HANNAH MONTANA Tunes Up Record Debut

Caught Rambo this weekend, it was better than I though it would be. I recommend seeing it if you wanna see some real action and violence. I saw somewhere there might be talk of another sequel.
Anyway, I went to an early Saturday showing to see it and the lady (with 2 kids) in front of me asked for Hanah Montana tickets and she was very disappointed when they told her a) the movie was sold out for the day and they only had 9 o clock showing on Sunday available. and b) the tickets were $15 per person.
If that was true across the 600 plus screens were it was showing then i'm not surprised it landed at #1.

Well, it goes to show you that despite making big money in its first week of release, Cloverfield was more or less not well liked as the studio or the public thought it was because movie-goers had a hard time attempting to give it a chance trying to keep up with the "JUMPY RAPID CAMERA ROUTINE". Plus when its getting a bad rep for causing vertigo with its viewers, you're not gonna get alot of return visits. When you know a film is a big hit is when how well viewers come back for seconds after the first viewing or the first week of showing. Cloverfield since its first week nosedived twice big time because people are either puking in their seats trying to watch it or simply hate it because of the ending. Yes, people has hated the movie because of its ending. I went to see it twice and both times the crowd screamed in discontent about either how it was shot or how it ended. Not very encouraging especailly now that a sequel has been confirmed which was too obvious in the final 2 minutes. Word of advice to Paramount, JJ Abrams and company...notice the obvious flaw of Cloverfield and avoid it with the upcoming Cloverfield 2. As the old saying goes, people who fail to learn from their mistakes are doomed to repeat it. As far as Hannah Montana goes, not my cup of tea but clearly Disney is hoping she stands out more positively than her predecessors, Hilary Duff, Lindsay Lohan and the crazed squirrel-bit Britney Spears after tasting success.

I experienced the hanna montana mayhem this weekend. My theatre is one of the few theatres that is showing this movie. And its mind blowing witnessing how big this flick is. All the Friday and saturday shows sold out, including the late shows, and its was really annoying having to deal with parents who weren't able to buy tickets on time.. And it looks like today won't be any different, we have already sold out three shows. And Here's something else that is crazy, we are going through some horrible weather right now, and its SB sunday, but that doesn't seem to matter at all. This movie is still going strong...

I remember when the cost of a live concert was only $15. Not a movie of a concert.
Yes, I'm old. But my first concert was when I was in Eighth grade back in the eighties.

You gotta give credit to disney's marketing department. They were advertising hanna montana as showing only for one week.. Forcing people to catch the movie as soon as they could, now word has come down from them that they will extend it for two weeks

I know when that Hannah concert tour came to town it sold out immediately and tickets were going for thousands each from scalpers. So I guess the millions of fans that weren't able to go to the actual concert had to settle for this and the little girls are so in to this that it doesn't matter. Hannah is huge, you'll probably get a lot of repeat business I would guess. I'm still surprised at the numbers, wow.
Word of mouth probably hurt Cloverfield, even so it should end up well over 100mil worldwide before dvds and rentals.
Avp-R recently went over 120 mil worlwide. I wonder if that'll be enough to green light a sequel.
Juno and 27 Dresses continue to surprise me. Must be a lot of women going to the movies lately.

Yeah, I remeber, my first concert was Guns N' Roses back in '88 and that only cost me $20,,,,,this is crazy,,,,,I admit to watching some Disney channel,,,,I think That's So Raven is pretty funny, and sometimes, The Suite Life of Zack and Cody,,,,,but I can not believe this movie blew up huge like this,,,but then again, only really going up against the Eye, it is not much of a surprise....on a totally random note, I watched Sunshine, AVP:R and The Kingdom today....and The Kingdom was the best by far...if you haven't seen it,,,,,,watch it,,,,totally amazing movie. Sunshine was very good also, but a little out there......AVP:R, was better than the first, but still not a great movie. I think that was more due to the acting than anytihng. I just can't wait for Jumper to come out,,,I will be there for that.

I knew cloverfield was gonna drop big time. And i still doubt it will make 100 million dollars domestically. And if paramount does indeed move forward with a sequel, i doubt the budget for this movie will be any bigger

WISEGUY
I'm a dude and went to see Juno (with a girl) but it was a really good movie. It deserves the $$ and the award nominations.

But I can't believe Hannah got that much $$ on only 600 screens. Wow... but she is a good role model for kids compared to the horrible people that surround them these days.

I am a 3rd grade teacher and I know how these kids listen to and love some pretty hard core rap.. so I have no problem with some of them loving this girl.

Paramount should stay away from a Cloverfield sequel regardless of how much a profit the first film makes.
A second film will take away from the original take of this one and I doubt it will be making as much money as the original. The ad campaign won't be as effective a second time around.
Sometimes less is more.