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From: JR
By the way, I'm not willing to count the PIRATES opening as a true
record-breaker. The reports are that it opened in on more than 8,000
screens, whereas SPIDER MAN only opened on about 3,000 screens in its first
week. It's easy to break an opening week record if you almost triple the
number of screens on opening night.
JR,
Do you actually read posts before you respond to them?
Yes, Spider-man opened in 3,600+ Theaters, but it was actually shown on over
7,500 Screens. See the difference? It wasn't triple the number of screens
or theaters. On a per-screen average Pirates made $31,944 to Spider-man's
$31,769. Incredible numbers for both movies, and especially since Pirates
running time was 30 minutes more than Spidey's and probably cost theaters at
least one extra showing per day.
Yes it was about a thousand more, but it doesn't matter how many screens you
open on if no one wants to see the movie. You think if Gigli opened on
10,000 screens it would have set a record (other than the dubious records it
set)? Heck, by your reasoning I'm surprised you actually give Spider-man
the record since it opened in 400 more theaters than Lost World (the
previous record holder) or 1,000 more theaters than Batman Forever (the
record holder before that).
Sean
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