I dunno... why are we all still pretending that on a modern release that the number of posters printed has *any* relation to the number of screens it plays on? Hasn't anyone gone to www.Moviegoods.com lately? Take a look at their new-release poster offerings for any blockbuster release of the last few years. They've got the original Style A and B 27x41 double-sided one-sheets and plenty of other sizes as well for $9.95 to $19.95 -- as many as you and anyone else in the world cares to order, guaranteed original because they come from the same studio printer as the ones that were sent out to the theaters. And there are plenty of other poster sellers large and small who can offer you the same deal. The studios considers commercial poster sales to the public to be part of the business these days. Anyone with a bit of effort can set themselves up to buy current-release originals direct from the studio's marketing units at wholesale, by the tube-full. On a blockbuster there are ea! sily tens of thousands of original posters being printed up for the aftermarket that are never intended to see the inside of a theater lightbox, but which are nonetheless completely indistinguishable from the ones that did (because there is no difference). No one will be bothering to print fakes of PIRATES or SUPERMAN RETURNS or Jackson's KING KONG or any of the others in the future because the market will be glutted with genuine originals at $9.95 for the next 100 years.
By the way, I'm not willing to count the PIRATES opening as a true record-breaker. The reports are that it opened in on more than 8,000 screens, whereas SPIDER MAN only opened on about 3,000 screens in its first week. It's easy to break an opening week record if you almost triple the number of screens on opening night. I heard some young people complaining about the ending of DEAD MAN'S CHEST... anyone have any thoughts on that? -- JR ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Edwards Cinema Arts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 0:48 Subject: Re: [MOPO] Boxoffice Treasure In Pirates Auction results on Super Fleabay will depend on whose auctions and what pirates there are then. So if there's 19,000 one sheets (and this does NOT include the internationals) and is a VERY conservative estimate, how many fakeroonies are also out there muddying the waters of the Caribbean? I've got 50 and laminated them all to preserve them and get ahead on this slabbing bullshit thing. Phil Todd Feiertag wrote: > */"Now note PIRATES is on 8500 screens that has to represent at > least 2 onesheets each. That's 19,000 posters right there. 50 > years from now that poster will be worth what?"/* > /**/ > On Fleabay which will be called SuperFleabay by then, the poster > should be worth a negative -$2.00 but at auction it should go for $100.00. > > Todd*/ /* > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > *To:* [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > *Sent:* Sunday, July 09, 2006 11:55 PM > *Subject:* [MOPO] Boxoffice Treasure In Pirates > > .....and SUPERMAN had generally much better reviews overall by a > considerable margin. Now note PIRATES is on 8500 screens that > has to represent at least 2 onesheets each. That's 19,000 > posters right there. 50 years from now that poster will be worth Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
