The Banshees of Inisherin | October 21, 2022 | Martin McDonagh Drama | Searchlight

[Eric Atreides]

17 minutes ago, Pinacolada said:

So this is coming out on FUCKING BLU RAY on December 20... I legitimately thought they'd hold off on PVOD until that date at earliest. 

 

This is insane man. It'll have been playing only Semi-wide for like 40 days before it comes out on Bluray and will only have opened in like 2 locations (the 2 it's playing in right now). 

 

Make this make sense to me. This movie is doing pretty well. Having nice drops in the locations it's playing in. What is the rationale here? Let these movies fucking play!

Theaters are dead. Long live streaming.

[Pinacolada]

8 minutes ago, Eric Killmonger said:

Theaters are dead. Long live streaming.

It's doing well tho

 

I can understand putting it on PVOD by then, and even streaming bc of previously signed contracts with HBO Max, but releasing it on blu ray before its even out in like 90% of its total locations is so unbelievably dumb.

 

Just follow the fucking strategy of Three Billboards. I get that was 5 years ago now, and in terms of moviegoing, that's basically equivalent to a lifetime ago, but at least wait for SOME awards noms to come in. This could have had a nice healthy little gross. 

[Eric Atreides]

 

[BoxOfficeFangrl]

On 11/17/2022 at 12:40 PM, Pinacolada said:

It's doing well tho

 

I can understand putting it on PVOD by then, and even streaming bc of previously signed contracts with HBO Max, but releasing it on blu ray before its even out in like 90% of its total locations is so unbelievably dumb.

 

Just follow the fucking strategy of Three Billboards. I get that was 5 years ago now, and in terms of moviegoing, that's basically equivalent to a lifetime ago, but at least wait for SOME awards noms to come in. This could have had a nice healthy little gross. 

Three Billboards had a later release date and was making more money, so it could hang on long enough to get a theatrical boost from Oscar nods. It was still in hundreds of theaters on Oscar night!

 

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Week
Nov 10, 2017	26	$322,168		4	$80,542	$322,168	1
Nov 17, 2017	9	$1,102,166	+242%	53	$20,796	$1,536,391	2
Nov 24, 2017	10	$4,403,003	+299%	614	$7,171	$7,614,532	3
Dec 1, 2017	7	$4,396,537	n/c	1,430	$3,075	$13,537,057	4
Dec 8, 2017	11	$2,862,109	-35%	1,620	$1,767	$18,312,393	5
Dec 15, 2017	13	$1,587,087	-45%	944	$1,681	$21,336,065	6
Dec 22, 2017	20	$525,491	-67%	307	$1,712	$22,741,110	7
Dec 29, 2017	21	$675,545	+29%	266	$2,540	$24,164,629	8
Jan 5, 2018	20	$705,188	+4%	310	$2,275	$25,392,902	9
Jan 12, 2018	16	$2,518,115	+257%	1,022	$2,464	$28,726,574	10
Jan 19, 2018	17	$1,917,162	-24%	954	$2,010	$31,994,519	11
Jan 26, 2018	12	$3,840,684	+100%	1,457	$2,636	$37,251,635	12
Feb 2, 2018	11	$3,013,022	-22%	1,726	$1,746	$41,777,073	13
Feb 9, 2018	13	$2,302,015	-24%	1,273	$1,808	$45,446,821	14
Feb 16, 2018	13	$1,514,240	-34%	780	$1,941	$47,983,746	15
Feb 23, 2018	11	$1,370,863	-9%	691	$1,984	$50,275,442	16
Mar 2, 2018	13	$1,292,173	-6%	770	$1,678	$52,180,601	17

 

 

Banshees has done better than some awards hopefuls this year, but the per theater averages tell the story. If the PTA is so-so in limited/moderate release, it's unlikely to improve dramatically in thousands of locations. Yet, starting out in 2,000 theaters has also not gone well for this fall’s baity entries.

 

 

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Week
Oct 21, 2022	-	$184,454		4	$46,114	$184,454	1
Oct 28, 2022	-	$535,170	+190%	58	$9,227	$785,930	2
Nov 4, 2022	7	$2,056,919	+284%	895	$2,298	$3,090,021	3
Nov 11, 2022	7	$1,650,114	-20%	960	$1,719	$5,734,777	4
Nov 18, 2022	11	$729,037	-56%	812	$898	$7,192,857	5
Nov 25, 2022	-	$342,646	-53%	402	$852	$7,870,378	6

 

 

Maybe knowing a legal home viewing  option will be available in 1-2 months is keeping the prestige audience away from theaters. Would delaying a digital release even 70 days really improve attendance for these types of films that much? Worst case, the attendance is still minimal, theaters still drop the movies quickly and the title isn't generating money/attention from any source in the meantime.

 

The current box office situation really sucks if you liked watching all kinds of movies succeed in theaters.

 

[Verrows]

1 hour ago, BoxOfficeFangrl said:

Three Billboards had a later release date and was making more money, so it could hang on long enough to get a theatrical boost from Oscar nods. It was still in hundreds of theaters on Oscar night!

 

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Week
Nov 10, 2017	26	$322,168		4	$80,542	$322,168	1
Nov 17, 2017	9	$1,102,166	+242%	53	$20,796	$1,536,391	2
Nov 24, 2017	10	$4,403,003	+299%	614	$7,171	$7,614,532	3
Dec 1, 2017	7	$4,396,537	n/c	1,430	$3,075	$13,537,057	4
Dec 8, 2017	11	$2,862,109	-35%	1,620	$1,767	$18,312,393	5
Dec 15, 2017	13	$1,587,087	-45%	944	$1,681	$21,336,065	6
Dec 22, 2017	20	$525,491	-67%	307	$1,712	$22,741,110	7
Dec 29, 2017	21	$675,545	+29%	266	$2,540	$24,164,629	8
Jan 5, 2018	20	$705,188	+4%	310	$2,275	$25,392,902	9
Jan 12, 2018	16	$2,518,115	+257%	1,022	$2,464	$28,726,574	10
Jan 19, 2018	17	$1,917,162	-24%	954	$2,010	$31,994,519	11
Jan 26, 2018	12	$3,840,684	+100%	1,457	$2,636	$37,251,635	12
Feb 2, 2018	11	$3,013,022	-22%	1,726	$1,746	$41,777,073	13
Feb 9, 2018	13	$2,302,015	-24%	1,273	$1,808	$45,446,821	14
Feb 16, 2018	13	$1,514,240	-34%	780	$1,941	$47,983,746	15
Feb 23, 2018	11	$1,370,863	-9%	691	$1,984	$50,275,442	16
Mar 2, 2018	13	$1,292,173	-6%	770	$1,678	$52,180,601	17

 

 

Banshees has done better than some awards hopefuls this year, but the per theater averages tell the story. If the PTA is so-so in limited/moderate release, it's unlikely to improve dramatically in thousands of locations. Yet, starting out in 2,000 theaters has also not gone well for this fall’s baity entries.

 

 

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Week
Oct 21, 2022	-	$184,454		4	$46,114	$184,454	1
Oct 28, 2022	-	$535,170	+190%	58	$9,227	$785,930	2
Nov 4, 2022	7	$2,056,919	+284%	895	$2,298	$3,090,021	3
Nov 11, 2022	7	$1,650,114	-20%	960	$1,719	$5,734,777	4
Nov 18, 2022	11	$729,037	-56%	812	$898	$7,192,857	5
Nov 25, 2022	-	$342,646	-53%	402	$852	$7,870,378	6

 

 

Maybe knowing a legal home viewing  option will be available in 1-2 months is keeping the prestige audience away from theaters. Would delaying a digital release even 70 days really improve attendance for these types of films that much? Worst case, the attendance is still minimal, theaters still drop the movies quickly and the title isn't generating money/attention from any source in the meantime.

 

The current box office situation really sucks if you liked watching all kinds of movies succeed in theaters.

 

It really does. It's depressing.

 

I'm trying to stay positive looking ahead to 2023 though. There's always hope that the theatrical audience at large is going to pick up. It just seems like people don't care about movies now though.

 

[TMP]

 

Really really good interview imo

[Eric Atreides]

 

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[Ithil]

What a fantastic film.

[Eric Atreides]

 

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