Posted on 07/26/2011 11:14:14 AM PDT by GreenvillePatriot
The Undefeated," the documentary about Sarah Palin, appears to have suffered box office defeat.
The film opened in 10 locations last week and upped its exposure to 14 cities this weekend. But Reuters today reports that even as the number of screening venues increased, box office revenue has declined by more than 63 percent. It grossed only $24,000 this past weekend.
Victory Film Group and distributor ARC Entertainment announced Sunday that the doc about the former Alaska governor will be available via video on demand and pay-per-view starting Sept. 1. "ARC will continue to expand the limited engagement theatrical release nationwide throughout August and September as demand across the country remains high," the companies announced in a press release.
But reports such as the one in Reuters suggest lagging sales and attendance prompted the hasty pay-per-view push.
The film was largely panned by critics, despite invoking cheers from Palin supporters. Reports prior to this weekend indicated a per-screen average of $7,500, a figure Atlantic Wire editor Gabriel Snyder (former box office reporter for Variety) said last week was "not a number that anyone should brag about."
The companies backing the movie said in their release Sunday that per-screen averages were "above $11,000 in top markets."
Supporters hoped the film (which was made without Palin's participation) coupled with Palin's bus tour (which is currently stalled) would boost Palin's popularity ahead of her official 2012 decision. The potential candidate has stated she will announce her 2012 plans this August or September.
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Movietickets.com has NO SHOWTIMES posted online after Thursday, July 28 -- except for the new four theaters just added. :(It appears that those of us who live near the original theaters have been TESTED, and found wanting.
Not sure exactly what this means for Governor Palin's campaign, but we need to prepare for the "blowback" from this -- which may be substantial.
“I’m disappointed” ping — to my post #21
How do you know they had not already planned to stop the showings there?
Why are you trumpeting this? Why are you so eager to share this with Evening Star (bless his heart)?
Again you are relying on Reuters/yahoo whatever.
Sounds to me like you are unintentionally helping the anti Palins here.
Why would you want to spread a story like this, someone that was thinking of going may say...what`s the point, and it seems to me you have nothing to base your claim...
you say it now APPEARS they have pulled the plug, maybe it was only going to be an initial showing, like they did in other locations IOWA comes to mind
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