Booking Comparisons: Pirates, Scanner...
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By Lee Tistaert     Published July 2, 2006
Theater booking comparisons for Pirates of the Caribbean and A Scanner Darkly.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

General Comparisons

Fahrenheit 911 868
$8.6 $8.2 $7.2 $24.1
$9,868 $9,389 $8,302 $27,559

Sleepy Hollow 3064
$10.6 $12.3 $7.2 $30.1
$3,457 $4,006 $2,348 $9,811

Pirates of the Caribbean 3269
$14.8 $17.4 $14.4 $46.6
$4,540 $5,327 $4,397 $14,264

Troy 3411
$17.1 $17.1 $12.8 $46.9
$5,000 $5,001 $3,739 $13,740

Die Another Day 3314
$16.8 $19.0 $11.4 $47.1
$5,075 $5,748 $3,442 $14,265

Lord of the Rings 3359
$14.2 $17.5 $15.9 $47.6
$4,237 $5,199 $4,738 $14,174

King Kong 3568
$14.5 $20.1 $15.6 $50.2
$4,055 $5,635 $4,360 $14,050

X-Men 3025
$20.8 $19.3 $14.4 $54.5
$6,871 $6,374 $4,762 $18,007

Charlie...Choc Factory 3770
$20.7 $19.4 $16.1 $56.2
$5,495 $5,133 $4,274 $14,902

MI:2 3653
$16.5 $22.1 $19.2 $57.8
$4,513 $6,056 $5,266 $15,835

Pearl Harbor 3214
$18.7 $20.6 $19.8 $59.1
$5,818 $6,419 $6,145 $18,382

The Two Towers 3622
$19.2 $22.8 $20.0 $62.0
$5,308 $6,282 $5,530 $17,120

The Hulk 3660
$24.3 $21.5 $16.3 $62.1
$6,635 $5,885 $4,455 $16,975

The Phantom Menace 2970
18.5 $24.4 $21.9 $64.8
$6,218 $8,220 $7,384 $21,822

The Mummy Returns 3401
$23.4 $26.9 $17.8 $68.1
$6,875 $7,915 $5,244 $20,034

Planet of the Apes 3500
$24.6 $24.4 $19.6 $68.6
$7,032 $6,963 $5,586 $19,581

The Day After Tomorrow 3425
$23.5 $23.8 $21.5 $68.8
$6,862 $6,948 $6,263 $20,073

The Lost World 3281
$21.6 $24.4 $26.1 $72.1
$6,585 $7,450 $7,950 $21,985

Return of the King 3703
$21.8 $27.5 $23.3 $72.6
$5,890 $7,424 $6,299 $19,613

The Da Vinci Code 3735
$28.6 $27.3 $21.1 $77.1
$7,665 $7,314 $5,656 $20,635

Attack of the Clones 3161
$24.4 $31.3 $24.4 $80.1
$7,721 $9,887 $7,709 $25,317

The Passion 3043
$22.9 $33.1 $27.9 $83.9
$7,529 $10,870 $9,158 $27,557

X2 3741
$31.2 $32.1 $22.3 $85.6
$8,353 $8,576 $5,964 $22,893

The Chamber of Secrets 3682
$28.6 $34.2 $24.5 $87.4
$7,776 $9,292 $6,657 $23,725

Spider-Man 2 4152
$32.5 $33.7 $22.0 $88.2
$7,816 $8,128 $5,288 $21,232

The Matrix Reloaded 3603
$31.3 $34.4 $25.1 $90.8
$8,696 $9,545 $7,231 $25,472

The Prisoner of Azkaban 3855
$38.3 $31.5 $23.9 $93.7
$9,927 $8,170 $6,206 $24,303

The Goblet of Fire 3858
$40.1 $36.7 $25.8 $102.7
$10,399 $9,518 $6,700 $26,617

Shrek 2 4163
$28.3 $44.8 $34.9 $108.0
$6,808 $10,761 $8,384 $25,953

Revenge of the Sith 3661
$33.5 $40.7 $34.2 $108.4
$9,159 $11,115 $9,345 $29,619

Spider-Man 3615
$39.4 $43.6 $31.8 $114.8
$10,901 $12,067 $8,801 $31,769


AMC Century 15: on 3 screens (1,000 seats)

The Day After Tomorrow 3425
$23.5 $23.8 $21.5 $68.8
$6,862 $6,948 $6,263 $20,073

The Da Vinci Code 3735
$28.6 $27.3 $21.1 $77.1
$7,665 $7,314 $5,656 $20,635

Spider-Man 2 4152
$32.5 $33.7 $22.0 $88.2
$7,816 $8,128 $5,288 $21,232

Shrek 2 4163
$28.3 $44.8 $34.9 $108.0
$6,808 $10,761 $8,384 $25,953

Spider-Man 3615
$39.4 $43.6 $31.8 $114.8
$10,901 $12,067 $8,801 $31,769


Landmark Regent: single-screen theater (400 seats)

King Arthur 3086
$5.0 $5.7 $4.5 $15.2
$1,607 $1,862 $1,455 $4,924

National Treasure 3017
$11.1 $14.6 $9.4 $35.1
$3,685 $4,835 $3,127 $11,647

The Village 3730
$20.4 $17.5 $12.9 $50.7
$5,465 $4,686 $3,455 $13,606

Cars 3985
$19.7 $23.3 $17.1 $60.1
$4,947 $5,842 $4,297 $15,086


A Scanner Darkly

General Comparisons

The Chumscrubber
28 $0.029 $1,019

Donnie Darko
58 $0.110 $1,905

Tape
7 $0.028 $4,061

Eros
12 $0.054 $4,472

The Singing Detective
5 $0.028 $5,665

Last Days
12 $0.087 $7,213

Reservoir Dogs
19 $0.148 $7,781

Suburbia
1 $0.009 $8,535

The Salton Sea
15 $0.166 $11,087

Howl's Moving Castle
36 $0.428 $11,888

Cowboy Bebop
19 $0.234 $12,338

Before Sunset
20 $0.311 $12,448

Timecode
7 $0.093 $13,307

The Usual Suspects
42 $0.645 $15,366

The Man Who Wasn't There
39 $0.664 $17,036

Spirited Away
26 $0.450 $17,302

Lost Highway
10 $0.201 $20,070

Memento
11 $0.235 $21,408

The Machinist
3 $0.065 $21,553

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
8 $0.181 $22,582

House of Flying Daggers
15 $0.397 $26,467

Better Luck Tomorrow
13 $0.361 $27,752

Snatch
1 $0.028 $27,932

Larry Flynt
16 $0.524 $32,706


Star Wars
43 $1.554 $36,151

A History of Violence
14 $0.516 $36,856

Good Night & Good Luck
11 $0.421 $38,313

Kung Fu Hustle
7 $0.269 $38,461

Apocalypse Now
3 $0.119 $39,519

Lost in Translation
23 $0.925 $40,221

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
16 $0.663 $41,450

Brick
2 $0.084 $41,787

One Hour Photo
7 $0.322 $45,931

Mystic River
13 $0.641 $49,293

I Heart Huckabees
4 $0.292 $73,045

Corpse Bride
5 $0.388 $77,633


Laemmle 4: on 1 screen (470 seats)

The Singing Detective
5 $0.028 $5,665

Before Sunset
20 $0.311 $12,448

Memento
11 $0.235 $21,408

House of Flying Daggers
15 $0.397 $26,467

Shopgirl
8 $0.230 $28,710

Broken Flowers
27 $0.780 $28,904

Requiem for a Dream
2 $0.065 $32,385

Kung Fu Hustle
7 $0.269 $38,461

Apocalypse Now
3 $0.119 $39,519

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
16 $0.663 $41,450
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