Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site ucbvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!ucbcad!ucbvax!upstill From: upstill@ucbvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.movies Subject: Re: Jedi six-day gross Message-ID: <243@ucbvax.UUCP> Date: Wed, 8-Jun-83 19:45:07 EDT Article-I.D.: ucbvax.243 Posted: Wed Jun 8 19:45:07 1983 Date-Received: Mon, 13-Jun-83 10:05:19 EDT References: ucbvax.177, <242@osu-dbs.UUCP>, <342@ihuxk.UUCP> Organization: U. C. Berkeley Computer Science Lines: 23 Re appropriate factors: True, some theaters showing Jedi are showing it 24 hours a day. About 25 of them, I believe, out of about 1000 prints extant. The rest are probably on the same schedule as theaters around here: six or seven showings a day. True, the ticket prices are higher on Jedi than on most films. It is a first-run movie after all. However, comparison is fair, since the number of theaters showing the movie is lower than most such blockbusters. Superman II, for example, did $24M in a week, but in 1600 theaters. I believe ET was in 1300 theaters when it had its $25M week. And Star Trek II did about $5.4M in a day when it opened, but in something over 1500 theaters. Let's face it: nobody's seen anything like this movie for popularity. Add to the discouragement of high ticket prices the inconvenience of standing in line for sold-out shows and what you have is an incredibly popular movie. Which is not, of course, a tribute to the quality of the film so much as an indicator of Lucas' skill as a hype-monger. Nonetheless... By the way, the 12-day total is $70 million. They should break even any day now.