Posted on 01/10/2006 11:11:58 AM PST by HostileTerritory
Nothing is standing in the way of "Brokeback Mountain."
Expanding to 214 new playdates and more than 60 new markets, including numerous small cities in mountain, Midwestern, and southern states, Focus' cowboy love story averaged a still-strong $11,905 per theater.
Playing at 483 locations, weekend gross was $5.8 million, bringing the pic's cume to $22.5 million.
"Brokeback" came out ahead of several new pics on twice or four times as many playdates, including "Casanova," "Bloodrayne" and "Grandma's Boy."
Among the new markets where the critically acclaimed pic opened strong were Tulsa, El Paso, Des Moines and Lubbock, Tex.
Pic, which has been nominated for every major award thus far, also experienced its first flash of controversy as the Jordan Commons theater in suburban Salt Lake City reneged on a contract with Focus to play the pic. More information on reasons weren't available, though it appears to be over the film's same-sex romance.
With cities of every size in nearly every location doing well with "Brokeback," the next challenge is expanding further into the suburbs. Pic will likely expand to around 600 playdates by Friday and closer to 800 by Jan. 20.
"The film is maintaining its rock-solid consistency, and I think suburban markets are now ready for it," said Focus distribdistrib toppertopper Jack Foley.
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> ... weekend gross was $5.8 million, bringing
> the pic's cume to $22.5 million.
Figures are fake but real. There are multiple reports
of "sold out" nearly empty halls, and ticket boxes
issuing tickets for other titles, but credited to BB.
It's simply clever marketing to make a pedestrian low-budget film into a must-see phenomenon.
Are you kidding, my good friend? Every gay person in the United States is going to see this picture at least ten times, if not more. They will be joined by the entire Democrat Party. So expect the numbers to head upward similar to Michael Moore's "Farhenheit 911" which reached $119M gross revenue. Of course, in the real world, the political impact of Farhenheit 911 came to zilch, and was scuddled by a puny political ad worth $100K put forth by a group known as the Swift Boat Vets, which promptly proceeeded to destroy John "Traitor" Kerry. Yes, the gays folks are loving life today, but when the reality of tomorrow and the real world strikes home, they will find this movie vehicle a lost cause, no matter what the revenue numbers are. Folks, please take note of the declining viewership at all the award shows. You can't piss down a common sense person's back and tell them it's raining!!! Brokeback Mountain is going nowhere. You ought tune in to the "Black" music stations in Dallas. The negative one liners about "Brokeback" are truly both truthful, honest and funny!!!
It's amazing how "important" it is to two different demographics that this movie either succeed gloriously or fail miserably. And members of both sides seem highly annoyed that the movie is "merely" succeeding comfortably.
Like this is an achievement??????
Having had the misfortune to actually sit through "Bloodrayne" this weekend because I had a bored college student home, I can tell you it is the first vampire movie I have been to where the audience was giggling at the acting(and no it was not intended to be a comedy). The last 20 minutes of this film the 10 audience members were no longer even trying to hide their laughter.
As for Brokeback we now know we can not trust the dollar figure this picture is making just like Fahrenheit 911, since certain theaters have been caught saying the movie is sold out when there are only 4 people sitting in the theater, meaning they are shifting money from other movies to this stinker.
Unfortunately for your supposition, Carnage, the movie may have cost $14 million to make, but you have to add in associated costs such as advertising and distribution before you can conclude that a $22 million gross means the movie made a profit.
What does 'auds' mean?
Fifty million in today's inflated ticket price would make it a success. It will be a struggle for it to make it that high.
The limited release of the film also shows its limited appeal. If they thought it would do Narnia business don't you think they would put it on Narnia screens?
I guess "audiences."
THis is my suspicion too. I also think it's the reason for why it's on so few screens: they wanted to pick theaters where they could get away with this. It's easy if you have a supply of activists who like going to the movies often. Whatever you're really going to see, buy a ticket to "Bareback", then just see another movie
This reads like something Baghdad Bob might have written.
Participants in this new event were overheard saying:
"How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?"
Variety is an industry newspaper.
I'm buying more Reynolds stock immediately.
Narnia and Passion of the Christ will gross over a billion dollars combined, but they're just crap. Hostel will destroy Brokeback and it only cost 4.8MM to make.
This is going to be like F911, people are going to see it just to "stick it" (so to speak), to those who oppose such movies. F911 made what, 110million or so....
HOMO ALERT!! HOMO ALERT!! HOMO ALERT!! HOMO ALERT!!
Translation: We've worn this out in the first-tier markets, and to keep it alive, we're forced to go places where we've known all along it will crater.
Playing at 483 locations, weekend gross was $5.8 million, bringing the pic's cume to $22.5 million.
... less than a third of Narnia's opening gross! Spin this any way you want, that's a pathetic take.
"Brokeback" came out ahead of several new pics on twice or four times as many playdates, including "Casanova," "Bloodrayne" and "Grandma's Boy."
It reportedly outgrossed the 8 mm movies of my crazy aunt's trip to Yellowstone, and the video I took of my son's butt boil being lanced.
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