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'Brokeback' a Box Office Success So Far
AP in Yahoo News ^ | December 29, 2005 | Sandy Cohen

Posted on 12/29/2005 6:11:43 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia

LOS ANGELES - Who's afraid of a couple of gay cowboys? Not moviegoers, who helped "Brokeback Mountain" post the highest per-screen average over the film-flush holiday weekend.

The Ang Lee film, which follows the 20-year forbidden romance between two roughneck ranch hands, earned $13,599 per theater, compared with $9,305 for weekend winner "King Kong" and $8,225 for "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe."

The big question is whether "Brokeback" can maintain its momentum as it moves from selected cities, where audiences are receptive to the subject matter, to suburbs far and wide, where that might not be the case.

Early numbers — and early awards buzz — establish the picture's staying power, industry insiders say. "Brokeback" earned a leading seven Golden Globe nominations.

"It delivered very strong growth in what is truly a highly unforgiving, competitive, cruel market at this Christmas period," said Jack Foley, president of theatrical distribution for Focus Features. "It showed it has breadth beyond the gay community."

Distributors planned to roll out the film slowly. It opened in just six theaters, where it earned an "unprecedented" $109,000 per venue, said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box office tracker Exhibitor Relations Co. Inc.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: boxoffice; hollyweird; homosexualagenda; pudding
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

"Bare-back Mounting"? What a strange name for a movie.


101 posted on 12/29/2005 7:28:44 AM PST by Clint Lippo
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

I have termites in my desk; living there, active colonies.

I discovered this when they announced themselves a few months back by boring holes to the outside edge, right through the Formica laminate.

Short of fogging the entire house, I've no clue as to how to encourage them to leave.

Still, I feel as though I must do something before my desk crumbles to the floor.

In the meantime, I've been feeding them fingernail polish and sealing up their exits as they appear.


102 posted on 12/29/2005 7:29:16 AM PST by Old Professer (Fix the problem, not the blame!)
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To: Castigar

Perhaps a fairer comparison would be to compare the earnings for Kong 3 and Narnia in their top markets since BBM is only in places they are guaranteed to get the biggest draw. IE: If BBM is in 100 theaters, take the top 100 from K3 and Narnia.


103 posted on 12/29/2005 7:30:22 AM PST by Sensei Ern (Now, IB4Z! http://www.myspace.com/reconcomedy/ "Cowards cut and run. Heroes never do!")
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To: theFIRMbss
I sincerely doubt it.

I'm pretty sure that the New York Times could devote every page in its National, Metro, and Style sections to promoting this movie for the next year and it still wouldn't turn a profit.

104 posted on 12/29/2005 7:34:46 AM PST by Do not dub me shapka broham
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To: Mr. K

105 posted on 12/29/2005 7:34:58 AM PST by stocksthatgoup ("It's inexcusable to tell us to 'connect the dots' and not give us the tools to do so." G W Bush)
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To: stocksthatgoup

106 posted on 12/29/2005 7:36:32 AM PST by Do not dub me shapka broham
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

BFLR.


107 posted on 12/29/2005 7:37:58 AM PST by Rummyfan
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To: loreldan
Average Daily Rank:8

Average Daily Gross: $ 0.59

Average Daily Theater #: 69

Average Daily Theater Take: $ 8,598

December 20th, 2005

Rank: #9

Gross: $4,913

Daily Change: $0.339 -13%

Days In Release: 12

Theaters: 69

Per Theater Average Total: $4.062

108 posted on 12/29/2005 7:41:29 AM PST by DaiHuy (Oderint dum metuant)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Sequel to follow:

"Bunghole Valley"


109 posted on 12/29/2005 7:43:51 AM PST by Edit35
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To: Do not dub me shapka broham
>So many Freepers/ talking about this movie/ will make it millions!
>>I'm pretty sure that the New York Times could devote every page in its National, Metro, and Style sections to promoting this movie for the next year and it still wouldn't turn a profit

Yes, but nobody
reads the New York Times, and those
that just look at it

don't care what they see.
Lots of people tune in here,
and most people here

will wonder what folks
are talking about . . . So, some
will see the movie.

The longer Freepers
keep these threads popping up and
the discussions hot,

the more film-goers
will be tempted to take in
the gay cowboy film.

(Hey, I had no plans
to see the new King Kong, but
the discussions here

made me feel guilty
for bad-rapping it unseen.
So, I did see it.

And it was much worse
than I thought it would be, but
it was talking here

that made me go out
and spend my money. I'm sure
Brokeback Mountain folk --

their ad flaks and such --
are aware of how this works
and are stroking it . . .)

110 posted on 12/29/2005 7:45:38 AM PST by theFIRMbss
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To: Old Professer
I have termites in my desk; living there, active colonies. ...

I must say that this post adds cogent insight rarely seen in a thread. My understanding of the thread's subject is greatly clarified.

111 posted on 12/29/2005 7:45:58 AM PST by LexBaird ("I'm not questioning your patriotism, I'm answering your treason."--JennysCool)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

I suppose people in the Business routinely take an interest in "per-screen" revenues, but this is the first press-release I can recall seeing, ever, that used per-screen figures to tout "box office success." Obviously this is not a 'roll-out' this is a 'spin-out.'


112 posted on 12/29/2005 7:48:20 AM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
while gross receipts may show this T_rd as a loser... They will eventually make a substantial profit from Cable, PPV and DVD sales. The producers if this film were very smart to keep their budget under control. They'll end up with a bundle.(unfortunately)
113 posted on 12/29/2005 7:50:04 AM PST by hford02 (I can't decide who hates America the most; the DNC or Al Queda)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
Ok, lets see now. I have the opportunity to release 2 movies. One I will screen in 3500 theaters nationwide and guestimate it will average about $9000.00 per day per screen. We'll call this movie King Kong (reduce, redux, redux). The other movie I will screen in about 50 theaters in specially selected areas (due to limited appeal) such as NY, SF, LA, BOS. and guestimate these will average about $14,000 per screen per day. We'll call this movie "Limp Wrist on a Horse"

Now then King Kong will earn me 3500x$9000 per day or $3,150,000 while Limp Wrist will earn me $14,000.00x50 or $700,000 per day.

Ok, class, the question is which movie is more of a success, the one that earns $700,000 per day or the one that earns $3,150,000 per day. Anyone caught using a calculator or a cell phone to get the answer will be failed.
114 posted on 12/29/2005 7:51:04 AM PST by Eagles Talon IV
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Watch this film fall flat on its face when it goes wide. Everyone who has seen it will have already gone to the big metroplexes..


115 posted on 12/29/2005 7:51:18 AM PST by gopwinsin04
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To: BlessedBeGod
Solely because of their dishontest marketing.

Good point. Some of the promos for this movie lead one to believe that it is a "family movie". Wonder what percentage of that box office got up and walked out right around that pup tent scene?

116 posted on 12/29/2005 7:51:28 AM PST by who knows what evil? (New England...the Sodom and Gomorrah of the 21st Century, and they're proud of it!)
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To: hford02

They are running ads for it every five minutes on KABC radio.


117 posted on 12/29/2005 7:52:43 AM PST by JohnnyP
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To: WolfRunnerWoman

OMG ! ROTFL !! That is hysterical, the whole office is in stiches !


118 posted on 12/29/2005 7:54:04 AM PST by Red Boots
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
Here's one gay man's take on the movie, as reported a few weeks ago by Lloyd Grove in the New York Daily News

... But openly gay stage and screen star Nathan Lane went on the "Today" show Friday and, instead of treating the Ang Lee movie with customary reverence, had a satirical field day at "Brokeback's" expense.

"I wish I could quit you," twanged Lane - who was on the show ostensibly to promote "The Producers" - mocking Gyllenhaal's cowboy confession to his bunkmate.

"It's really when [Ledger] said, 'This thing gets hold of us the wrong time, the wrong place, we're dead,'" Lane recalled as Katie Couric and "Today" crew members giggled. "I thought, 'What do you mean, like the A&P? You're in the middle of nowhere! Get a ranch with the guy! Stop torturing these two poor women and get a room! What's the problem?'" ... (Lloyd Grove, NY Daily News)

119 posted on 12/29/2005 7:55:46 AM PST by daisyscarlett
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Anyone catch the generic ads at Box Office Mojo? 'Brokeback Mountain' video game? I don't even want to think about it...


120 posted on 12/29/2005 7:55:53 AM PST by who knows what evil? (New England...the Sodom and Gomorrah of the 21st Century, and they're proud of it!)
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