Re: [MOPO] Boxoffice Treasure In Pirates

[JR]

So, I take it that everyone wants to continue to pretend that the number of original posters a studio prints up for a new release -- particularly a blockbuster -- is only the amount they figure they need to send to the theaters, then? The dealers want to go on claiming that the number of original posters for these releases is somehow "limited", that only a few are snuck out of the system by brave bands of guerrilla poster liberations operatives and into the hands of collectors? And that in the future posters for new films are going to be "hard to come by" and "valuable collectibles" like posters from the 1980's and earlier?   OK, I guess... but someone is going to have to get the word out to MovieGoods.com and the other big internet wholesalers. I note that they currently have originals of DEAD MAN'S CHEST for $29.99 (hmmm... they upped their usual price from $19.99 for this opening week hype...) but they are *also* offering the Style A *single-sided* as an original for the same price? I thought the studios no longer printed single-sided for the theaters? Am I wrong about that? Of course, they also list a same-size "reproduction" of the Style A for $14.99 -- which as far as I can tell is indistinguishable from the "original". Are we supposed to believe that someone other than the studio was printing up "reproductions" for this thing *before* it was ever released? C'mon... all of this stuff is coming out of the same studio-authorized printing operation that printed up the posters now hanging in the theater lightboxes, and they are cranking them out by the hundreds of thousands.   -- JR   ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 10:14 Subject: Re: [MOPO] Boxoffice Treasure In Pirates If its showing on 8500 screens I would estimate a higher production number, maybe 4 posters per screen for inside display and two for outside displays.  It was showing on 4 of the 16 screens at one of the large multiplexes here and I counted 12 posters inside alone, and I wasn't really looking for them.  Although showing only on one screen out of four  I would have ordered 10 of each.  Soon I will personally find out if that is possible when my little four screen theater opens in september.   -----Original Message----- From: Phil Edwards Cinema Arts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 14:48:41 +1000 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:* MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU  > <mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU>  > *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  > what? > > By the way did anyone notice and congratulate MOPO's own Rudy  > Franchi's Emmy Nomination for Best Reality Show? His show up  > ended such programs as CHEERLEADER NATION, DANCING WITH THE  > STARS, ROLLER GIRLS, COUNTDOWN TO LOCKDOWN, FILTHY RICH, ULTIMATE  > COYOTE UGLY SEARCH, WIFE SWAP, and ANIMALS WHO EAT THEIR YOUNG. > Congratulations Rudy for this auspicious recognition. Who knows a  > new collectible may be on the horizon for you!  > >  > /Yo ho, yo ho. A pirate's life for… everyone./  >  > Or so it seems after *Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest  > <http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=piratesofthecaribbean2.htm>*  > plundered the record books with an estimated $132 million opening  > weekend, swatting *Spider-Man  > <http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=spiderman.htm>*'s long  > standing $114.8 million milestone atop the all time chart.  >  > Buena Vista's swarthy sequel marauded over 8,500 screens at 4,133  > sites—the third widest debut ever—compared to *Spider-Man*'s 7,500  > screens at 3,615 sites, though *Pirates*' estimated 20 million  > admissions out-paced Spidey by only a hair.  >  >  > >  > *Pirates* pilfered a trove of records, but the key ones, in  > addition to opening weekend, were biggest single and opening day  > and fastest to $100 million. On Friday, *Dead Man's Chest* raked  > in $55.5 million (including $9 million's worth of 2,100 midnight  > showings), eclipsing *Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith  > <http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=starwars3.htm>*'s $50  > million and grossing more in one day than its predecessor, *The  > Curse of the Black Pearl*, did in its entire opening weekend.  > *Dead Man's Chest* also became the first picture to cross the  > century mark in two days flat.  >  > > > > freeman fisher  > 8601 west knoll drive #7  > west hollywood, ca  > 90069  > 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.  >  > 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.  >      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.  Check out AOL.com today. 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