Re: Cinema Ratings

The Doctor wrote on 5/7/24 12:44 am:

In article <v66af2$2ppov$1@dont-email.me>, The Last Doctor
<mike@xenocyte.com> wrote:

 https://www.blogtorwho.com/doctor-who-uk-cinema-box-office-data/?amp=1
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Seems like somewhere between 25,000 and 45,000 people (depending on what

the ticket price was) thought it was a good idea to turn up to the
cinema late on a Friday night to rewatch “The Legend of Ruby
Sunday” on the big screen and follow it with the premiere of
“Empire of Death” at midnight (simultaneously with its
worldwide streaming drop).
 And before Aggie tries to turn that into “10 paying customers and
40,000 freebie giveaways that no one bothered to use” , that
estimate is based on cash takings. The double bill was the fourth
biggest cinema draw of the weekend it ran in the U.K. - even though
it was just a single showing in a limited number of cinemas in the
dead of night.
 Speaking as a lifelong fan, no way I would have done that unless
the tickets WERE free. And maybe not then, I’d probably fall
asleep trying to watch something in darkness at midnight, at my
age.
 So there’s a lot of love for the latest incarnation of the Doctor
out there somewhere - cos again, can that really be more than a
couple % of the audience willing to go out and pay good money for
something they could watch for free at home - at the same time?
 -- “Most of the Universe is knackered, babes.”  - The Doctor

 I am a lifelong Doctor Who fan and Not a Timeless Child fan.
 

NO!! YOU'RE JOKING, aren't YOU, Gobble-DE-gook!!
--
Daniel