The Chaperone did OK after all.

[Jonathan Michaels]

www.ewrestlingnews.com/headlines/The_Chaperone_Box_Office_s_Are_In_WWE-K-Mart_.php

$14,400 in three days from ten theaters.

$1,440 per screen.

Not so bad after all.

[Cela]

Can we get a comparison with the average amount?

[Jonathan Michaels]

Legendary :

Weekend 1 : $126,964 from 177 theaters, PTA of $717
Weekend 2 : $29,306 from 103 theaters, PTA of $285.

And I don't know the Knucklehead numbers, but it only played for two days in six theaters.

Although I remember in another thread someone said it only grossed $65.

[Remix]

We mock the WWE films, but they make a healthy profit. Shit works.

[YAKMAN is ICHIBAN]

Mar 1, 2011 19:52:26 GMT -5 Remix said:

We mock the WWE films, but they make a healthy profit. s*** works.

I don't care of they made a billion dollars. They are still terrible movies.

[Magician under the moonlight]

Divide that with the price of the tickets and you get around 150 people per screen who watched the movie. divide it by the number of days in theaters, you get 24 per screen in a day. Not bad for a limited release.

Mar 1, 2011 19:52:26 GMT -5 Remix said:

We mock the WWE films, but they make a healthy profit. s*** works.

I wouldn't consider a 10,000 $ Profit a huge success. Granted it is not a loss, but it not great.

[Citizen Zero]

Mar 1, 2011 19:52:26 GMT -5 Remix said:

We mock the WWE films, but they make a healthy profit. s*** works.

Shit that works is still shit.

[molson5]

Anything they get in the theaters is gravy. If they make any money it will be on the rental/licensing to red box and netflix/on-demand end of things.

[The Summer of Muskrat XVII]

Mar 1, 2011 19:58:17 GMT -5 Magician under the moonlight said:

I wouldn't consider a 10,000 $ Profit a huge success. Granted it is not a loss, but it not great.

Yeah, but with generally low production costs, combined with generally high home video sales they're making decent money off these movies now. Which is likely why they're putting out like 6 this year

[Magician under the moonlight]

Mar 1, 2011 20:05:35 GMT -5 The Summer of Muskrat XVII said:

Mar 1, 2011 19:58:17 GMT -5 Magician under the moonlight said:

I wouldn't consider a 10,000 $ Profit a huge success. Granted it is not a loss, but it not great.

Yeah, but with generally low production costs, combined with generally high home video sales they're making decent money off these movies now. Which is likely why they're putting out like 6 this year

I know. That's why they stopped the hollywood approach. I still wish they stopped the project altogether.

[randomranter]

keep in mind that the only reason they're doing these limited releases in the first place is because Walmart won't sell movies that weren't in theaters first.

[Remix]

Mar 1, 2011 20:00:31 GMT -5 Citizen Zero said:

Mar 1, 2011 19:52:26 GMT -5 Remix said:

We mock the WWE films, but they make a healthy profit. s*** works.

s*** that works is still s***.

So don't watch the shit, but you can't blame WWE for continuing to produce it to subsidise the shrinking in other parts of the buisness.

[agent817]

These Samuel-Goldwyn WWE Films never get released in theaters where I live. I know they're limited releases, but at least have them shown in some theater near.

Is there a reason why they don't get nationwide releases anymore? Is it because See No Evil, The Marine, The Condemned, or 12 Rounds didn't do so well in theaters? I actually got to see 12 Rounds in theaters, and it was in theaters for two weeks where I live.

[Magician under the moonlight]

Mar 1, 2011 20:47:09 GMT -5 agent817 said:

These Samuel-Goldwyn WWE Films never get released in theaters where I live. I know they're limited releases, but at least have them shown in some theater near.

Is there a reason why they don't get nationwide releases anymore? Is it because See No Evil, The Marine, The Condemned, or 12 Rounds didn't do so well in theaters? I actually got to see 12 Rounds in theaters, and it was in theaters for two weeks where I live.

Except for See no Evil, All movies bombed in the B.O. but were successful in DVD sales. That why they are going the cheapest route for the movies.

[Remix]

Mar 1, 2011 20:47:09 GMT -5 agent817 said:

These Samuel-Goldwyn WWE Films never get released in theaters where I live. I know they're limited releases, but at least have them shown in some theater near.

Is there a reason why they don't get nationwide releases anymore? Is it because See No Evil, The Marine, The Condemned, or 12 Rounds didn't do so well in theaters? I actually got to see 12 Rounds in theaters, and it was in theaters for two weeks where I live.

Long story short, WWE release in fewer cinemas, because they make shit all money at the box office (and of course Cinemas are less likely to want to waste a screen that could make a lot more than $1500 with a decent film hence the low uptake). However, because they don't lose any money to the distributers they end up making more as a result. It's funny how that works out.

Cody Rhodes' theme is right after all. Less IS more, logically though, skipping the cinemas wouldn't be a good idea because even less is WAY too much.

[fw91]

Mar 1, 2011 20:37:54 GMT -5 Remix said:

Mar 1, 2011 20:00:31 GMT -5 Citizen Zero said:

s*** that works is still s***.

So don't watch the s***, but you can't blame WWE for continuing to produce it to subsidise the shrinking in other parts of the buisness.

bingo

[edtheripper]

Mar 1, 2011 20:35:36 GMT -5 randomranter said:

keep in mind that the only reason they're doing these limited releases in the first place is because Walmart won't sell movies that weren't in theaters first.

That's not really true. Wal-Mart sells plenty of movies that are straight to video.

[Lancers]

This thread's gone to s***.

[The Summer of Muskrat XVII]

Mar 1, 2011 20:47:09 GMT -5 agent817 said:

These Samuel-Goldwyn WWE Films never get released in theaters where I live. I know they're limited releases, but at least have them shown in some theater near.

Is there a reason why they don't get nationwide releases anymore? Is it because See No Evil, The Marine, The Condemned, or 12 Rounds didn't do so well in theaters? I actually got to see 12 Rounds in theaters, and it was in theaters for two weeks where I live.

Because a nation wide release costs alot of money, you have to promote the movie on more then just WWE programming, which means paying to get your trailer before other movies, paying for TV spots, paying for print and in theatre advertisement etc. Combine that with overall under performance in theatres and it's just not worth it to do a nationwide release.

Hell, like someone else said, the only reason these get there 3 screen releases is because Wal*Mart won't stock them otherwise.

[Remix]

Mar 1, 2011 21:09:52 GMT -5 The Summer of Muskrat XVII said:

Mar 1, 2011 20:47:09 GMT -5 agent817 said:

These Samuel-Goldwyn WWE Films never get released in theaters where I live. I know they're limited releases, but at least have them shown in some theater near.

Is there a reason why they don't get nationwide releases anymore? Is it because See No Evil, The Marine, The Condemned, or 12 Rounds didn't do so well in theaters? I actually got to see 12 Rounds in theaters, and it was in theaters for two weeks where I live.

Because a nation wide release costs alot of money, you have to promote the movie on more then just WWE programming, which means paying to get your trailer before other movies, paying for TV spots, paying for print and in theatre advertisement etc. Combine that with overall under performance in theatres and it's just not worth it to do a nationwide release.

Hell, like someone else said, the only reason these get there 3 screen releases is because Wal*Mart won't stock them otherwise.

Also, in order to get that nationwide release, WWE'd have to bring in a distributer. Which would slash the profitability right away.