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01-24-2008, 09:27 PM
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Re: 2008 at the Box Office
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Expect that first week of February to really slow, especially considering that its Super Bowl weekend.
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I don't know, I think “Hannah Montana/Myley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour.” The concert tour itself has been the biggest thing since the Beatles, with preteens and their parents packing venues across the country. I was still in Albany (the one that the whole soldier-father scandal was about) for that concert day and you'd think Elvis had been ressurrected. Some families flew in from Chicago and points west when they couldn't get tickets closer to home. There's going to be a lot of kids who couldn't go to the real deal that will want to see that. Normally I don't think these projected concert things work, but this will be an exception.
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01-25-2008, 12:17 PM
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Re: 2008 at the Box Office
is that pre-teen girls specifically? it'd be strange to imagine boys enjoying that act.
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01-25-2008, 12:46 PM
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Re: 2008 at the Box Office
Does the film feature the real Hannah Montana/Cyrus, or a stand-in double as used in the concerts?  |
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01-25-2008, 02:26 PM
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Re: 2008 at the Box Office
I'm kinda confused. I know that this Miley Cyrus is the daughter of Billy Ray Cyrus. But is Hannah Montana another girl as well or are they advertising the same girl as two different people? Ones blonde and ones brunette right? Or... damn.. I just went crosseyed.
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01-25-2008, 03:50 PM
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Re: 2008 at the Box Office
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I'm kinda confused. I know that this Miley Cyrus is the daughter of Billy Ray Cyrus. But is Hannah Montana another girl as well or are they advertising the same girl as two different people? Ones blonde and ones brunette right? Or... damn.. I just went crosseyed.
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The latter. From what Malcolm says, I'm guessing the show also makes use of a body double so that sometimes Miley Cyrus can be on stage with "Hannah Montana" at the same time.
As for whether it's a strictly pre-teen girls, probably, but that doesn't matter. That's a HUGE demographic. Probably the most suseptible demographic to consumer culture there is.
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01-25-2008, 11:33 PM
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Re: 2008 at the Box Office
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The latter. From what Malcolm says, I'm guessing the show also makes use of a body double so that sometimes Miley Cyrus can be on stage with "Hannah Montana" at the same time.
As for whether it's a strictly pre-teen girls, probably, but that doesn't matter. That's a HUGE demographic. Probably the most suseptible demographic to consumer culture there is.
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I don't know that they're on stage together, but it was a recent minor controversy when it was revealed that, for at least a (short) portion of the concerts, "Hannah Montana" is portrayed by someone other than Cyrus. |
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01-26-2008, 07:52 AM
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Re: 2008 at the Box Office
The two are never on stage with each other for more then a few seconds; there was a controversy recently in which it was revealed that after an "explosion" a body double walked up the stairs slow while Miley did a costume change and returned.
The double never sings, doesn't perform, etc. but does act as a "stand in" during costume changes.
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01-26-2008, 09:47 AM
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Re: 2008 at the Box Office
The early bird estimates have "Meet the Spartans" and "Rambo" duking it out for the top spot, while "Cloverfield" took a steep percentage hit. Again, these are very rough estimates that have a slight margin of error.
Both "Meet the Spartans" and "Rambo" pulled in about $6 million. "Cloverfield" and "27 Dresses" are in a tight race for the third spot as both films earned in the area of $4 million yesterday. "Cloverfield" had a staggering Friday-to-Friday fall in the neighborhood of 70-75%, yikes! "27 Dresses" was off a much more moderate 40-45%.
"Untraceable" opened a bit stronger than anticipated as the early estimates have it taking in $3.5 million yesterday. "Juno" and "The Bucket List" were close behind, while NT2, "Mad Money" and "There Will Be Blood" rounded out the top ten.
"I Am Legend" topped the $250 million plateau, while 'National Treasure' and "Alvin & the Chipmunks' topped the double-century mark.
Judging from the early numbers, this weekend will mark the first time in history that every weekend in January saw the top twelve films earn more than $100 million.
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01-26-2008, 10:36 AM
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Re: 2008 at the Box Office
From the groans I heard leaving the theater for Cloverfield last week, I had expected a big drop for this weekend.
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01-26-2008, 10:44 AM
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I figured the movie would fall off by 50-55%, but a 70%-plus Friday-to-Friday drop is something not many expected (including the studio). Looks like the movie will be off by about 65% from last weekend. I didn't think it would take such a severe second-weekend hit.
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01-26-2008, 12:35 PM
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Re: 2008 at the Box Office
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From the groans I heard leaving the theater for Cloverfield last week, I had expected a big drop for this weekend.
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Those groans were all the people ready to puke from the shakycam! 
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Colin,
I caught a screening of "U2 3D" Monday night. In a word: awesome.
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Cool! When I posted, I didn't realize it was playing at an IMAX theater in DC. I'm seeing it Sunday!
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