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Official Hype Thread - MLP Movie 2017!!!! - THE TIME IS NOW!!!


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I just realized how hard I have to spoiler dodge on Friday. I'm not seeing it until the evening and there will be people seeing it the night before.

Heck, I'm aready having to do it with these leaks and early screenings.

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25 minutes ago, Ryanmahaffe said:

@Jeric I will just assume you know this. Are early screenings like the few going on throughout this past week included in opening weekend box office numbers?

Yes and no. 

There's separate reporting for presales and for pre-Friday viewings that the general audience attends. I want to make sure I'm not talking about that.

It gets complicated when you consider promotional screenings. Many times these are paid for by the Studio and/or the Distributor. Some screenings are contest generated, like calling in to a radio station and winning tickets to a special screening days (or sometimes weeks in advance) of a films release. This used to be the most popular way to see a film early and they were called 'Radio Sneaks'. The venue could also push their own promotion with assistance and permission of the Studio and Distribution through their Exhibitor Relations contact. This was actually what I did as an intern. 

As far as how that is counted, it depends. This is where things get complicated and it all depends on how the Distributor handles the accounting here. They are paying for these promotional screenings tickets. They sometimes right these off as a marketing expense as part of the film's marketing budget so it does not count at all. Sometimes they count the 'revenue' by assigning value to each pass used and this is factored in as a positive for the film. After doing that they 'cancel' it out in a general marketing expense budget. A shady practice, but it is done widely enough. 

ERC (a firm that works on data regarding box office) does it's best to remove these figures, but is reliant on how a chain reports. Theaters themselves tend to use separate columns but as they are getting paid for screenings they do include then as attendence revenue. The omit internal passes given for presentation issues and employee perks (though sometimes a certain amount of that can be 'billed' to the Distributor). 

So internal figures for Lionsgate may not match Theater grosses. Both report to the media. The media usually uses Theater reported figures. 

It's not an easy industry to do data analysis for. :okiedokieloki:

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This time tomorrow I'll be chilling in the theater with family trying my damndest not to embarrass any of them as I munch popcorn from the Twilight tub and dring Coke with a likewise Pony endowed cup 

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20 minutes ago, PiratePony said:

My wife told me earlier that instead of friday we might postpone seeing the movie a week or two to go with kid school friends/family.

 

Cue Rarity yelling "Postpone???"

Hm. You might want to lay low for a while. Pearl Pone prizes punctuality!

I'll toss a spoiler free review in here tomorrow from a Rarity fans perspective. :D

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5 minutes ago, Jeric said:

Hm. You might want to lay low for a while. Pearl Pone prizes punctuality!

I'll toss a spoiler free review in here tomorrow from a Rarity fans perspective. :D

And expect a spoiler free review from a Pinkie fans prespective the next day

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Just now, ChikoritaCheezits said:

And expect a spoiler free review from a Pinkie fans prespective the next day

It will literally be all the words strung together as one big word. I can do that!

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6 minutes ago, FlitterFlutter said:

It is really sad that had to be written LOL. Like shower beforehand?!?! No kidding!!

It is indeed sad. Like we're all teens/adults and we need to be told something as simple as don't be a dick in a movie theater.

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17 minutes ago, ChikoritaCheezits said:

I am totally gonna yell sexual comments and tell a kid that Twilight is a more complex interesting character than Pinkie Pie and where a giant pony head was well.

 

All jokes aside, this was funny and sad at the same time to read haha.

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Alright, I am going to attend a 7:00 showing of the movie on Friday.

I can't believe that it is almost here. 

Two years of waiting and I am finally going to see it.

I am pretty excited and can't wait to finally see it.

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1 hour ago, caseyastevens said:

According to Box Office Report.com, the MLP movie is now in the top 5 at MovieTicket.com with 4.7% of daily sales.  Not really a financial guy, so I don't know how much that is.

That's ... not good. I expect Blade Runner will be #1, American Made, and Kingsman 2 in there. At < 5% .... it's bad. 

 


 

 

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8 minutes ago, Ryanmahaffe said:

I am totally gonna yell sexual comments and tell a kid that Twilight is a more complex interesting character than Pinkie Pie and where a giant pony head was well.

 

All jokes aside, this was funny and sad at the same time to read haha.

It reminded me of a supposed case of a father and his daughter leaving because they where being harassed by bronies calling them dirty casuals and such during Equestria Girls :scots:. Seriously guys, show good etiquette at the movie, you claim to love ponies, then show you love 'em horses :unamused:  

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Yeah all you Bronies! Some of us parents are going be there with little ones! 

> Looks into mirror and says same thing

> Jeric exists in two places at the same time. 

> Breaks physics

 

It's fun being in two worlds at once (Parent/Uncle and Brony)

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