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Wow, that's a tough one. It's so hard to compare.

All the Pretty Horses was a Weinstein film that opened at $879/screen and went on to make $15,540,353.
Balto opened at $1,065/screen and went on to make $11,348,324.
Firehouse Dog opened at $1,342/screen and went on to make $13,932,383.
    
It's hard to compare by theater counts.

Here are the final actual numbers for the weekend:

Total = $171,533
Per screen avg. = $3,898    

That's a pretty decent number. Anything over $3000 per screen is very good.

Friday box office: $58,000, which is $1,318 per location.

Too early to call this good or bad (or delete-worthy) but worth reporting for now, I think.

Yes, Berlinale (the Festival) started on the 5th. The EFM is open to the public, though. There are press screenings but there are also public screenings. These 2 are public (it's only Press if there's a little P next to the screening time). You can't purchase individual tickets, though. The minimum is a badge which costs 300 euros. That's US $383.88, but that's pretty cheap compared to most festivals.

I just returned from seeing Fanboys at the AMC Empire 25 on 42nd Street in New York City. I won't post any spoilers -- this isn't a review as much as just some initial thoughts about the film and the experience of seeing it on opening night in Times Square.

First, the bad news. Even though it was in theater 19, which is one of the smallest ones in the complex, the show was not sold out (we went to the 7:50 PM screening). In fact, it was almost empty. There were probably around 35 people there.

About half the audience was fairly subdued while the other half laughed out loud (they sat in the back). No doubt these were the real "fanboys" who had been anticipating the release and knew a lot about the film.   

Personally, I thought it was one of the funniest movies I've seen in a long time. And I saw over 250 in 2008 alone. As I've posted before, I try to know as little as possible about a movie going in -- I don't watch trailers and try to avoid reading anything about it -- so I wasn't expecting it to be so comedic. Of course, it was impossible not to know a bit about the film, especially having followed the campaign, but I really didn't expect to laugh as much as I did.

Some scenes were a bit too drawn out -- the little editor in my head was saying "cut this now" -- but there were more scenes that were just right than not. I especially loved the shorter jokes -- one-liners and sight gags -- and the humor, although obviously targeted at teen males, didn't just rely on bodily fluids and functions (although there is plenty of that). The jokes that were based on references to Star Wars were also somewhat accessible -- not just "inside stuff" that only diehards would get.   

I was especially impressed at how the cameos are worked into the script. It didn't appear that they were just dropped in because these folks were willing to do it. Too often it just looks like the filmmakers think that just by throwing in a familiar face that they've got a gag. Think Love Guru. Ugh.   

The story itself was definitely believable and neither I nor my friend could imagine how the "other" version could possibly have made any sense.

And maybe I'm biased because I'm a fan of Chris, but I really thought he stole the movie. Yes, it's an ensemble cast, and everyone has their great moments, but the story is really more about him than anyone else. He brought more depth to his character than the others did to theirs. Jay comes in a close second.

Overall I really enjoyed it a lot more than I expected to. I think it's a crying shame that it didn't get the promotion and marketing it deserved, because it has the potential to be in the Superbad league. Maybe it will develop a cult following on DVD and live a long life.

Has this been done yet? If not let me know and I'll be happy to do it.

No pics on WI or Getty yet. :clueless:

Here are the deleted scenes. I just fast forwarded through them:

1) Six Fingered Man 1:05
2) Big Chuck Board Room :50
3) Sex with Ewok or Wookie 1:40
4) William Katt Scene 1:33
5) Kyle as Yoda 2:25
6) -- at this point the Comcast connection froze but it was a scene with Kevin Smith. I got a message saying I had to call Comcast support. this is VERY common with their On Demand. Now I can't get into On demand at all.

I did see a lot of Chris in there. I didn't see anything about pills being thrown away but I can't go back and look now.

The difference between this and Alpha Dog and Choose Connor is that, in those cases, there were no "extras" of any kind that were posted anywhere before the DVDs came out. So it was all talk. In this case we have, for example, all the Comcast material. I can't imagine any way that all that stuff on Comcast wouldn't end up on the DVD. In fact, in my experience, that's exactly what all that is -- the DVD extras being delivered in advance through an exclusive deal.

I've never seen any "extras" (deleted scenes, interviews, etc.) posted as "exclusives" on sites like AOL, Yahoo, etc. that didn't turn out to be the DVD extras. In general, that's what they were created for -- they are made to be the DVD extras, and then a deal is cut to show them at these outlets as "exclusives."

I can't imagine any way that the DVD wouldn't have the material being shown on Comcast. It would mean that they did all those segments only for Comcast and that would be a very bad business decision, not to mention that the contracts the talent has with the producers generally do not allow that. Nor do the unions. The actors, photographers, editors, etc. who do those "extras" generally do them primarily for the DVD itself. The fact that the distributors then dole them out on AOL, Yahoo, MSN, Comcast, etc. is just an ancillary.

That said, anything can happen (Larry covers his ass lol).

The North American Premiere of My Suicide will take place at the SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas, March 13-21. It will screen in the Emerging Visions section.

Screening dates and times will be announced soon.

My Suicide was filmed in the fall of 2005, right after Michael had turned 18. He's 21 now.

What I find most amusing is the term "never-before-released" deleted scenes. As opposed to all the deleted scenes that already have been released? :silly: