i just read another board and it was gross to look at...sellout after sellout being reported...more and more showtimes added....ill post them at the bottom of this thread...who really knows whats fact and whats not...like i said above, i know notfabio's #'s are accurate and i tend to believe most of these reports are also fairly accurate so i like what i am hearing very much...its still very early on however....ill be back tomorrow (not sure when b/c i have to work early) with the friday takes from notfabio if no one else posts them
i keep betting at wwts at the reduced juice -20 at 112million instead of wsex's 110 (i havent checked the line in a while) i compare this movie to a college football game where the line is like 28 and the total is 64....id rather lay the less juice and have an extra 2million to cover (bc the line is so high) then get the extra 2million and more juice...if it wins its gonna probably sail....
i wasnt around for stith but earlier tonight some of these guys were expecting 7-9million for POC2...if this matches or comes close to stiths 15million....could this possibly do 50million on friday? if it ever does...bookem in the W column....
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The pre-sale here is picking up quite dramatically too. Another show is sold out at AMC Saratoga, and two more shows are added. The first one at Metreon is sold out as well. An extra show is added at Eastridge Mall. Two at Shoreline are out; one at Santana Row (never expected three midnight shows there since it's more of an arthouse theater, the best one in town); three out of four at Oakridge; one out of four at the big 25-screen Union City theater.
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we have three reported sell outs now, rots is beaten here. Even though it got beaten by Hp4 here lol.
The Silver City at Yonge & Eglinton (an amazing theater) sold out its only midnight show. My friend who is just down Yonge street in Downtown Toronto at the Paramount Theatre meet someone who came from the other theater to this theater who couldn't buy tickets because they were sold out.
So i got one sell out from the internet and two sell outs from my friend.
Paramount Theatre - Toronto
12:01
Silver City, Yonge & Eglinton
12:01
Silver city Scarborough
12:01
So three confirmed midnight sell outs to 4 possibile. Its doing much better then expected then i expected.
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Nine sellouts in the area thus far and counting
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Some have added a 2nd screening.
sell out #4 and #5
Empire Theatres at Empress Walk*
12:00 am
Paramount Theatre - Toronto
12:01, 12:05am*
Silver City, Yonge & Eglinton
12:01
Silver city Scarborough
12:01
2nd sell out at Paramount Thetaer just happened atleast 100 people were not able to get in and have either gone home or to another theater. My friend says now there are 2 sell outs at that theater.
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Update Grand Rapids MI
Cinemark Rivertown Sold out all shows
12:05 12:15 12:25 12:35
Cinemark Woodland Sold out all three shows
12:01 12:01 12:01
Celebration North sold out
12:01 12:15 12:25 12:25
added a 12:10
Celebration South
12:01 12:15
added a 12:30
The other two theaters have no sell outs yet
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just doing a look through on movietickets.com of showings in Chicago and other cities in my area and I'm seeing a lot of grey showtimes.
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2 sold out screens at Centruy with 5 1/2 hours till midnight, didnt sell out a single show till 2pm today.
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acording to BOM Regal Union Square Stadium 14 has sold ou all shows.
It is sold out because its shaded light grey. N/A are bolded grey.
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Holy shit. Just three hours ago, there wasn't a single sell-out in my theater. Now, there's six midnight shows (in a 10-screen theater, which is like wow...) and five are sold out. That is freakin' incredible.
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Hearing from my friend that went to one (all the way in downtown Toronto), there a lot of people and two showings at 12:00 and both are not sold out but quite full based on the number of people there and buying ticket and think it will be almost sold out. Well its safe to say Midnight showings are not the huge thing here like in your areas but there are quite a number of people going to them.
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my local theater is nervous they will be swarmed on the weekend. 25% of tickets for Friday are gone.
surprising sell out #6
Empire Theatres - Elgin Mills 10*
12:00am*
Empire Theatres at Empress Walk
12:00 am
Paramount Theatre - Toronto
12:01, 12:05am
Silver City, Yonge & Eglinton
12:01
Silver city Scarborough
12:01
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AMC The Parks At Arlington 18
6 showings, 3 sold out.
AMC Grapevine Mills 30
6 showings, 5 sold out.
AMC The Grand 24
1 showing not sold out.
AMC Irving Mall Cinemas 14
1 showing not sold out.
AMC Palace 9
1 showing not sold out.
AMC Mesquite 30
2 showing, 1 sold out.
AMC Stonebriar 24
3 showing, 2 sold out.
AMC Firewheel 18
3 showing, 2 sold out.
AMC Valley View 16
1 showing not sold out.
AMC Hulen 10
1 showing not sold out.
AMC Northpark 15
5 showing, 2 sold out.
lol for now.
i keep betting at wwts at the reduced juice -20 at 112million instead of wsex's 110 (i havent checked the line in a while) i compare this movie to a college football game where the line is like 28 and the total is 64....id rather lay the less juice and have an extra 2million to cover (bc the line is so high) then get the extra 2million and more juice...if it wins its gonna probably sail....
i wasnt around for stith but earlier tonight some of these guys were expecting 7-9million for POC2...if this matches or comes close to stiths 15million....could this possibly do 50million on friday? if it ever does...bookem in the W column....
__________________________________________________________
The pre-sale here is picking up quite dramatically too. Another show is sold out at AMC Saratoga, and two more shows are added. The first one at Metreon is sold out as well. An extra show is added at Eastridge Mall. Two at Shoreline are out; one at Santana Row (never expected three midnight shows there since it's more of an arthouse theater, the best one in town); three out of four at Oakridge; one out of four at the big 25-screen Union City theater.
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we have three reported sell outs now, rots is beaten here. Even though it got beaten by Hp4 here lol.
The Silver City at Yonge & Eglinton (an amazing theater) sold out its only midnight show. My friend who is just down Yonge street in Downtown Toronto at the Paramount Theatre meet someone who came from the other theater to this theater who couldn't buy tickets because they were sold out.
So i got one sell out from the internet and two sell outs from my friend.
Paramount Theatre - Toronto
12:01
Silver City, Yonge & Eglinton
12:01
Silver city Scarborough
12:01
So three confirmed midnight sell outs to 4 possibile. Its doing much better then expected then i expected.
__________________________________________________________
Nine sellouts in the area thus far and counting
________________________________________________
Some have added a 2nd screening.
sell out #4 and #5
Empire Theatres at Empress Walk*
12:00 am
Paramount Theatre - Toronto
12:01, 12:05am*
Silver City, Yonge & Eglinton
12:01
Silver city Scarborough
12:01
2nd sell out at Paramount Thetaer just happened atleast 100 people were not able to get in and have either gone home or to another theater. My friend says now there are 2 sell outs at that theater.
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Update Grand Rapids MI
Cinemark Rivertown Sold out all shows
12:05 12:15 12:25 12:35
Cinemark Woodland Sold out all three shows
12:01 12:01 12:01
Celebration North sold out
12:01 12:15 12:25 12:25
added a 12:10
Celebration South
12:01 12:15
added a 12:30
The other two theaters have no sell outs yet
_____________________________________________________
just doing a look through on movietickets.com of showings in Chicago and other cities in my area and I'm seeing a lot of grey showtimes.
___________________________________________________________
2 sold out screens at Centruy with 5 1/2 hours till midnight, didnt sell out a single show till 2pm today.
________________________________________________
acording to BOM Regal Union Square Stadium 14 has sold ou all shows.
It is sold out because its shaded light grey. N/A are bolded grey.
________________________________________________________
Holy shit. Just three hours ago, there wasn't a single sell-out in my theater. Now, there's six midnight shows (in a 10-screen theater, which is like wow...) and five are sold out. That is freakin' incredible.
______________________________________________________
Hearing from my friend that went to one (all the way in downtown Toronto), there a lot of people and two showings at 12:00 and both are not sold out but quite full based on the number of people there and buying ticket and think it will be almost sold out. Well its safe to say Midnight showings are not the huge thing here like in your areas but there are quite a number of people going to them.
_______________________________________________________
my local theater is nervous they will be swarmed on the weekend. 25% of tickets for Friday are gone.
surprising sell out #6
Empire Theatres - Elgin Mills 10*
12:00am*
Empire Theatres at Empress Walk
12:00 am
Paramount Theatre - Toronto
12:01, 12:05am
Silver City, Yonge & Eglinton
12:01
Silver city Scarborough
12:01
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AMC The Parks At Arlington 18
6 showings, 3 sold out.
AMC Grapevine Mills 30
6 showings, 5 sold out.
AMC The Grand 24
1 showing not sold out.
AMC Irving Mall Cinemas 14
1 showing not sold out.
AMC Palace 9
1 showing not sold out.
AMC Mesquite 30
2 showing, 1 sold out.
AMC Stonebriar 24
3 showing, 2 sold out.
AMC Firewheel 18
3 showing, 2 sold out.
AMC Valley View 16
1 showing not sold out.
AMC Hulen 10
1 showing not sold out.
AMC Northpark 15
5 showing, 2 sold out.
lol for now.
this is good its from variety...
Variety on the weekend...
With absolutely huge tracking numbers for Disney's "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" -- more than 50% of those polled in one survey said it's their first choice pic to see this weekend -- a monster opening is expected from the sequel when it bows today at an ultrawide 4,133 locations.
Based on the massive interest from all audience quadrants, rival studio execs say "Dead Man's Chest," starring Johnny Depp and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, has a good shot of breaking the current three-day box office record held by Sony's "Spider-Man," which took in $114.8 million in May 2002.
But Disney is staying mum on how big it thinks "Pirates" will be. "I have no idea. I am not even going to fathom a guess," Mouse House distrib topper Chuck Viane said. "No matter how you answer that question, it can come back to hurt you."
Still, the studio has made a huge bet on the surprise franchise, plunking down over $350 million to shoot "Dead Man's Chest" back-to-back with a second sequel, "At the End of the World," currently skedded for release over Memorial Day weekend next year.
Other studios, meanwhile, are expecting "Pirates," the only new wide-release pic this week, to plunder the competition. Both Warner tentpole "Superman Returns" and Fox's "The Devil Wears Prada" could find their auds distracted by the Mouse House's buccaneers.
Warners distrib chief Dan Fellman said, "We expect to take a substantial drop because of the holiday, but after that, we're going to level off." Warners moved up "Superman" to a Wednesday bow last week in part to maximize grosses before "Pirates" sailed in.
"The premiere weekend of the summer (to release a movie) without a doubt was the Fourth of July. We'll probably have $115 million before they open, and that's a good jump start in any situation," Fellman added.
Fox distrib chief Bruce Snyder said his surprise hit was bracing for "Pirates" as well. "Maybe not as much on 'Prada,' but I think it'll have an enormous effect on everything," he said. Meryl Streep laffer played to an aud more than two-thirds female in its opening weekend, but with strong word of mouth, Fox is hoping that the pic broadens out to more adult men.
On Wednesday, "Prada" picked up $4.1 million, padding cume to $44 million, second only to "Superman Returns," which grossed $6.4 million for the day, bringing its cume to $114.5 million.
Early signs are showing a huge demand for "Pirates" tickets. Viane said nearly every show at the Disney-owned El Capitan Theater in Hollywood is sold out through the weekend; late Thursday, the only three shows with seats still available were the 3 and 6:30 a.m. shows Friday and Sunday's 11:20 p.m. showing.
Viane said he expects at least 1,000 theaters to have midnight screenings on Thursday night, but added the number could be double that after theaters report their grosses.
Online ticket sellers Fandango and Movietickets.com both reported that pre-sales of "Pirates" tickets are moving at double the rate for "Superman Returns" last week. At Movietickets.com, "Pirates" had become the biggest pre-seller of the year, passing "X-Men: The Last Stand," which earned $45.1 million on its opening Friday.
Anecdotally, Viane said exhibs are reporting similar experiences. "My grapevine is saying wow. They say people are already asking for tickets for shows on Saturday and Sunday. There seems to be this unbelievable pent-up demand."
Overseas, Disney will avoid pitting "Pirates" against Sunday's World Cup championship match, holding the pic back from the most soccer-obsessed territories. Only seven markets are opening day-and-date, including Australia and South Korea.
Variety on the weekend...
With absolutely huge tracking numbers for Disney's "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" -- more than 50% of those polled in one survey said it's their first choice pic to see this weekend -- a monster opening is expected from the sequel when it bows today at an ultrawide 4,133 locations.
Based on the massive interest from all audience quadrants, rival studio execs say "Dead Man's Chest," starring Johnny Depp and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, has a good shot of breaking the current three-day box office record held by Sony's "Spider-Man," which took in $114.8 million in May 2002.
But Disney is staying mum on how big it thinks "Pirates" will be. "I have no idea. I am not even going to fathom a guess," Mouse House distrib topper Chuck Viane said. "No matter how you answer that question, it can come back to hurt you."
Still, the studio has made a huge bet on the surprise franchise, plunking down over $350 million to shoot "Dead Man's Chest" back-to-back with a second sequel, "At the End of the World," currently skedded for release over Memorial Day weekend next year.
Other studios, meanwhile, are expecting "Pirates," the only new wide-release pic this week, to plunder the competition. Both Warner tentpole "Superman Returns" and Fox's "The Devil Wears Prada" could find their auds distracted by the Mouse House's buccaneers.
Warners distrib chief Dan Fellman said, "We expect to take a substantial drop because of the holiday, but after that, we're going to level off." Warners moved up "Superman" to a Wednesday bow last week in part to maximize grosses before "Pirates" sailed in.
"The premiere weekend of the summer (to release a movie) without a doubt was the Fourth of July. We'll probably have $115 million before they open, and that's a good jump start in any situation," Fellman added.
Fox distrib chief Bruce Snyder said his surprise hit was bracing for "Pirates" as well. "Maybe not as much on 'Prada,' but I think it'll have an enormous effect on everything," he said. Meryl Streep laffer played to an aud more than two-thirds female in its opening weekend, but with strong word of mouth, Fox is hoping that the pic broadens out to more adult men.
On Wednesday, "Prada" picked up $4.1 million, padding cume to $44 million, second only to "Superman Returns," which grossed $6.4 million for the day, bringing its cume to $114.5 million.
Early signs are showing a huge demand for "Pirates" tickets. Viane said nearly every show at the Disney-owned El Capitan Theater in Hollywood is sold out through the weekend; late Thursday, the only three shows with seats still available were the 3 and 6:30 a.m. shows Friday and Sunday's 11:20 p.m. showing.
Viane said he expects at least 1,000 theaters to have midnight screenings on Thursday night, but added the number could be double that after theaters report their grosses.
Online ticket sellers Fandango and Movietickets.com both reported that pre-sales of "Pirates" tickets are moving at double the rate for "Superman Returns" last week. At Movietickets.com, "Pirates" had become the biggest pre-seller of the year, passing "X-Men: The Last Stand," which earned $45.1 million on its opening Friday.
Anecdotally, Viane said exhibs are reporting similar experiences. "My grapevine is saying wow. They say people are already asking for tickets for shows on Saturday and Sunday. There seems to be this unbelievable pent-up demand."
Overseas, Disney will avoid pitting "Pirates" against Sunday's World Cup championship match, holding the pic back from the most soccer-obsessed territories. Only seven markets are opening day-and-date, including Australia and South Korea.
Okay.... here we go...
like most of you... I took over 105, then Over 110 at wsex..... now I'm playing 100m - 115m +115 at Intetops for backup. Now I have an AMAZING 5 million window. I can easily win all three, but forsure I can't lose.
Get it and get it while you can.
I love a forsure thing.
like most of you... I took over 105, then Over 110 at wsex..... now I'm playing 100m - 115m +115 at Intetops for backup. Now I have an AMAZING 5 million window. I can easily win all three, but forsure I can't lose.
Get it and get it while you can.
I love a forsure thing.
Some good stuff in this thread. This is a way, way, way Over. As stated in the other thread, I am on this for over half my roll, 100 units (200 max units possible) Over 108 at -150.
Keep the good updates coming, Husker and others. I'm seeing $130+, and my personal guess is close to $140. Let's see this this go gangbusters this weekend!
Keep the good updates coming, Husker and others. I'm seeing $130+, and my personal guess is close to $140. Let's see this this go gangbusters this weekend!
well the guy i follow says his threatres beat X3 by 40% on the friday midnights (x3 did 5.9nationwide and HPotter did 6.5-7million)...thats solid info..X3 did 45M total on friday including the midnightsb...
this is his post about his theatre chain (his chain did 2.4m of the total gross on friday night which is why his info is so valuable b/c it can be extrapolated out to come up with VERY accurate estimates) he usually posts his chains friday #'s late friday night/saturday morning...i will be getting in around then and its always the 1st thing i check...if he updates i will post....his ability to take his #'s and forecast them out is uncanny...he was so dead on the money with click it was scary....i spent saturday and sunday hoping for a bounce that never came...
"Final number: 2.4 million. I would put pre-opens at a minimum 9 million nationwide, 12 million a "realistic" high end."
acouple of PRs that have been released from fandango n of course disney...
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Raids Title from Harry Potter
and the Goblet of Fire;
Disney's Blockbuster is Selling an Average of Seven Tickets Per Second
LOS ANGELES, July 7 /Fandango, the nation's largest
online, phone, and mobile movie ticketing service, announced a new
ticketing record: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest now stands as
Fandango's top day-before-opening ticket-seller. The previous record-holder
was Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, followed by Star Wars: Episode III
- Revenge of the Sith.
Pirates is making news across the board:
* Thursday, July 6 was Fandango's biggest ticket-sales day of the year,
surpassing opening days for The Da Vinci Code, X-Men: The Last Stand and
Superman Returns.
* For several hours on Thursday, Pirates was selling an average of seven
tickets per second.
* On Thursday, Pirates broke Fandango's hourly sales record for the day
before a film's opening.
* Hundreds of late night Thursday shows sold out in advance across the
country.
* On Thursday, Pirates represented 91 percent of all ticket sales on
Fandango.
"Pirates' advance ticket sales have been truly extraordinary," says
Chuck Davis, Chairman of Fandango, "and we expect to break even more
records on Friday. You don't usually see this kind of enthusiasm until the
final installment of a franchise, so this bodes well for the series'
future. We are pleased that millions of moviegoers are taking advantage of
the ease of Fandango to avoid 'sold out' signs at the theaters this
weekend."
Sold Out for First 24 Hours of Round-the-Clock Showings Including Midnight, 3:00 AM & 6:30 AM Shows
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., July 7/ -- Hollywood's El Capitan
Theatre has completely sold out the first 24 hours of its "Pirates of the
Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" engagement starting with the midnight show on
Thursday (7/6), it was announced today by Lylle Breier, senior vice
president of worldwide special events for Buena Vista Pictures
Distribution. To accommodate the overwhelming demand, special early morning
shows at 3:00 a.m. and 6:30 a.m. were added and also sold out along with
all of the shows scheduled for Friday and most of the opening weekend
shows. This represents the first time that a Disney film has been a
sell-out at the El Capitan Theatre over a 24-hour period.
this is his post about his theatre chain (his chain did 2.4m of the total gross on friday night which is why his info is so valuable b/c it can be extrapolated out to come up with VERY accurate estimates) he usually posts his chains friday #'s late friday night/saturday morning...i will be getting in around then and its always the 1st thing i check...if he updates i will post....his ability to take his #'s and forecast them out is uncanny...he was so dead on the money with click it was scary....i spent saturday and sunday hoping for a bounce that never came...
"Final number: 2.4 million. I would put pre-opens at a minimum 9 million nationwide, 12 million a "realistic" high end."
acouple of PRs that have been released from fandango n of course disney...
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Raids Title from Harry Potter
and the Goblet of Fire;
Disney's Blockbuster is Selling an Average of Seven Tickets Per Second
LOS ANGELES, July 7 /Fandango, the nation's largest
online, phone, and mobile movie ticketing service, announced a new
ticketing record: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest now stands as
Fandango's top day-before-opening ticket-seller. The previous record-holder
was Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, followed by Star Wars: Episode III
- Revenge of the Sith.
Pirates is making news across the board:
* Thursday, July 6 was Fandango's biggest ticket-sales day of the year,
surpassing opening days for The Da Vinci Code, X-Men: The Last Stand and
Superman Returns.
* For several hours on Thursday, Pirates was selling an average of seven
tickets per second.
* On Thursday, Pirates broke Fandango's hourly sales record for the day
before a film's opening.
* Hundreds of late night Thursday shows sold out in advance across the
country.
* On Thursday, Pirates represented 91 percent of all ticket sales on
Fandango.
"Pirates' advance ticket sales have been truly extraordinary," says
Chuck Davis, Chairman of Fandango, "and we expect to break even more
records on Friday. You don't usually see this kind of enthusiasm until the
final installment of a franchise, so this bodes well for the series'
future. We are pleased that millions of moviegoers are taking advantage of
the ease of Fandango to avoid 'sold out' signs at the theaters this
weekend."
Sold Out for First 24 Hours of Round-the-Clock Showings Including Midnight, 3:00 AM & 6:30 AM Shows
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., July 7/ -- Hollywood's El Capitan
Theatre has completely sold out the first 24 hours of its "Pirates of the
Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" engagement starting with the midnight show on
Thursday (7/6), it was announced today by Lylle Breier, senior vice
president of worldwide special events for Buena Vista Pictures
Distribution. To accommodate the overwhelming demand, special early morning
shows at 3:00 a.m. and 6:30 a.m. were added and also sold out along with
all of the shows scheduled for Friday and most of the opening weekend
shows. This represents the first time that a Disney film has been a
sell-out at the El Capitan Theatre over a 24-hour period.
you cant find out for certain right now, tomorrows estimates for friday will be released early afternoon EST tomorrow....and they will estimate the friday midnights....from all accounts and i trust for these to be very accurate POC did between 9-12m last night....
check boxofficemojo. com and showbizdata. com
tomorrow as they are the 1st 2 to get fridays #'s....
more and more theatres in my area are reporting sellings tonight for POC2 im gonna go check fandango and movietickets right now and see what available for tonights shows in and around beantown
matinee sellouts in LBC are very good according to notfabio, POC is selling out many afternoon shows out in so cali....im really hoping to see a 48million gross for friday to get theball rollinghb
check boxofficemojo. com and showbizdata. com
tomorrow as they are the 1st 2 to get fridays #'s....
more and more theatres in my area are reporting sellings tonight for POC2 im gonna go check fandango and movietickets right now and see what available for tonights shows in and around beantown
matinee sellouts in LBC are very good according to notfabio, POC is selling out many afternoon shows out in so cali....im really hoping to see a 48million gross for friday to get theball rollinghb
