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...That's a very unfair question. People want to protect their vested interest. And sometimes when the other side is protecting its interest, it's done in a way that's unfair to you, which I ran into with both Time Warner and TCI and as a young movie exhibitor. Today they're my friends...
...best education in films a young man could get, and not a bad introduction to popcorn making, carbon-arc projection, and trick double-ticketing, either. (You'll need to find a small-time exhibitor from the days before flat rate rentals to explain that lost...
...Star Wars" rerelease last winter. That would allow Lucas to open the film only in houses equipped with state-of-the-art screening and sound systems. Of course, 2,000-plus theaters is no art-house opening. And, says Paul Dergarabedian, president of the box office tracking firm Exhibitor Relations, "it will break records no matter what, because they'll fill every seat. The demand for this film will far outweigh supply...
...Mulan" has grossed $77.1 million, "Dr. Dolittle" $65 million, and "The Truman Show," once considered an iffy proposition because of Jim Carrey's more serious turn, $100 million. "You don't need a big breakaway hit to have a record summer," says Paula Dergarabedian, president of Exhibitor Relations. "Consistency has been the word this year. Even a movie like 'Hope Floats' is up to $52 million. Who would have expected that...
...Pete's sake. But The Truman Show is the best kind of risk: make a good movie and see who comes. And Carrey will be waiting for them, with a performance of profound charm, innocence, vulnerability and pain. The early word on Truman is so positive that one exhibitor dares to invoke a hit 1994 film about another man out of his time: "This picture has Gump written all over...