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we are dying here! 29 Sep 2007 14:59 #16350

Mike OFFLINE Administrator Posts: 4827 Thank you received: 32 Karma: 13	Man.... I like to keep it upbeat but we can't get anything going this month! Biz is slow.
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Re: we are dying here! 29 Sep 2007 15:09 #16351

slapintheface OFFLINE Platinum Boarder Posts: 2224 Thank you received: 7 Karma: 36	It is off ..not dead ..but cant seem to hit the numbers i would like the last 2 weeks ..even with good movies...
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Re: we are dying here! 29 Sep 2007 15:40 #16352

BurneyFalls OFFLINE Platinum Boarder Posts: 1339 Karma: 0	Ditto. Just plain awful attendance for last three weeks or so. Not enough biz to break even. Hoping 3:10 to Yuma will be available this week to bring in some cowboys up here.
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Re: we are dying here! 29 Sep 2007 15:47 #16353

leeler OFFLINE Platinum Boarder Posts: 1287 Thank you received: 10 Karma: 11	misery loves company. Other then Hairspray a couple weeks back it has been crappy business. Homecoming was last night and I had 11 people in here for the 7 o'clock show. Maybe a new record low.....
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Re: we are dying here! 29 Sep 2007 17:34 #16354

puzzlegut OFFLINE Platinum Boarder Posts: 448 Karma: 0	We have been pretty slow the last three weeks also. Hopefully things will pick up soon!
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Re: we are dying here! 29 Sep 2007 17:49 #16355

tratcliff OFFLINE Expert Boarder Posts: 156 Karma: 0	Ditto here in Madison, Indiana. Last 3 weeks movies have been Hairspray, then Rush Hour 3, now Bourne Ultimatum. And business is only a hair better than last year's numbers when we had nothing but crap in Sept. Maybe people are just all movied out from the summer. If so, I hope they break out of it soon... very soon!!
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Re: we are dying here! 29 Sep 2007 19:14 #16356

Ken Layton OFFLINE Platinum Boarder Posts: 851 Thank you received: 1 Karma: 0	Join the crowd. Here in Olympia, Washington it's been dead as a doornail here for over 3 weeks.
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Re: we are dying here! 29 Sep 2007 19:49 #16357

slapintheface OFFLINE Platinum Boarder Posts: 2224 Thank you received: 7 Karma: 36	How many screens do you all have?
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Re: we are dying here! 29 Sep 2007 20:20 #16358

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As a booker as well as an exhibitor, I can report that the first runs have been extremely slow this September, but the subruns are about the same as last year. The reason being of course for the subrun performance is that they are still playing the decent product from the end of the summer. The subs will run out of decent product at the end of October.

At my subrun single screen, My September has been as follows: Transformers-Fair, Waitress-Good, Two weeks of Hairspray-Excellent and Good. October will start out with Harry Potter, followed by Chuck & Larry, The Simpsons Movie and then Bourne Ultimatum. Therefore Oct. should be OK. November looks like a disaster. From Dec. 1st through the 21st I may be closed for public movies, as I have live shows or rentals scheduled to fill most of that time. Thank god for the stage.

Now I just hope something breaks lose from the November releases to give me a good Christmas picture.

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Re: we are dying here! 29 Sep 2007 20:33 #16359

slapintheface OFFLINE Platinum Boarder Posts: 2224 Thank you received: 7 Karma: 36	death at a funeral is what has been the saving grace....
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Re: we are dying here! 01 Oct 2007 04:32 #16360

Mike OFFLINE Administrator Posts: 4827 Thank you received: 32 Karma: 13	I feel better now that you are all doing as lousy as me. Michael Hurley Impresario
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Re: we are dying here! 01 Oct 2007 05:32 #16361

sevstar OFFLINE Platinum Boarder Posts: 511 Thank you received: 3 Karma: -2	September was lousy for us as well. Same problem as always, lack of popular product to sell.
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Re: we are dying here! 01 Oct 2007 05:41 #16362

The Picture House OFFLINE Senior Boarder Posts: 63 Karma: 0	I cant tell you how many showings of Good Luck Chuck i had no one show up to this week. its beyond painful Bleeding in Southern Westchester
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Re: we are dying here! 01 Oct 2007 14:24 #16363

dsschoenborn OFFLINE Platinum Boarder Posts: 718 Thank you received: 6 Karma: 1	SLow... Slow... Slow... not taking much more that minimum on the boxoffice for film rent on several films even when we get an older one we had to skip. %35 for old movies is like 80% with small boxoffice take.
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Re: we are dying here! 07 Oct 2007 15:38 #16364

leeler OFFLINE Platinum Boarder Posts: 1287 Thank you received: 10 Karma: 11	geez, each week is worse then the last! Come on holidays, I can't stand it this slow!
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