Serenity scratches its way back into the top 10 by JubelLate

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Serenity scratches its way back into the top 10

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Wednesday, October 19, 2005 11:27 AM

Not exactly a comeback, but Serenity pulled in about $200K yesterday, good enough for 10th, above Corpse Bride.

Go Serenity

The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule. – H.L. Mencken

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Wednesday, October 19, 2005 11:42 AM

BELASERA

And let's give a shout out to Russia, who this weekend chose Serenity over The Dukes of Hazard, both of which premiered the same day.
Diggin' on the foreign market!

"I'll be in my bunk."

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Wednesday, October 19, 2005 12:59 PM

UNREGISTEREDCOMPANION

If it takes putting up a screen on Antartica and showing to penguins to get the numbers up...well...I will go get my coat..

~~~~~
"Funny and sexy. You have no idea. And you never will."

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Wednesday, October 19, 2005 2:40 PM

SHINY

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Originally posted by belasera:
And let's give a shout out to Russia, who this weekend chose Serenity over The Dukes of Hazard, both of which premiered the same day.

I always knew those Russians had good taste!

---

Serenity is coming. 9/30/05.

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Wednesday, October 19, 2005 2:50 PM

FLYINGTAMS

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Originally posted by UnregisteredCompanion:
If it takes putting up a screen on Antartica and showing to penguins to get the numbers up...well...I will go get my coat..

Yeah, good idea! Those penguins have good taste I hear (they certainly dress well!) :)

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Wednesday, October 19, 2005 3:42 PM

CHINDI

Whhops time to visit Fandango again.. for the price of Two Lattes.. I can add to Serenity's numbers...

Shiny and shiny again...

Chindi
corner of No and Where

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Wednesday, October 19, 2005 3:52 PM

NYWOE

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If it takes putting up a screen on Antartica and showing to penguins to get the numbers up...well...I will go get my coat..

After all, we watched THEIR movie. ;)

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Wednesday, October 19, 2005 5:14 PM

STILLWATERS

More life left yet, I just got back from a 4:40pm showing here in Portland Oregon. small theater but there must have been more than a dozen people there. Didn't get a good count, didn't want to end up in that special hell. Checked Fandango and they still have listings for it this coming Saturday so it looks to make it another week at least. Shiny

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Wednesday, October 19, 2005 5:18 PM

DREAMTROVE

Those IMDb totals are they world or US?

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Wednesday, October 19, 2005 5:50 PM

DERANGEDMILK

Quote:
Originally posted by Nywoe:
Quote:
If it takes putting up a screen on Antartica and showing to penguins to get the numbers up...well...I will go get my coat..

After all, we watched THEIR movie. ;)

its the least they could do!

"Storms getting worse."
"We'll pass through it soon enough."

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Wednesday, October 19, 2005 6:13 PM

TRACY

I already have people set to go check it out when it opens in Argentina, in roughly a month.

Today, I finally heard from my friends who moved back to France. I just finished emailing them - made a not-2-proud-2-beg plea for them to go see "Serenity" as it opened over there today. They usually pay attention to my pleas and/or suggestions, so I'll be waiting to hear from them soon.

Looks like another trip to the movies for me this weekend - and I'm expecting a loaner set of "Firefly" from Amazon any day now (my Brazilian neighbor went bonkers over the story after I took him and his wife to "Serenity". He now wants to see how it all came to be.)

"Can I make a suggestion that doesn't involve violence? Or is this the wrong crowd for that?" (Wash)

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Wednesday, October 19, 2005 6:32 PM

AUROTER

Quote:
Originally posted by derangedmilk:
Quote:
Originally posted by Nywoe:
Quote:
If it takes putting up a screen on Antartica and showing to penguins to get the numbers up...well...I will go get my coat..

After all, we watched THEIR movie. ;)

"it is (their) turn"

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you can't take the sky from me

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Wednesday, October 19, 2005 6:43 PM

IDRAWART

I can wrangle penguins for ya....

I live the sky when it's just after sunset, that deep velvet blue.

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Wednesday, October 19, 2005 6:44 PM

IDRAWART

yipeee, yahooo, I'm taking 2 people with me friday!

I live the sky when it's just after sunset, that deep velvet blue.

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Wednesday, October 19, 2005 7:24 PM

LIMINALOSITY

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Originally posted by Stillwaters:
More life left yet, I just got back from a 4:40pm showing here in Portland Oregon. small theater but there must have been more than a dozen people there. Shiny

Hello PDX! I have noticed quite a few people everytime I've seen it (usually odd times - day or late) and it's still in a dozen dang theaters by cracky! PDX rocks the sox off many places on this earth that is!

...and we will call it...'This Land'

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Wednesday, October 19, 2005 7:36 PM

ERENETH

One thing I think everyone is forgetting is what happens when Serenity hits video and DVD...it might do what Firefly did, after the show was cancelled they made the DVD, and the DVD made millions.

Yay, first post

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Wednesday, October 19, 2005 9:11 PM

PATTYOBRIAN

Uhhh... yeah.

I'll be in line for the DVD first thing doors open. That's only after I'm done being in line at the movies!

Keep flyin' BDH's, BDM, and all you BDBrowncoats!!!
"You can't take the sky from..." us!!!

"...If you can't do summin smart... do summin right."

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Thursday, October 20, 2005 1:29 AM

MARK

If you look at the figures on the welcome page, 'Serenity' must have taken at least $30 Million already just in the US. I know it's been doing well over here in the UK and you can take the British Gross and pretty much double it to get dollars.

How much did they make it for again?

--

Twelve spheres of unendurable brightness spalled the velvety blackness of space.
The silence on Lester Tourville's flag bridge was absolute
And then the spell was broken as Shannon Foraker looked up from her console from where she had just sent a seemingly innocent command to the main computers of State Security's finest Superdreadnoughts.
"Oops." She said.

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Thursday, October 20, 2005 2:01 AM

GERSHOM

Currently at No. 6 in the UK behind Pride and Prejudice (chickflick), Kinky Boots (a social commentary) and Wallace & Gromit (familyflick)- all UK-centric films so no surprises there. The BBC review was quite good (critic gave it 4 stars and viewers 5).

Don't forget Serenity has been given a 15 rating in the UK which seemed a little harsh at first (it would make it inaccessible to many families for example) but in light of all the 'I'm turning against the film because my 11(or 42?) -year old cried' threads, perhaps this was just as well...

Overall still doing well and the fact that its primarily being shown in a single screen in many multiplex's has meant it continues to be shown.

"Every heist, he's gotta start yelling my name..."

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Thursday, October 20, 2005 4:51 AM

QUEENOFTHENORTH

Hooray! Serenity's coming into the theatre in my hometown this weekend! I can go see it again and drag more people to it!

See, morbid and creepifying I got no problem with.

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Thursday, October 20, 2005 4:58 AM

DANTE144

YEAH!

"Jesus saves, everyone else takes damage" -tee shirt some girl was wearing at Megacon.

http://dantedreams.com <-my webcomic

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Thursday, October 20, 2005 5:36 AM

LJSQUARED

UK = £2,227,918 = $3,943,897 ranking=6

OZ = $AUD2,610,876 = $1,966,015 ranking=9

So you can add 6mil on behalf of the Poms and Aussies

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Thursday, October 20, 2005 6:36 AM

SKYSCRAPER

"Eeeexccceeelent" - Mr. Burns impression

Once, just once, I want things to go according to
the gorram plan!

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Thursday, October 20, 2005 7:37 AM

CONOR

another bit of good news from here in Ireland is that its going on into a 3rd week in the cinemas here so thats me happy for another week at least.

conor chaney

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Thursday, October 20, 2005 11:13 AM

SOUPCATCHER

The good news is that Serenity held tenth place for two days in a row (and had the second best Tuesday-Wednesday change of the top 10). The not so good news is that we're about to lose almost half our theaters ( http://www.boxofficemojo.com/counts/chart/?yr=2005&wk=42&p=.htm ) so today might be the last time many people can see Serenity.

For comparison... Oliver Twist looks like it's gone from theaters. Into the Blue took another big hit in theaters and is finally playing in less locations than Serenity. Greatest Game Ever Played lost about a hundred theaters less than Serenity. And History of Violence appears to have reached its peak and should start shedding theaters next weekend.

For movies that just finished up their second week... Gospel had the best hold over. In Her Shoes lost about the same percentage of theaters as Serenity did last week. Two for the Money pulled an Into the Blue. And Waiting lost more than third locations.

The quick summary is that there are fifteen movies playing in more theaters than Serenity this weekend (Wallace and Grommit isn't on the BOM list yet). So anything better than 15th is a positive

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Thursday, October 20, 2005 11:36 AM

DUCHESSOFKIRKCALDY

Yes, its doing well in Ireland too. The benfit of being an Entertainment Officer for my universities Fantasy and Science Fiction Societies are innumerable.
I've been plugging the series and the movie for months at our weekly meetings.
We held a Shindig for the BDM, and I organised an outing comprising .... 30 people. We comprised half of the (full)theatre. That was crazy. Us Irish are not known for our punctuality, so I was paranoid that as organiser-person, I'd have to wait outside for latecomers. Fortunately, the long-term members knew the perils of making me miss a second of the BDM, and whipped everyone into shape. Afterwards we went back to our place and dined on strawberries and other fresh fruit.
[To make it worse, I was dressed as River but the only 'stompy boots' I had were my boyfriends, about 3 sizes too big and far too heavy for me. It wasn't too bad, but after the movie my legs were asleep and I found it hard to lift my legs.]

"Oh, and I can kill you with my brain."

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Saturday, October 22, 2005 3:16 PM

CMOTD

The Numbers.com is no longer showing Serenity's Box Office ranking. Does this mean it has finished it's North American run?

Takes more than combat gear to make a man
Takes more than a license for a gun
Confront your enemies, avoid them when you can
A gentleman will walk but never run

-Sting, An Englishman in New York

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