Subject: Re: FWWM: box office news From: rhaller@oregon.uoregon.edu (Rich Haller) Date: 1992-09-01, 16:01 Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks In article , v075q5fr@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Scott J Gorcey) wrote: > > But I do think we'll see only a slight drop off of the nearly > > 2 million the movie took in this weekend when the stats for > > next are released -- because it will be all of us goin back > > for seconds. If the drop off is very small, based on that and > > that alone, NewLine would be justified in increasing distrib - > > probably from 700 to 1200 venues. (But the truly rotten reviews - > > and Lynch's reputation as a cult filmmaker - don't make that sound > > incredibly promising)... Yup. The key here is what they call 'legs'. Some movies with good word of mouth maintain or even (rarely) grow. Others make a big splash the first week but quickly loose steam. Saw a graph somewhere recently compared "Thelma and Louise" with some other films whose names escape me. T&L kept pulling them in at a decent rate for months while some films with much bigger openings fell off the cliff. Based on what we've seen here, it could go either way. Encourage all your friends to go. Go several times (I'm going back for my third later this week). I actually liked it more the second time. -Rich Haller
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