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Pickwick Theatre

5 Screens, 1476 Seats

5 S. Prospect Avenue
Park Ridge, IL 60068
USA

OCTOBER BOXOFFICE MOMENTUM WILL KEEP EXHIBITORS SMILING THIS WEEKEND AS R RATED "HALLOWEEN KILLS" OPENS FROM UNIVERSAL/MIRAMAX/BLUMHOUSE TO $40-50M AT ABOUT 3,700 LOCATIONS, PER MEDIA ESTIMATES. EXHIBITORS ARE THINKING $46-48M. "HK" REPORTEDLY COST JUST $20M TO MAKE. LOOMS AS BIG WIN NOT JUST FOR STUDIOS, BUT ALSO FOR CINEMAS. DEFINITE INTEREST AVERAGE SCORE NOW 13 POINTS OVER NORM. -25M & -25F DEMOS ARE TIED FOR DEFINITE INTEREST, BOTH OVER 50%. +25M & +25F AREN'T FAR BEHIND THEM....

POSSIBLE WRINKLE: "HK'S" STREAMING DAY & DATE ON PEACOCK COULD SIPHON OFF THEATRE BUSINESS FROM OLDER (+45) ADULTS. HOWEVER, OLDER ADULTS AREN'T TYPICALLY HORROR SEQUEL FANS, SO PEACOCK MIGHT NOT MAKE MUCH DIFFERENCE. YOUNGER MOVIEGOERS WILL WANT TO SEE THIS IN CINEMAS TO ENJOY SCREAMING IN DARK WITH EVERYONE ELSE. CRITICS ARE 54% ROTTEN ON TOMATOMETER, BUT THAT'S NOT LIKELY TO MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE TO HORROR FANS. ...

EXHIBITORS ARE LOOKING FOR JUST $4-5M LAUNCH AT ABOUT 3,000 THEATRES FOR DISNEY/20TH CENTURY'S R RATED HISTORICAL ACTION DRAMA "THE LAST DUEL," DESPITE RIDLEY SCOTT ("GLADIATOR") DIRECTING & MATT DAMON, ADAM DRIVER, JODIE COMER & BEN AFFLECK STARRING. HOLLYWOOD HANDICAPPERS ARE PROJECTING $10M. AVERAGE DEFINITE INTEREST TRACKING IS FOUR POINTS UNDER NORM. BEST DEMO: -25F (TWO POINTS UNDER NORM). CRITICS ARE 88% FRESH ON ROTTEN TOMATOES, WHICH MIGHT HELP WITH ADULT MOVIEGOERS....

DISNEY/MARVEL'S "ETERNALS," OPENING 11/5, STARTED SELLING ADVANCE TICKETS MONDAY & MOVIEGOERS ARE SNAPPING THEM UP. REPORTS PUT FIRST DAY SALES AT $2.6M, UP 86% VS. $1.4M FOR "SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS." SALES ARE UP 30% FROM DAY ONE ADVANCE SALES OF $2M FOR "BLACK WIDOW." AMC THEATRES COULDN'T BE HAPPIER, CALLING MONDAY'S "ETERNALS" BUSINESS ITS BIGGEST FIRST DAY ADVANCE SALES IN 2021 TO DATE....

ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE CINEMA WILL OPEN "ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE LOWER MANHATTAN," ITS FIRST MANHATTAN-BASED LOCATION, MONDAY (10/18). DURING "SOFT OPENING" PERIOD THROUGH 10/21 MOVIEGOERS WILL RECEIVE DISCOUNTS ON SELECT FOOD & NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. THEATRE OCCUPIES 37,000 SQUARE FEET ON FLOOR 2B BENEATH LANDMARK 28 LIBERTY STREET BUILDING IN NYC FINANCIAL DISTRICT. 14-SCREEN, 578 SEAT THEATRE IS ALAMO'S THIRD NEW YORK AREA LOCATION -- FOLLOWING YONKERS (2013) & BROOKLYN (2016)....

"THE LAST EIGHTEEN MONTHS HAVE BEEN A ROLLERCOASTER FOR OUR INDUSTRY," OBSERVED ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE CEO SHELLI TAYLOR. "BUT THROUGH IT ALL WE'VE BELIEVED IN THE FUTURE OF THIS INDUSTRY. OPENING OUR LOWER MANHATTAN THEATRE IS AN EXPRESSION OF OUR BELIEF THAT AUDIENCES WILL ALWAYS SEEK ELEVATED, COMMUNAL MOVIEGOING EXPERIENCES LIKE OURS."...

UNIVERSAL'S NEW FILM FROM "OLD" DIRECTOR M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN NOW HAS TITLE "KNOCK AT THE CABIN" & WILL HIT THEATRES 2/3/23. EARLIER PLAN HAD IT SURFACING TWO WEEKS LATER (2/17/23) OPPOSITE DISNEY/MARVEL'S "ANT-MAN AND THE WASP: QUANTUMANIA." FOR NOW, IT'S GOT 2/3/23 TO ITSELF, BUT DON'T EXPECT TO SEE THAT LAST FOR LONG. "OLD" OPENED 7/23 TO $16.9M. CUMES: $48.2M/DOM + $41.9M/INT = $90.1M/WW....

DISNEY HAS HIGH PROFILE ORIGINAL THREE-PART DOCUMENTARY SET FOR DISNEY+ 11/25, 26 & 27 -- PETER JACKSON'S "THE BEATLES: GET BACK," FOCUSING ON HOW LEGENDARY GROUP CREATED 14 NEW SONGS AT BREAKNECK SPEED IN JANUARY 1969 FOR BAND'S FIRST LIVE CONCERT IN OVER TWO YEARS -- HELD ON ROOF OF THEIR SAVILLE ROW LONDON HEADQUARTERS BUILDING -- WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE THEIR FINAL LIVE PERFORMANCE. DISNEY SAID DOCUSERIES "IS COMPILED FROM NEARLY 60 HOURS OF UNSEEN FOOTAGE SHOT OVER 21 DAYS, DIRECTED BY MICHAEL LINDSAY-HOGG IN 1969, AND FROM MORE THAN 150 HOURS OF UNHEARD AUDIO, MOST OF WHICH HAS BEEN LOCKED IN A VAULT FOR OVER HALF A CENTURY."...

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