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wow it grossed 256$

posted 12 years ago by hyder_sagg2003
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and it also gave Avatar a hard time @ boxoffice.

[–] C.S.Wood 12 years ago

Well according to Box Office Mojo it made exactly $383 in the US (http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=apartment143.htm). Holy crap, I have never seen that low of a number before. Did it play in one theater for a single day or what?

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[–] phantasmda 12 years ago

Probably but I bet it made a good few mil on dvd.

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[–] ambeck22 12 years ago

It was only shown in 1 theater/screen on June 3 for some reason. I wish that was the case with Paranormal Activity movies :-/.

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[–] dfutrelle 12 years ago

My understanding is that they do this with a lot of straight-to-video movies, give them a token theatrical release so they can say it was released in theaters, even though it really wasn't. I'm not altogether sure why this is important -- possibly to be eligible for awards?

[–] Mister_Anderson 12 years ago

This movie would never be eligible for any awards...at least none it would want to receive.

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[–] dfutrelle 12 years ago

Well, that's true. But this sort of "theatrical release" in one theater is, I think, a fairly standard thing for direct-to-video films. It might be a tax thing too, not sure.

[–] gabby_bm 12 years ago

That's what- 32 tickets? How big was the cast and crew? About 32 people....? Sounds like a special engagement.

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[–] EmilyRoad 12 years ago

Odds are that it was relatively independently financed. The first release of the first paranormal activity was a small engagement, that followed with an independently-financed self-distribution to theaters-which was a better movie-and then the second release 14 months later with CGI added in and a huge promotional push.

What probably happened here was a single-screen theatrical release prior to Magnet picking it up-although this had much more money thrown at it than the first Paranormal Activity did, so perhaps Magnet financed this one. That's something to look up for sure.

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