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Crowd Report: "Girl Next Door"
By Lee Tistaert Published April 10, 2004
I hit the 10:30 show of Girl Next Door on Friday night, at the AMC Century 14 multiplex in LA. Getting there at 10:00, there was a very small line to get in (probably 50 people), and we were let in just a few minutes after getting in line. The auditorium probably seats between 325 - 350 people, and the show was not completely full but there weren?t many available seats when all was said and done. The audience was mostly early-to-mid 20?s folk, with an emphasis on males, but a good number of females were also present.
The first trailer up was Troy, which played silently with this crowd.
The next ad was Mean Girls, which got a few laughs, but not many people seemed to truly care.
Anchorman followed, and just with the first shot of Will Ferrell, there was a round of cheering by roughly half the crowd; everyone then got quiet real fast, evidently wanting to hear the dialogue. There were some laughs throughout the trailer and people appeared to be pretty jazzed up about the film afterwards. The response was similar (but toned down in comparison) to the first time I saw the Bruce Almighty teaser trailer with an audience (in front of The Two Towers), with that crowd having gone insane when Jim Carrey was first shown.
The trailer for Dodgeball was next, which received a lot of laughs when Ben Stiller first came on, a few scattered chuckles here and there, and a solid amount at the end. I don?t expect this movie to be that good, but it looked to have won some votes amongst these moviegoers.
Breakin? All the Rules, Raising Helen, and Man on Fire were the remaining three ads, but they mostly played to a humble reception.
The Girl Next Door was winning over the audience about every step of the way (and I was also a fan). Emile Hirsch got a very welcoming reaction from the crowd immediately, and there was a solid amount of laughter throughout the movie (and even gasps at a few moments). There was a very short, light applause (and a lot of laughter) when Chris Marquette (as Eli) responded to the film school question at the end, as well as when the film actually ended.
As for an opening night prediction based upon the crowd, I saw The Animal ($6.1 million - $2,176 per-screen) in this auditorium on opening night with packed attendance. And I also saw Final Destination 2 in the same room on its second night out ($6.5 million - $2,298 per-screen) with relevant attendance.
The Butterfly Effect ($6.1 million - $2,335 per-screen) had also been booked in this auditorium when it debuted (I didn?t see it on opening night, though), and the crowd scenario for Girl Next Door was also somewhat similar as when I saw Orange County ($5.7 million - $2,472 per-screen) in Santa Monica. With the per-screen averages of those grosses in mind, there?s a pretty good chance of a Friday gross between $4.5 - 5.5 million or so.
Sometimes you can guess a movie?s gross based on what auditorium the film is booked at here without even attending a show (which is strange, but true on many occasions). The Whole Ten Yards was playing in the same auditorium that Torque ($3.4 million - $1,367 per-screen) had been booked in, and Ella Enchanted was in the room that Runaway Jury ($4.0 million - $1,433 per-screen), Matchstick Men ($4.1 million - $1,514 per-screen), and Jersey Girl ($3.0 million - $1,965 per-screen) had been in.
The Alamo was booked in the largest auditorium (432 seats), where Kill Bill: Volume 1 ($8.0 million - $2,586 per-screen), Once Upon a Time in Mexico ($8.8 million - $2,676 per-screen), and Starsky & Hutch ($9.5 million - $2,991 per-screen) have played. However, the auditorium has also been the home of Stealing Harvard ($2.1 million - $899 per-screen) and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind ($2.6 million - $1,954 per-screen) in their opening weekends.
The first trailer up was Troy, which played silently with this crowd.
The next ad was Mean Girls, which got a few laughs, but not many people seemed to truly care.
Anchorman followed, and just with the first shot of Will Ferrell, there was a round of cheering by roughly half the crowd; everyone then got quiet real fast, evidently wanting to hear the dialogue. There were some laughs throughout the trailer and people appeared to be pretty jazzed up about the film afterwards. The response was similar (but toned down in comparison) to the first time I saw the Bruce Almighty teaser trailer with an audience (in front of The Two Towers), with that crowd having gone insane when Jim Carrey was first shown.
The trailer for Dodgeball was next, which received a lot of laughs when Ben Stiller first came on, a few scattered chuckles here and there, and a solid amount at the end. I don?t expect this movie to be that good, but it looked to have won some votes amongst these moviegoers.
Breakin? All the Rules, Raising Helen, and Man on Fire were the remaining three ads, but they mostly played to a humble reception.
The Girl Next Door was winning over the audience about every step of the way (and I was also a fan). Emile Hirsch got a very welcoming reaction from the crowd immediately, and there was a solid amount of laughter throughout the movie (and even gasps at a few moments). There was a very short, light applause (and a lot of laughter) when Chris Marquette (as Eli) responded to the film school question at the end, as well as when the film actually ended.
As for an opening night prediction based upon the crowd, I saw The Animal ($6.1 million - $2,176 per-screen) in this auditorium on opening night with packed attendance. And I also saw Final Destination 2 in the same room on its second night out ($6.5 million - $2,298 per-screen) with relevant attendance.
The Butterfly Effect ($6.1 million - $2,335 per-screen) had also been booked in this auditorium when it debuted (I didn?t see it on opening night, though), and the crowd scenario for Girl Next Door was also somewhat similar as when I saw Orange County ($5.7 million - $2,472 per-screen) in Santa Monica. With the per-screen averages of those grosses in mind, there?s a pretty good chance of a Friday gross between $4.5 - 5.5 million or so.
Sometimes you can guess a movie?s gross based on what auditorium the film is booked at here without even attending a show (which is strange, but true on many occasions). The Whole Ten Yards was playing in the same auditorium that Torque ($3.4 million - $1,367 per-screen) had been booked in, and Ella Enchanted was in the room that Runaway Jury ($4.0 million - $1,433 per-screen), Matchstick Men ($4.1 million - $1,514 per-screen), and Jersey Girl ($3.0 million - $1,965 per-screen) had been in.
The Alamo was booked in the largest auditorium (432 seats), where Kill Bill: Volume 1 ($8.0 million - $2,586 per-screen), Once Upon a Time in Mexico ($8.8 million - $2,676 per-screen), and Starsky & Hutch ($9.5 million - $2,991 per-screen) have played. However, the auditorium has also been the home of Stealing Harvard ($2.1 million - $899 per-screen) and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind ($2.6 million - $1,954 per-screen) in their opening weekends.
