Posted
5:19 PM
by Gene
Prior to United's release, studio tracking surveys showed a high percentage of movie patrons were "definitely not interested" in seeing it.$11.5 million divided by, oh, $9 a ticket is about 1.3 million people. Out of 300 million I'd say that's on the mark.
Some analysts were unimpressed, however, pointing out that the film had received a ton of free publicity and positive reviews and as a result ought to have performed better than it did.We've said it before, we'll say it again: a ton of free publicity and positive reviews are nothing with a biz whose specialty is junk.
How many people does it take to write a press release?