fmpro Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Yeah. But what can we do now other than hope for good legs. I dont want good legs..I want amazing legs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Just looked at my local 6 screen for boxing day onwards. After 7pm, only 3 films are showing. MI4, Holmes 2 and Dragon Tattoo are showing on two screens a piece. Expected for Holmes and MI4, but bodes even better for Dragon Tattoo, the buzz must be there, and the cineworld must be confident. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmpro Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Looks like dragon lady will do great.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonwo Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 (edited) I think TGWTDT should do well, I'm unsure what would be a good total as it's not a blockbuster in the same way as Sherlock Holmes or Mission Impossible. I think £10-12m total would be good. Edited December 20, 2011 by Jonwo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilipJ2001 Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 it's always really quiet before christmas in the UK. expect things to pick up next week.although family films have been underperforming all year since easter here. the february holiday was very good but since then the family films have mostly disappointed. I think it's a mixture of too much competition, the economy affecting families more than most and poor quality films. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 it's always really quiet before christmas in the UK. expect things to pick up next week. It does seem like Avatar's launch two years ago was the exception and not the rule. Even with it being quite for this weekend, I still don't get why Tron launched so poorly last year.How many films is your cinema being filled with from boxing day Phillip? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmpro Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 it's always really quiet before christmas in the UK. expect things to pick up next week.although family films have been underperforming all year since easter here. the february holiday was very good but since then the family films have mostly disappointed. I think it's a mixture of too much competition, the economy affecting families more than most and poor quality films.So chance are that this weekend will increase?? or is it bad this year with 24th and 25th falling on sat/sun??Weekdays should be huge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonwo Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 It does seem like Avatar's launch two years ago was the exception and not the rule. Even with it being quite for this weekend, I still don't get why Tron launched so poorly last year.How many films is your cinema being filled with from boxing day Phillip?Tron suffered from the terrible weather. Avatar IIRC launched really well, its run was incredible.A few family films have had good runs. I think 3D has meant families have become more selected although we've seen The Smurfs having strong legs as has Arthur Christmas and Rio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonwo Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 It does seem like Avatar's launch two years ago was the exception and not the rule. Even with it being quite for this weekend, I still don't get why Tron launched so poorly last year.How many films is your cinema being filled with from boxing day Phillip?Tron suffered from the terrible weather. Avatar IIRC launched really well, its run was incredible.A few family films have had good runs. I think 3D has meant families have become more selected although we've seen The Smurfs having strong legs as has Arthur Christmas and Rio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilipJ2001 Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 It does seem like Avatar's launch two years ago was the exception and not the rule. Even with it being quite for this weekend, I still don't get why Tron launched so poorly last year.How many films is your cinema being filled with from boxing day Phillip?we're closed boxing day but have MI4, Sherlock, NYE, Chipmunks, Puss In Boots, Happy Feet and Arthur Christmas from the 27th.although I expect Arthur Christmas to completely die after christmas eve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted December 20, 2011 Author Share Posted December 20, 2011 I guess that decent for Sherlock...nothing even close to great though.Arthur Christmas has had, by far the best run this holiday season.I never know what to predict for movies on Christmas weekend because Christmas eve, do people really go to the cinema?X-mas day obv not, and boxing day, millions are out shopping in the sales...MI4 should do well though, especially through the week and next week. Same for Dragon Tattoo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilipJ2001 Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 just to illustrate my point, here are the figures for the last five years for the weekends directly before and directly after christmas. 2008 and 2009 seem to have the figures missing for the weekend directly after christmas so i've taken the first one in january. in 2010 christmas fell on a saturday so i've got the week before as well.2006Before: £8,456,532After: £15,649,7872007Before: £11,145,716After: £21,799,5432008Before: £8,642,215After: £12,717,5602009 (Avatar Year)Before: £13,925,548After: £15,940,3772010Before: £6,829,114Before: £6,159,633After: £17,666,560All those numbers are the sum of the top 15 films nationwideThe weekend just gone totalled about £10.7mThere is an argument that the figures go up massively because there's always a big film released on boxing day, but there's a reason that the distributors choose that date - because the after christmas period is always very strong and the before-christmas period is nearly always weak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilipJ2001 Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 I never know what to predict for movies on Christmas weekend because Christmas eve, do people really go to the cinema?At my cinema we're usually pretty busy on Christmas Eve. We already have a lot of pre-bookings for Arthur Christmas. We close at about 5pm though so there's no evening business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmpro Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 As always Phillip.. Great job..You always deliver interesting info and news Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Christmas Eve is dead in Portugal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmpro Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Same here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Even Christmas Day isn't the close to be a very busy day. The day after is usually insane, thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 we're closed boxing day but have MI4, Sherlock, NYE, Chipmunks, Puss In Boots, Happy Feet and Arthur Christmas from the 27th.although I expect Arthur Christmas to completely die after christmas eve. Wow, and how many screens do you have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilipJ2001 Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 only two! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Wow, thats some serious screen sharing!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
