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The World Beyond BetterMost => The Culture Tent => Topic started by: injest on December 15, 2008, 11:52:43 pm
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http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/delgo-worst-opening-ever.html (http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/delgo-worst-opening-ever.html)
OUCH...
Don't feel too left out if you missed seeing the animated adventure movie "Delgo" this past weekend. No one did. In fact, the movie broke a record for having the worst opening ever for a film in wide release. "Delgo" earned a measly $511,920 this weekend on 2,160 screens, not even breaking the top ten. That's an average of $237 per screen for the three days. If you figure there were five screenings a day, and assume ticket prices are about $8, that comes out to two people in the theater per showing. By comparison, the Golden Globe-nominated drama "Doubt" earned roughly the same amount of money, but it was only in 15 theaters.