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Crowd Report: "Around the Bend"
By Lee Tistaert Published October 9, 2004
When it was obvious that it wasn?t going to get any busier, I figured Stolen Summer ($4,700 per-screen) would be where this was heading for the weekend, but I could even see as low as $3,000 per-screen.
So I?m walking towards the art house that is playing Around the Bend on Friday night, figuring that with a 4-theater debut and this cast, it might nail up to a $10,000 weekend average (in such a case, the theater would probably be half full at most). Then I get into the 400-seat auditorium at 7:10 for the 7:30 show, and there are about 6 people in there. There are times when words cannot express a situation ideally, but I think one word here just does it fine: Ouch.
There were probably 30 - 35 people when it was said and done, but this situation was just downright depressing. I didn?t expect the movie to do all that well in general, as judging from the preview its balance of tones seemed to be a bit strange ? but I didn?t expect it to be this bad. A 4-theater release is generally given to films with particularly high interest amongst serious filmgoers in the big cities, which can result in many sellouts. For this movie, I?m not even sure if its total quantity of moviegoers for the entire weekend at this theater will even equal to 1 sold out show.
Most people at this theater (in Santa Monica, LA) were over 30 but under 50. And friends/family of the filmmakers and even the filmmakers might have been there, as once the writer/director credit came up half the crowd applauded (which kind of came out of nowhere and made me turn my head and ponder, ?Did I miss something??). It?s quite a coincidence that early in the week I read an article in the LA Times about a few struggling filmmakers in LA, and the guy behind this was amongst the list, and it was about their films that are debuting this year. But I just randomly came upon the article, and once that applause sounded off it made me wonder if that guy was actually there.
If so, I couldn?t tell if the audience was just affectionate to the filmmaker because they knew him or if they actually liked this movie as much as they conveyed, as people started clapping just seconds before the movie even faded to black at the end. I liked certain aspects of the movie, but in general it was a bit too light and cute for my taste (it also lacked a punch at times).
Even as the last scene was getting into gear I was hoping that the film wasn?t going to retreat to the obvious in the moments to come. And yes, that ?thing? happened, and even better yet, the movie ended on that note (I guess this has no impact for anyone who hasn?t seen it, but oh well). So either I was a complete snob with this film and everyone but me liked it, or?well, I don?t know. If you look at the reviews for this movie, though, I am not alone?
The attendance for this show was about in gear with The Station Agent on its sixth weekend out ($3,000 per-screen). When it was obvious that it wasn?t going to get any busier for Around the Bend, I figured Stolen Summer business ($4,700 per-screen) would be where this was heading for the weekend, but I could even see it as low as $3,000 per-screen.
Last week with I Heart Huckabees I projected $10 - 15,000 per-screen for Friday based on the theater I saw it at, and the movie ended up averaging $73,000 for the weekend. However, I found out that that theater did end up grossing roughly $50,000, so I wasn?t that bad (this is the moment where I pat myself on the back after thinking I was way off). The theater in Hollywood kicked its ass, though, with nearly $100,000 ($14.00 tickets don?t hurt) and the two theaters in New York were higher as well, so hence the $73,000. So with that being said, there is the possible difference from theater to theater for Around the Bend (but in general, I think this film?s just dead).
There were probably 30 - 35 people when it was said and done, but this situation was just downright depressing. I didn?t expect the movie to do all that well in general, as judging from the preview its balance of tones seemed to be a bit strange ? but I didn?t expect it to be this bad. A 4-theater release is generally given to films with particularly high interest amongst serious filmgoers in the big cities, which can result in many sellouts. For this movie, I?m not even sure if its total quantity of moviegoers for the entire weekend at this theater will even equal to 1 sold out show.
Most people at this theater (in Santa Monica, LA) were over 30 but under 50. And friends/family of the filmmakers and even the filmmakers might have been there, as once the writer/director credit came up half the crowd applauded (which kind of came out of nowhere and made me turn my head and ponder, ?Did I miss something??). It?s quite a coincidence that early in the week I read an article in the LA Times about a few struggling filmmakers in LA, and the guy behind this was amongst the list, and it was about their films that are debuting this year. But I just randomly came upon the article, and once that applause sounded off it made me wonder if that guy was actually there.
If so, I couldn?t tell if the audience was just affectionate to the filmmaker because they knew him or if they actually liked this movie as much as they conveyed, as people started clapping just seconds before the movie even faded to black at the end. I liked certain aspects of the movie, but in general it was a bit too light and cute for my taste (it also lacked a punch at times).
Even as the last scene was getting into gear I was hoping that the film wasn?t going to retreat to the obvious in the moments to come. And yes, that ?thing? happened, and even better yet, the movie ended on that note (I guess this has no impact for anyone who hasn?t seen it, but oh well). So either I was a complete snob with this film and everyone but me liked it, or?well, I don?t know. If you look at the reviews for this movie, though, I am not alone?
The attendance for this show was about in gear with The Station Agent on its sixth weekend out ($3,000 per-screen). When it was obvious that it wasn?t going to get any busier for Around the Bend, I figured Stolen Summer business ($4,700 per-screen) would be where this was heading for the weekend, but I could even see it as low as $3,000 per-screen.
Last week with I Heart Huckabees I projected $10 - 15,000 per-screen for Friday based on the theater I saw it at, and the movie ended up averaging $73,000 for the weekend. However, I found out that that theater did end up grossing roughly $50,000, so I wasn?t that bad (this is the moment where I pat myself on the back after thinking I was way off). The theater in Hollywood kicked its ass, though, with nearly $100,000 ($14.00 tickets don?t hurt) and the two theaters in New York were higher as well, so hence the $73,000. So with that being said, there is the possible difference from theater to theater for Around the Bend (but in general, I think this film?s just dead).
