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To: MrNatural

It says Narnia has made $90.3M, BBM has made $1.7M. That's including yesterday, when it opened on a lot more screens and doubled its gross.

BBM isn't going to bomb. Its budget was $20M vs. $150M for Narnia, it's never going to come close to Narnia in its gross (how many large families are going to see BBM?) but no one is expecting it too. All the liberal married women in my office want to see it. Unfortunately it's probably going to win a lot of awards because gays are in with Hollywood and it's a way for Barbra S. and company to say "f@ck you" to Red America.

Its success on the few screens where it is playing means it's going to be released in a lot more places over the next few weeks, until they reach the edge of their market. It's not going to play in rural or exurban America, but it will be within driving distance of most everyone who'd want to see it, which is not where it is now (it's only in a few cities, almost all in the northeast.) Looking at these numbers is like reading the 2 PM exit polls.


158 posted on 12/17/2005 1:07:38 PM PST by HostileTerritory
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To: HostileTerritory
Fair enough; I was reading the dailies, which were compiled through Thursday. And certainly, 3600 theaters vs. 8 is hardly an even comparison. When it opens more widely, and its total audience (whatever that is) has a chance to attend, we will see more clearly how the two compare. But I think my original point will hold; that Narnia will produce a much higher gross and net.
203 posted on 12/17/2005 1:51:41 PM PST by MrNatural ("...You want the truth!?...")
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