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According to an employee of the UltraStar cinema chain by way of Shacknews.com, a computer faux pas caused about 5,500 extra copies of the BloodRayne film to be created and distributed to theaters that didn’t even want to show it.
My first thought upon reading that was "Wouldn't that be all of them?"
Curse you, Uwe Boll, for coming to "prominence" when there's no MST3K to give you the treatment you deserve! Shakes Fist
O wow - I just had a Weebil and Bob moment without even trying.
My first thought upon reading that was "Wouldn't that be all of them?"
I think it showed in about 1500-2000 theaters.
I remain suspicious. I think someone in the chain of supply ordered the extra movies and shipped them to theaters that didn't want them, in the vain hope that it might actually get shown in a few of those theaters.
The producer or director was talking as if he thougth those 5500 copies i were supposed to go to those theaters....
I love the cricket:ticket ratio, Matt; is that yours?
So far as I know... I've never heard anyone say something like that before I made it up this morning.
Well done, you.
According to Boxofficemojo.com, Bloodrayne only screened in 985 theatres at its widest release.
So, prints for over five times the number of actual theaters it played in were "accidentally" ordered. Nice.
US cinema chains refusing to show Bubble
Bubble, a low-budget movie made with untried actors, is being sold on DVD and shown on cable TV the same day it debuts at the theatre.
Theatre chains in more than 15 states have refused to show the film, saying Soderbergh's plan will take a big chunk out of their bottom line.
"It's the biggest threat to the viability of the cinema industry today," John Fithian, president of the National Association of Theater Owners, said of the so-called "day and date" release strategy.
If a high-profile Hollywood name like Soderbergh, director of Sex, Lies and Videotape, Erin Brockovich and Traffic, is trying simultaneous release, there is too great a danger of the strategy becoming acceptable to the mainstream, the group says.
Cinema owners are losing out because North Americans no longer go to the movies as often. Part of the reason for their reluctance is the opportunity to see the film on DVD just a few weeks after its release.
The prospect of rapid release of films on the internet or even via cell phone also threatens theatre owners.
Bubble opens Jan. 27 and so far will be shown only at Landmark Theaters, which holds a handful of cinemas across the U.S. and is owned by the company that backed the film.
I was wondering if that would happen.