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[Pattergen]

Boxofficemojo is reporting that CoR is only opening in 2500 theaters. Weird because they are also reporting it had a 125 mil budget. Even Garfield is opening bigger, and that is a surefire 0% rottentomatoes flop. Any thoughts on what the hell is going on here? Seems like there should be about another K tacked on there somewhere.

 

[Archaix]

isn't 3000-3500 what the biggest movies open on?

 

[All Hail C-Webb]

Shrek 2 just broke the record by opening at over 400 theatres. Most big movies open with 2800+ screens, the biggest one's with 3300+. I don't think Riddick will gross over 100 mil, it might have a decent size 20-30 mil opening though.

 

[SteveMeister]

I'll say it now... I have a feeling about this movie... I think it's going to be a sleeper hit, and the theater count will grow as word of mouth spreads.

 

[SteveMeister]

Shrek 2 just broke the record by opening at over 400 theatres. Most big movies open with 2800+ screens, the biggest one's with 3300+. I don't think Riddick will gross over 100 mil, it might have a decent size 20-30 mil opening though.

Yeah, it opened in over 4100 theaters and ADDED 60 theaters in its second week. Plus, Shrek 2 is SHORT, so it gets more viewings per screen than most other movies. By the way the previous record number of theaters was Spider-Man, which opened in over 3800 theaters.

Note that this is theater count, NOT screen count. So the movie could be playing on multiple screens in any given theater.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

i am sort of pissed that its only PG13, kinda turned me off wanting to see it so badly, but i'll still check it out (since i got a free ticket in the Pitch Black DVD!)

 

[golem]

i hope its a good movie and becomes a hit, seems like universal is hedging its bets (although ive seen plenty of ads for it). maybe they booked the theaters when they thought it was gonna be R but turned out to squeeze by a PG-13?