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Author Topic: DVD helps theatres in some cases Matt Fields Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 545 From: Ohio, United States Registered: Jun 2005 posted 09-06-2005 04:37 PM                     Transporter 2 opened at number one this weekend, a little over 20 Mil. The original only made 25 mil for its entire run. So this was a case of DVD, cable, pay-per-view, ect. helping the theatres by allowing folks to catch something they missed at the theatres. I can think of a couple other examples of this. One is Adam Sandlers career. His first couple of movies (Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore) were so-so at the box office, but huge on video, which built up the fan base, which helped the theatres. Another example is Austin Powers. The first Powers did around 55, the second over 200. Of course, sequels will bomb when the original sucks.  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 09-10-2005 09:56 PM                        There are cases where a movie is more successful in its home video release than it was theatrically, which then spawns more-better box office for the sequels. Austin Powers is a perfect example. There are others, although I can't think of any right at the moment. Hey, just didn't want Matt to think his post was ignored!  |  IP: Logged Jeremy Jorgenson Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1002 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: Feb 2005 posted 09-10-2005 10:16 PM                        Office Space is another example of a movie doing more business on video than it did in its theatrical run. Mike Judge hasn't wanted to do a sequel for it though, and thankfully Fox hasn't assigned another writer/director to make one. (I'm not sure who owns the rights to the story, but if it's Judge, that would explain Fox not producing an almost assuredly profitable sequel). I would assume that Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back got a $20m budget & $30m theatrical gross in large part due to people being introduced to Kevin Smith (and hence those characters) thanks to video/DVD.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 09-11-2005 06:34 PM                     Course, this kinda proves what Phil had mentioned in his one post in that topic that I opened up about the "DVD Marketplace" post - his comment on that movies being the "teaser" release to enhance the sales of DVD's. -Monte  |  IP: Logged Andy Summers Master Film Handler Posts: 397 From: Bournemouth Dorset United kingdom Registered: Jun 2005 posted 09-13-2005 07:49 PM                 Mat, David and Monte Do you guys really think DVD presents a threat to the cinema industry and your jobs as well, the strength DVD and cinema admissions this year have been on an all time low, with more and more folks buying DVD, and some with pucker home cinema set-ups that leave most cinemas flat on the face due to poor sound playback presentation, don’t take this wrong please I was a  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-14-2005 02:09 AM                        Great post!  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 09-14-2005 02:20 AM                        Some guys just realize it's time to stop rambling Mike.  |  IP: Logged Tommie Evans Expert Film Handler Posts: 116 From: Birmingham, West Midlands, UK Registered: Sep 2004 posted 09-27-2005 01:40 PM                     I heard Pixar's 'Cars' is going straight to DVD?  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 09-27-2005 02:32 PM                        quote: Tommie Evans I heard Pixar's 'Cars' is going straight to DVD? I think that's highly unlikely. Where did you hear that?  |  IP: Logged Darryl Spicer Film God Posts: 3250 From: Lexington, KY, USA Registered: Dec 2000 posted 09-27-2005 06:24 PM                    Last I heard Cars was being delayed till a next summer release so they could move the date for Chicken Little to November to allow the time needed for the 3-D conversion process.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-27-2005 06:46 PM                        I thought Cars was always a 2006 release.  |  IP: Logged Kurt Zupin Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 989 From: Maricopa, Arizona Registered: Oct 2004 posted 09-27-2005 07:01 PM                     Cars was originaly a Spring 2006 release and if memory serves me right, its now in November of 06'. I've kinda given up on trying to figure out what Andys trying to say half the time. He goes in one direction then cuts back to another and then another then just stops  |  IP: Logged Darryl Spicer Film God Posts: 3250 From: Lexington, KY, USA Registered: Dec 2000 posted 09-27-2005 08:28 PM                    Moving 'Cars' puts Pixar in driver's seat In a move that could better position Pixar Animation Studios in its upcoming negotiations with potential distribution partners, the Emeryville, Calif.-based studio said Tuesday that its upcoming film "Cars" will be postponed from its planned November release to a June 2006 bow. The announcement was made jointly with Pixar's current partner, Walt Disney Pictures. The date change immediately triggered a flurry of other moves as Disney's Buena Vista Distribution arm shifted its CG-animated feature "Chicken Little" from a summer slot to Nov. 4. Sony Pictures also chose to move its upcoming "Legend of Zorro" from a late September slot to a November date. Pixar and Disney explained that moving "Cars" to June 9, 2006, would allow them to take full advantage of the large summer moviegoing audience, followed by the lucrative holiday DVD market. Pixar CEO Steve Jobs has spoken previously of wanting to shift Pixar's release schedules to take advantage of the summer moviegoing/holiday DVD sales dynamic. (Nicole Sperling) Hollywood Reporter  |  IP: Logged Kurt Zupin Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 989 From: Maricopa, Arizona Registered: Oct 2004 posted 09-27-2005 10:19 PM                     Ahh well, forget what I said then, I was just talking out of my ass!  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-27-2005 11:59 PM                        OK, but how does that put Pixar in the "driver's seat?" It does, if Chicken Little flops. If CL is a hit, it doesn't.  |  IP: Logged

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