CouldSnowpiercerBe A Hit Movie In the U.S. After All?

Never wager against a monolithic methamphetamine - crack in high spirits - fastness train . For months , everybody ’s been talking about how the Weinstein Company dumped the chef-d’oeuvre Snowpiercer in limited release after director Bong Joon - ho would n’t agree to cuts and a voiceover . But now … the movie ’s actually on its agency to being a sleeper hit .

accord toBusinessWeek , Snowpiercer made an telling $ 21,398 per screen in its first , ultra - limited weekend . And when the film expanded to 250 screens over the July 4 weekend , it made $ 1 million , over $ 4,000 per screen , even up against a newfangled Transformers movie .

This come in weekend , Snowpiercer expands to 354 silver screen — so check your local listings ! — but it ’s also becoming available on telecasting on requirement ( VOD ) . These days , it ’s pretty common for indie movies to release on VOD at the same time as theaters , or even before they hit theater , but apparently it ’s strange for a film to hit 354 theatrical screens and VOD at the same prison term .

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SaysBusinessWeek :

It ’s rare for a film play in several hundred theaters and still expand to become available to home witness so quickly . [ Tom ] Quinn [ with Radius - TWC ] read he would wish to have the movie in around 600 screens by its fifth week of release . While the established wisdom is that on - demand will consume into theatrical profit , he hopes that with a bombinate - about , large - screen experience such as Snowpiercer , VOD will wreak in tandem bicycle with the multiplex expanding upon .

I guess this is a revolutionary strategy , that could recoil awfully . But Snowpiercer seems to have pretty amazing momentum thus far , and perchance quality will pull ahead out . Plus even if you’re able to catch this film in your home , you may still need to see this one on the big CRT screen — the visuals are that good .

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