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Reports on B.O. day after opening/reviews?

Posted by: chessmate 02:02 pm EST 01/16/15

Media reports, particularly in the Times, about how so-and-so show reported xx increase in sales the day after reviews used to be pretty standard.

Haven't seen as much lately. Newsworthy in case of something like Honeymoon in Vegas which was doing borderline in business before opening to mostly favorable reviews, including a money review from the Times.

Has anything changed in this regard? Are theater personnel not revealing daily "take'' anymore? Since weekly receipts are public, surprsed not to see this info more regularly published (I realize too early today, but would be in tomorrow's Times).


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It is mOre likely to show up in reidel gossip column

Posted by: dramedy 04:31 pm EST 01/16/15
In reply to: Reports on B.O. day after opening/reviews? - chessmate 02:02 pm EST 01/16/15

Than official in nytimes. Reidel will make a statement if sales were good or bad in prognosis of the future of a show.


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re: Reports on B.O. day after opening/reviews?

Posted by: ryhog 02:24 pm EST 01/16/15
In reply to: Reports on B.O. day after opening/reviews? - chessmate 02:02 pm EST 01/16/15

1. It is up to the production, obviously, but it seems like most release something especially if the news is good.

2. Weekly "receipts" are not public or published. What is public is the weekly revenue, for that week's shows. If you sold 0 tickets for the current frame but a billion dollars in tickets for future weeks, it would still show zero in monday's published info.


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re: Reports on B.O. day after opening/reviews?

Posted by: Neilfrombrooklyn 03:31 pm EST 01/16/15
In reply to: re: Reports on B.O. day after opening/reviews? - ryhog 02:24 pm EST 01/16/15

"Fish In The Dark" just reported a big advance to give the impression they are a hot ticket. On the other hand, there is this report from The Times. Admittedly, it is dated 2002. However,

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