United 93 -- see it!

While I would say the movie was good, it is far from great and its
$11.6 mil opening means it is a movie failure

I read that 'United 93' only cost $15 million to produce, and that it
opened in fewer theaters than normal.

This means that this movie has already easily made back the initial
investment, and has probably gone 50% over that, by now.

If only all of my investments were such "failures"...

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Rob Arndt" wrote in message
oups.com...
I'd like to add that I think adults will fare better with this film
than young adults and children. I saw the first show, first day and
there was a conspicuous absence of these groups which ironically
make-up the bulk of the movie viewers in America.

I think maybe some families just skipped the film or didn't allow their
kids to see it.

And this makes total sense because the film was rated R.




1 New RV Sony $16,414,767 -- 3,639 -- $4,511 3 $16,414,767
2 New United 93 Universal $11,478,360 -- 1,795 -- $6,395 3 $11,478,360



Looking at the chart above you might note that the film was in many fewer
theaters than the number 1 movie and earned much more per screen than did
"RV"

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
ups.com...
Why??? One thing that is for sure is that airline passengers will NEVER
let some ragheads take over a plane ever again.... September 11 was
their first any only time to try that tactic... They will think of
another way to kill us that is for sure and then you can be afraid just
like they want you to be.

Yeah, I wouldn't want to be the idiot that tries to take over an
airliner again. He'd be ripped from stem to stern.


Unless the hijacker had the good fortune to find an aircraft full of
Democrats. Those passengers would apologize to the hijacker and offer to
fly it into the target of choice while massaging the feet of the hijacker.
After all, 10 generations ago some people the the West still owned slaves
and we haven't raised our minum wage, yadda, yadda, yadda.

If Western Civilization was a person, Islam would be the AIDS virus and
liberalism would be a clinical depression leading toward suicide. The libs
feel compelled to stand apart from their own survival and carp against the
small effort which is all that stands between them and slavery.

--
Scott

For decades Democrats have been trying to raise the price of gasoline so
that the working class will stop their infernal car-driving and start riding
on buses where they belong, while liberals ride in Gulfstream jets.
-ANN COULTER
http://tinyurl.com/arrsg

In article ,
"tscottme" blahblah@blah,net wrote:

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
ups.com...
Why??? One thing that is for sure is that airline passengers will NEVER
let some ragheads take over a plane ever again.... September 11 was
their first any only time to try that tactic... They will think of
another way to kill us that is for sure and then you can be afraid just
like they want you to be.

Yeah, I wouldn't want to be the idiot that tries to take over an
airliner again. He'd be ripped from stem to stern.


Unless the hijacker had the good fortune to find an aircraft full of
Democrats.

That was a cheap shot. I am a Democrat, and I am offended that you
would assume that I would sit idly by while a plane I was on was
hijacked. How dare you accuse me of such cowardice when you don't even
have the courage to make such an accusation using your true identity?
Who are you Scott? Would you make your accusation to my face? Or are
you too afraid that I might tear you a new world view?

Ron Garret, Ph.D.
PPIASEL
http://www.flownet.com/ron

"tscottme" blahblah@blah,net wrote:
"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
Yeah, I wouldn't want to be the idiot that tries to take over an
airliner again. He'd be ripped from stem to stern.

Unless the hijacker had the good fortune to find an aircraft full of
Democrats.

Trolling trolling trolling
Though the strawmen are swollen
Keep them trollposts rolling
Rawhide!

Jay Honeck wrote:
While I would say the movie was good, it is far from great and its
$11.6 mil opening means it is a movie failure

I read that 'United 93' only cost $15 million to produce, and that it
opened in fewer theaters than normal.

This means that this movie has already easily made back the initial
investment, and has probably gone 50% over that, by now.

If only all of my investments were such "failures"...

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"


.... which means nothing since it should have made easily $25 mil+ if it
was that good of a film or had FULL theaters. My theater was not the
only one where "United 93" was half-empty all day on opening (a 16-plex
at that). The news reported similar empty theaters on opening day
nationwide and the box office confirms that.

I think this film is OK but if you think it making say $26 mil US
domestic is great when it could have made realistically over $60 mil...
I think you are over-rating the movie. "United 93" is NOT comparable to
say "The Blair Witch project". To be profitable by studio standards you
have to make double the budget, so the film needs to make $30 mil just
to be considered profitable. So far in opening week with such a low
budget, it didn;t even make that number.

.... and teh Number One Slot "RV" is a **** film. Consider that.

Rob

"Gig" == Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATcox.net writes:

Gig And this makes total sense because the film was rated R.

What was in it to earn an "R" rating?

"Bob Fry" wrote

What was in it to earn an "R" rating?

Could it be.......

Violence?

Just a guess. g
--
Jim in NC

My hiding is nothing but spam avoidance. My name is Scott Methvin and you
can whine all you want at my hotmail account, if you are smart enough to
deduce an email address from my screen name and hotmail.com. If you want to
do something about it, feel free. Liberals are an active fifth colum in
this country. It's no coincidence the liberals have been the home to
America's enemies for 60 years. They wake up, for the last 60 years, and
engage in any measure which they presume will weaken the country or weaken
anyone's will to fight for this country. It wasn't Republicans spitting on
soldiers in airports and calling them "baby-killers". It wasn't Republicans
making up stories of atrocities or fighting to keep ROTC off campus and
Taliban members on campus. It's not Republicans publishing stories of US
surveillance of Osama's sat phone and al qaeda cell phones. It's not
Republicans concocting and publishing phoney koran flushing stories. It's
not columnists for National Review tipping off the target of an FBI search
warrant that the Feds are on the way over for a visit to discuss their
involvment in the 1993 WTC bombing, that would be NY Times, Washington Post,
and Newsweek staff.

Liberals lie to all of us when they pretend they would support this country
against some enemy at some time. The fact is when it's nut cracking time
they always have excuses why this enemy and this effort should be put on
hold and we should concentrate on other things. In their hearts they
suppose if we had no past sins and if our enemy was free of any history they
would take action. Their ability to invent reasons for inaction is exceded
only by their innate guilt over all things Western.

Your rush to personal offense is your problem, you deal with it. I haven't
a moment's concern for your tender sensibilities or the approval of the
treason wing of the DNC. When I see the Dems punish fellow Dems for
treason, undermining the war effort, or making an effort to support and win
this war only then will I consider Dems capable of such support, not assume
it because you don't like the charge. I have a similar contempt for 99% of
liberals and Dems as I have for those that claim orthodox Islam isn't
violent and genocide, it's only been hijacked by a small fringe. The facts
speak in support of my position in both cases.


--
Scott

For decades Democrats have been trying to raise the price of gasoline so
that the working class will stop their infernal car-driving and start riding
on buses where they belong, while liberals ride in Gulfstream jets.
-ANN COULTER
http://tinyurl.com/arrsg
"Ron Garret" wrote in message
...
In article ,
"tscottme" blahblah@blah,net wrote:

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
ups.com...
Why??? One thing that is for sure is that airline passengers will
NEVER
let some ragheads take over a plane ever again.... September 11 was
their first any only time to try that tactic... They will think of
another way to kill us that is for sure and then you can be afraid
just
like they want you to be.

Yeah, I wouldn't want to be the idiot that tries to take over an
airliner again. He'd be ripped from stem to stern.


Unless the hijacker had the good fortune to find an aircraft full of
Democrats.

That was a cheap shot. I am a Democrat, and I am offended that you
would assume that I would sit idly by while a plane I was on was
hijacked. How dare you accuse me of such cowardice when you don't even
have the courage to make such an accusation using your true identity?
Who are you Scott? Would you make your accusation to my face? Or are
you too afraid that I might tear you a new world view?

Ron Garret, Ph.D.
PPIASEL
http://www.flownet.com/ron

"Rob Arndt" wrote

To be profitable by studio standards you
have to make double the budget, so the film needs to make $30 mil just
to be considered profitable. So far in opening week with such a low
budget, it didn;t even make that number.

... and teh Number One Slot "RV" is a **** film. Consider that.

I'm not quite sure why I am answering you, but consider that this is bound
to be a subject that is very uncomfortable to many people, still.

Also, many go to see a movie for fluff, and escapism. I would have to say
that this is neither of them.

It is not surprising to me, considering the above, that theatres were not
full. With small numbers of opening theatres, some must have been well over
half full, to bag 15 million.

Wait and see if more people come to see it, once word gets out about it's
emotional grip that it has had on many that have reported here. I suspect
it will not be a box office smash, for the reasons stated, but that it will
be a successful movie.
--
Jim in NC