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Charles Everett
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: New Jersey
Registered: May 2001

posted 05-16-2002 10:33 AM

One of my co-workers got dragged by his girlfriend to a midnight show at the AMC (ex-GCC) Lehigh Valley Mall in Allentown PA. From what he told me the image was good, the sound was horrible and the surrounds weren't working. Most of all, the midnight show did not sell out!

How is the Episode 2 turnout so far? Did your midnight shows sell out or not?

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Greg Pauley
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From: Huntington, WV, USA
Registered: Jun 2000

posted 05-16-2002 11:16 AM

I was at our Huntington, WV theatre (Keith~Albee Theatre) last night for the midnight showing of Star Wars along with 1450 patrons. Although, not a sellout (1800 Seats) still a very good turnout. See Pic's Below:

Picture From Stage:

Picture of the Balcony:

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Adam Martin
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From: Dallas, TX
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posted 05-16-2002 11:18 AM

At 12:45am, our four largest auditoriums were sold out.

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Adam Wilbert
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From: Bellingham, WA, USA
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posted 05-16-2002 05:07 PM

The midnight at our theater did not sell out. We had about 10 tickets left out of 210. Our sister theater, 30 minutes away, sold out within a few hours of opening. Thats particularly odd considering we regularly outsell them every weekend.

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Jason Black
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posted 05-16-2002 05:38 PM

All screens showing last night sold out mid afternoon.

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Manny Knowles
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From: Bloomington, IN, USA
Registered: Feb 2002

posted 05-16-2002 07:29 PM

Not a sell-out performance but I think most people here didn't realize it would be a Thursday opening. Tomorrow (Friday) will definitely have higher traffic.

Why was this a Thursday opening, anyway?

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Jacob Huber
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From: Evansville, IN, USA
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posted 05-16-2002 09:14 PM

Our 12:01 shows were packed. People started arriving around 7:00, most dressed as their favorite character (we got one cantina band member). Today, however, is a different story. The first few shows only had about 20 people in them or so, but they increase later in the afternoon to about 50% sell by about 5:00. Even though I haven't been back since 5:00, I'm pretty sure the late shows are selling well (our last one is 11:05, bleh). Spiderman did the same thing, nobody in the morning (even hardcore fans have jobs) and increased almost exponentially around 5:00 on, to 500 foot lines an hour before the show started.

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Gracia L. Babbidge
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From: Bowdoin, Maine
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posted 05-19-2002 01:28 AM

Cripey! For the midnight showings we had a turnout of nearly 600 people...

Yeah, that qualifies as sold out! I actually stayed downstairs helping out with the crowd control from 10:00 until about 11:50, then bolted upstairs to get the shows ready to roll!
And since then, we've sold out for nearly all of our showtimes. In fact, the only two SW showtimes that didn't sell out today were the 10:15AM & the 10:05PM shows! Whee!

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Sean McKinnon
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From: Peabody Massachusetts
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posted 05-19-2002 01:31 AM

We broke our record for attendance today at my twenty screen. We also sold out almost every show of EPII on all 6 screens!!! Our previous record was 12,467. I dont know our exact number for today but it was around 12,600 something.

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Paul Rich
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From: Murfreesboro, TN, 37128
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posted 05-19-2002 03:00 AM

Manny, ep2 openned on a Thursday so it could open in as many countries on the same day as possible. In most countries, movies open on Thursday.

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Steve Guttag
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From: Annapolis, MD
Registered: Dec 1999

posted 05-19-2002 08:46 AM

I believe the Uptown has been at capacity for every show with the possible exception of the 8:30am shows but I believe they sold out too.

The popular show times are sold out days in advance.

Steve

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David Stambaugh
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From: Eugene, Oregon
Registered: Jan 2002

posted 05-19-2002 10:56 AM

From what I saw yesterday, most or possibly all shows at Cinemark 17 here were selling out by showtime, including the 9AM round. On 4 screens (I previously said 3). The 4:15 show we were at was "sold out" but the front row remained empty. They seem to undersell.

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Daniel Boisson
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From: Buffalo, NY, USA
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posted 05-19-2002 10:30 PM

yea it was really wierd. We have a pretty bad turnout on friday night, nothing came close to selling out. Saturday, all day, it was selling out in both our theatres(224,180). Then today, it did just ok. Our midnight showings we sold out though.

I think we were hurt by the fact that every theatre in the area was have special screenings, and that our local chain had 8 prints at one place, and 8 more at the other 30 min. away. We did well overall.

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John Wilson
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From: Sydney, Australia.
Registered: Dec 1999

posted 05-21-2002 10:14 AM

>>Manny, ep2 openned on a Thursday so it could open in as many countries on the same day as possible. In most countries, movies open on Thursday.<<

Actually, the real reason was that it was 25 years to the day (date) that the original (Later to be renamed Episode 4: A New Hope, although thankfully, not on MY 16mm scope version ) opened.

John

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Charles Everett
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From: New Jersey
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posted 05-26-2002 06:42 PM

Episode 2 is now on track to have a smaller box office total than the hated Episode 1!

That's with ticket price inflation and a supersaturation release taken into account.

Has the Episode 2 turnout held up -- or does Episode 2 show signs of the dreaded Second Weekend 50 Percent Drop?

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