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Old 04-26-2011, 02:43 PM   #1
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Atlas Shrugged Movie Failing, Producers Writing Checks To Theaters

Atlas Shrugged movie doing so poorly, producers forced to write checks to theaters to cover losses

(excerpted from article at SOURCE)

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Box Office: 'Atlas Shrugged' collapses, even without a NY Times review

After a middling performance during its opening weekend that was hyped in some quarters (i.e., The Hollywood Reporter), the per-screen average for this amateurish Ayn Rand adaptation plunged to an alarming $1,890 from $5,640 during its opening frame. Overall, the weekend's take was a scant $879,000 -- a whopping 48 percent drop despite adding 166 locations. Which certainly suggest they're running out of audience quick.


That means that at some locations, distributor Rocky Mountain Pictures will be writing checks to theaters to cover the difference between receipts and operating expenses. The only way they're likely to get the 1,000 screens the producers say they want next weekend is to rent them. And, as Kyle put it at his personal blog, "Whether the sequels get made is purely a matter of how much desire the producers have for losing money.''

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Old 04-26-2011, 03:05 PM   #2
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Old 04-26-2011, 03:06 PM   #3
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Hahah. Best news ever.
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Honestly thought Alan made this as a joke at first haha. Still not surprised.
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Old 04-26-2011, 07:48 PM   #6
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For yourself? Because it kinda seems like nobody else is gonna want it.
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For yourself? Because it kinda seems like nobody else is gonna want it.
I kind of want to see it, out of morbid curiosity.

Also because I only got to page two of the book before I had to put it down forever.

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Come to think of it, I started reading that out of morbid curiosity as well.
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For yourself? Because it kinda seems like nobody else is gonna want it.
Hah! Best response so far.
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