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Yes and no. The reason lays in the history of the governments trying to deflate the calls for the workers getting a Labour day too. So they added one time near enough to deflate the calls for it, but formulated it in a way, that allowed them to save face. So it is on paper not related at all, but in reality caused by it. 😉 UK and Ireland also has some additional, non-related party reasons: Beltane (Bealtaine in Irish = May) and Morris Dance. Again something I can imagine especially something still celebrated especially in smaller cities and villages, a get together thing like here

That I actually knew! 😉 In the end I guess its 'secure' to assume Wednesday might see an increase, but for street action thingies of the unions and Germanic based folklore parties... it might be less than at an average public holiday

Agree, and I think that is the main reason those endless 'discussions' start again and again and... its so many details that vary from country to country, year to year and so on, no one might ever be able to find a definition that can be used really generally and for every year.

Hmm, means I have missed some in my looooong list I guess, thx, that picture says it way more simple

I'll try a list for the non-Anglican countries. 1 May is ~ Labour Day: Algeria Argentinia Belgium Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Cambodia Chile China Colombia Costa Rica Croatia Czech Republik Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Finland France Germany Greece Honduras Hungary India Indonesia Italy Japan (in parts only, per Unions around the date, the official one is in November) Luxenbourg Malaysia Mexico Morocco Nothern Cyprus Norway Peru Philippines Portugal Russia Slowakei Slowenia South Korea Spain Sweden Syria The Gambia Tunisia Turkey Uruguay (unions) Vietnam I think that more like 3/4 of the world (feels like, not checked)

~ half of the world? In the roughest rule of thumb way possible, at least it feels like half of the world

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You are aware about 'half of the world' has today a holiday?

Brainbug loves ~ Dino movies. Take a look into the all time domestic (US/CAN) chart at BOM, in especial #23. https://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/domestic.htm

Maybe you want to read up on the reason and details of said day? Depends also on the weather.... And additional local customs: Here in my region we have an additional tradition at the 1 May: village fiestas, mounting maypole (here far bigger than in e.g. Sweden, has to be able to stay for years securly). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maypole out of that page In smaller cities / villages often more or less the complete population is partying for many hours (do not try to drive here around the time those are closing, you might get hit by a beer-drinker.... GRRRR I nearly ended in the ditch trying to avoid one of those in the past)

Yawn Beside distributors try to release nowadays ~ 5.5 times as many titles in the US cinemas than 20-30 years back (in my POV one of the reasons a slowburner is today more seldom than in the past) and more entertainment possibilities like pc-/XBox/whatever games, more streaming, more home-theater systems, more TV-stations, a shift of interest into more 'real' people (like sing contests.. not sure the word, more live people doing things like The Voice), ... And then something here in dom a lot gets missed/forgotten: local movies There are a lot of countries where US based movies are nearly not / not in the top 10 all time, or for the reason of the discussion here, not in modern times. Tendency, depending on country: increasing. Btw, another big diff is: in some countries the average ticket price (lc) is decreasing based on anti-3D movement. In others its increasing.

But if you would live in Europe (legally) whilst she attends the costly versions of school / university ... it would be free of cost, or? Not sure based on your nationality not being an European one. Better check how that will be handled in the country you want to pick for your retirement: They increased the retirement age here, I think its now 68 or so for men. Hubby is self-employed = no retirement money. I have to work for, I think, ~ 7 or 8 years from now, then I'll get mine (have to look into when female's retirement age and if I have to work over the age limit a bit for helping for a time my husband in his company).

And again someone started an Avatar comparison discussion.... to me it does get really old per repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, ....

Hubby this year: 65y... I'll show him your post (better not, he is already feeling a bit depressed about getting 65, he thinks that (65) particular number sounds more old than others, as it was for many years the latest age for going into retirement here in Germany)

May 1st holiday: plus China, plus Russia (but there the tradition is not focused on cinema for that day, decresingly count of people spend that day on the streets)

not sure if or how far that includes presales of later hours. Its a kind of snapshot at that time, but of what exact background / situation I am not sure about. I post them so somebody with a bit more time / energy than I have for the moment might see a pattern that leads to: it includes this and that, but not.... and might mean it will end with %... $... (the school I work for has a big party today (in the night and morning preparation, tomorrow normal work and helping clearing the part), and I am still building within our house with a friends helping me, so for a few days at least I am more lurking than following, if I find some quiet hour in between)

Some more weekend details, see admissions and % of A IW finals. plus China and Italy InsideKino‏ @MarkGInsideKino 4m4 minutes ago More Noch nicht offiziell: AVENGERS - ENDGAME spielt am heutigen Tag der Arbeit in China etwa $75 Mio. ein und schraubt dort das Gesamtergebnis auf $460 Mio. in acht Tagen hoch... Translated from German by Microsoft Not yet official: AVENGERS-ENDGAME is entering about $75 million in China today's Labor Day, where it raises its total result to $460 million in eight days ... InsideKino‏ @MarkGInsideKino 1h1 hour ago More Italien: Sieben Tage haben genügt, damit AVENGERS - ENDGAME mit 2.680.051 Besuchern (€20.233.217) das Endergebnis von INFINITY WAR (2.645.814/€18.777.826) schlägt... Translated from German by Microsoft Italy: Seven days have been enough for AVENGERS-ENDGAME to € beat the final result of INFINITY WAR (2.645.814/€ 18.777.826) with 2.680.051 visitors (20.233.217) ... InsideKino‏ @MarkGInsideKino 1h1 hour ago More Brasilien: AVENGERS - ENDGAME schafft mit 5.485.787 Besuchern den besten Start aller Zeiten (bei Pulverisierung des alten Rekords) und hat 38 % des Endergebnisses von INFINITY WAR erzielt. http://www.insidekino.com/BO/BR2019.htm Translated from German by Microsoft Brazil: AVENGERS-ENDGAME creates the best start ever (when pulverizing the old record) with 5.485.787 visitors and has achieved 38% of INFINITY WAR's final result. 0 replies .0 retweets0 likes Reply Retweet Like Direct message InsideKino‏ @MarkGInsideKino 1h1 hour ago More Mexiko: AVENGERS - ENDGAME schafft mit 9,1 Mio. Besuchern den besten Start aller Zeiten und hat 42 % des Endergebnisses von INFINITY WAR erzielt. http://www.insidekino.com/BO/MEX2019.htm Translated from German by Microsoft Mexico: AVENGERS-ENDGAME is making the best start ever with 9.1 million visitors and has achieved 42% of INFINITY WAR's final result. 0 replies .0 retweets0 likes Reply Retweet Like Direct message InsideKino‏ @MarkGInsideKino 1h1 hour ago More Argentinien: AVENGERS - ENDGAME schafft mit 1.183.385 Besuchern den besten Start aller Zeiten und hat 41 % des Endergebnisses von INFINITY WAR erzielt. http://www.insidekino.com/BO/ARG2019.htm Translated from German by Microsoft Argentina: AVENGERS-ENDGAME is making the best start ever with 1.183.385 visitors and has achieved 41% of INFINITY WAR's final result.

uups, nearly forgot why I opened the thread: 143 Cinema‏ @143Cinema 6h6 hours ago More #AvengersEndgame Tuesday reported hourly gross $25 M from 2680 locations (11:30pm est) Gavin Feng‏ @gavinfeng97 2h2 hours ago More Avengers: Endgame is looking to make $70M on May.1 in China. First $400M level import film ever. $600M-plus lifetime gross is locked. $650M is possible. #AvengersEndgame Screen International‏Verified account @Screendaily 2h2 hours ago More 'Avengers: Endgame' could earn $2.8BN worldwide by end of run http://bit.ly/2PI0bQa I trust Gavin over that ... executive producer .

Old age? Pfft (as Tele could be my kid in theory, if starting as a teen-mom....)

For the ones who want to take a peek, for one title or the other they are often enough the first ones to add some of those to their daily chart green font = estimate, black font is final (means those two are estimates) I love that they update as they get the numbers and find the time, step-by-step, in opposition to BOM, who update at once. I am out, have to work late, a big party at work tomorrow, tons to prepare 😉 Daily Domestic Chart for Monday April 29, 2019 Movie Distributor Gross Change Thtrs. Per Thtr. Total Gross Days - (2) The Curse of La Llorona Warner Bros. $670,000 -72% 3,372 $199 $42,500,045 11 - (5) Shazam! Warner Bros. $330,000 -80% 3,631 $91 $131,543,630 25 https://www.the-numbers.com/box-office-chart/daily/2019/04/29

ComscoreMoviesSpain‏ @cSMoviesSpain 1h1 hour ago More ESTRENO 01/05/2019 #EnBuenasManos = 28 @CaramelFilms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN2Q0QeweV8 … ComscoreMoviesSpain‏ @cSMoviesSpain 1h1 hour ago More ESTRENO 01/05/2019 #ElBailarin = 76 @DeAPlaneta https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu8yJBYzobI … ComscoreMoviesSpain‏ @cSMoviesSpain 1h1 hour ago More ESTRENO 01/05/2019 #UglyDollsExtraordinariamenteFeos = 307 @DiamondFilmsES https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9JF4EFLPP4 … ComscoreMoviesSpain‏ @cSMoviesSpain 1h1 hour ago More ESTRENO 01/05/2019 #LaPrimeraCita = 16 @Festival_Films https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRkl13o3gFQ … ComscoreMoviesSpain‏ @cSMoviesSpain 1h1 hour ago More ESTRENO 01/05/2019 #Vitoria3DeMarzo = 55 @filmax https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2zA6jncy1Q … ComscoreMoviesSpain‏ @cSMoviesSpain 1h1 hour ago More ESTRENO 01/05/2019 #KeepersElMisterioDelFaro = 88 @Vercine1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMlP2wo_du4 … ComscoreMoviesSpain‏ @cSMoviesSpain 1h1 hour ago More ESTRENO 03/05/2019 #AnElephantSittingStill @CapricciCine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qnwdRSr5X0 … ComscoreMoviesSpain‏ @cSMoviesSpain 1h1 hour ago More ESTRENO 06/05/2019 #LeonardoQuintoCentenario = 105 @acontrafilms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skTLA38c2cE …

changed positions in the chart (e.g. CM is back in the top 5 😉 ) Comscore Movies UK & Ireland‏ @cSMoviesUK 1 hour ago More MONDAY: 1 - Avengers: Endgame 2 - Red Joan 3 - Captain Marvel 4 - Dumbo 5 - Wild Rose

final admissions and more to read here (German) http://www.insidekino.com/DTop10/19/DTop19APR25.htm

Weekend Wrap-Up: Endgame Ends the Record Book, Practically Laps the Competition https://www.the-numbers.com/news/238590830-Weekend-Wrap-Up-Endgame-Ends-the-Record-Book-Practically-Laps-the-Competition

The Monday's update in the long version: translated with software, per Insidekino.com news area http://www.insidekino.com/News.htm