets sold today. And continued to gain ground on It 2. However, it did only out sell It 2 by 40 seats, so keep that in perspective. At least some of it is the shortened window of pre-sales. Regardless, if Sacto is any indication, 10m+ is a near certainty at this point for Thr. 11m might be very much in the cards. Then there is that Venom comp. A note about that. Venom did crazy stupid walkup numbers the day of release, so keep that in mind. It might be indicative. Or it might just be a T-1 blip. One good thing is both Venom and It 2 had 5pm previews. Which means while there will be some adjustment due to 4pm versus 5pm, it won't nearly be as bad as Deadpool 2, which had 7pm previews. That almost certainly means Joker will be under-indexed against it. Then again. DP2 over-performed a bit locally, I think. So maybe it'll wash out in the end. I might throw in the 4pm comps I do have in a separate post tomorrow for shits and giggles. Depends on how good they look and if any of them pass the smell test and/or give a radically different result from what I'm already comping. All in all, looking good for Joker on Thr. After that? Time will tell, as it usually does.

Joker Greater Sacramento Area Premiere Night Seat Report: T-1 day and counting Sellouts Showings Seats left Total Seats Seats Sold Perct Sold TOTALS 0 249 25317 29028 3711 12.78% Total Showings Added Today 5* Total Seats Added Today 619 Total Seats Sold Today 1041 * Includes 1 showing from an non-reserved seating theater T-1 Unadjusted Comps % Sold T-1 Total Sold Sellouts/Shows Seats Left/Total Seats Perct Sold Comp It 2 97.15 1001 3820 0/233 19743/23563 16.21% 10.20m T-1 Adjusted Comps #1 % Sold T-1 Total Sold Sellouts/Shows Seats Left/Total Seats Perct Sold Comp DP2 56.11 835 5929 0/166 10226/16155 36.70% 10.44m Joker (adj) n/a 931 3327 0/249 18896/22223 14.97% n/a ADJUSTMENT NOTE: Joker (adj) is the ticket data at the same theaters I had tracking info for Deadpool 2. T-1 Adjusted Comps #2 % Sold T-1 Total Sold Sellouts/Shows Seats Left/Total Seats Perct Sold Comp Venom 122.17 498 2756 0/122 10414/13170 20.93% 12.22m Joker (adj) n/a 951 3367 0/249 21329/24696 13.63% n/a ADJUSTMENT NOTE: Joker (adj) is the ticket data at the same theaters I had tracking info for Venom.

Excuse me, I believe it's Mr. Pink's job to quote spoiler posts in a WE thread.

The one very real danger we might have with Joker is that there does seem to be something of a regional split here. Philly on one extreme, Denver on another to pick two examples. On the other hand, there might be very good reasons for Denver to underperform for this specific movie, so perhaps this is a unique-ish case where Denver isn't the greatest of comps for the nation as a whole.

Don't have any AMCs nearby me, so I can't answer that. Don't even know how a customer could cancel their ticket in such an occasion except for going to the theater directly. Maybe there's a way to still view your seats via your email? Anyway, presumably AMC might wait for a certain amounts of refunds (say five or ten tickets??) before going through the hassle of re-listing. But, like I said, having no direct experience with AMC (either buying or tracking), I couldn't tell ya.

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.