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Topic: theatres playing art AND mainstream films
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Stephen Furley
Film God
Posts: 3059
From: Coulsdon, Croydon, England
Registered: May 2002
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posted 11-26-2005 02:32 AM
The place where I'm projecting at the moment runs a mixture, on a single screen. The mainstream titles generally don't do very well. There are exceptions, of course. 'Phantom of the Opera' for example, and 'Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Ware Rabbit' opened yesterday, only two shows so far, but it seems to be doing well. Looking through the monthly programme I can generally tell what will do well, though I don't always get it right, of course. One thing that I can never predict is the Saturday morning children's film. New or old, well known or obscure, good weather or bad on the day, it can be over half full, or almost empty, I think the worst I've seen was three people. There doesn't seem to be any pattern to it.
Of course, it will depend on whee you are. This place is about one minute's walk from the local multiplex, or about a mile walk, or five minutes on the tram from another one. Almost everyone who wants to see a mainstream title has probably already seen it at one of those a month or two before. If you are in an area without another local cinema then the mainstream product will probably do better.
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