 20040625 Now playing at the Zeitgeist Odeon
Ricky and I made a bet last night regarding Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11. Basically, I contend that the movie is going to sweep the summer. With an intial 700 opening screens, I feel the success of the first weekend is going to entice theatres to make room for the film, and bring the total number of screens to at least 2500 by late July, driving ticket sales higher than opening weekend. Ricky contends that the opening weekend wil be the largest and each subsequent week will prove smaller ticket sales. $20 is on the line. Coincidentally, Todd Leopold at CNN debated the same thing in article published today, Now playing at the Zeitgeist Odeon:
Trend-spotters -- particularly annoying pop culture watchers like those of us in the news media -- use the word when something unexpected captures the public fancy in a way that seems symbolic of the times. Movies don't often capture the zeitgeist. They're put together so long in advance, have so much marketing muscle behind them, that even blockbuster successes can't be said to have become something bigger than they are. 3
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Benjamin said... Dear fags, Here is the exact wording of the agreeement between Zach and I. "Total week's sales for first opening week (June 24th-July 1st) will be less than third week's total" Good luck, Zachy. You'll need it. 9:02 PM Zach said... Rick, Wash your mouth out. Zach 9:13 PM Benjamin said... Zach, While I may have soap in my mouth, one thing that definitly will be entering your's are your words... AS YOU EAT THEM! Love, Ricky 9:43 PM Post a Comment |
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 Hi, I'm Zach. I grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana and graduated from Wake Forest. After college, I moved to Manhattan to get serious about a company I ran with friends. We sold it to Barry Diller's InterActiveCorp in 2006. I just wrapped up with a project I co-founded called Vimeo and left CV to focus on being a twenty-five year old. I have another blog called Copy and Taste, where I post about learning to cook. I live in Brooklyn now.  Del.icio.us My Flickr Me on Flickr Last.fm Linked in MySpace Netflix History Vimeo  Amir Blumenfeld Chris Bodenner Mareen Fischinger Fort Wayne Observed Nick Gray Hype Machine Jake and Amir Jakob Lodwick Oh My Rockness Jonathan Marcus Youngna Park Megan Scheminske Eliot Shepard Shorpy Signal vs. Noise Alex Soth Stereogum Ricky Van Veen Khoi Vinh Eugene Wyatt   Postal Skype SMS (via AIM) |