Post screen counts and crowd reports for Labor Day weekend!

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Screen counts for new releases in Annapolis, MD (Crown sister theatres -- Annapolis Mall 11 and Harbour 9):

~2~

TRANSPORTER 2 (10 Showings)

~1~

THE CONSTANT GARDENER (4 Showings)
UNDERCLASSMAN (4 Showings)
A SOUND OF THUNDER (4 Showings)
JUNEBUG (4 Showings)

New
The Transporter 2 - 2 screens (10 showings)
A Sound of Thunder (5 showings)
Underclassman (5 showings)
The Constant Gardener (5 showings)

Holdovers
The Brothers Grimm (5 showings)
The Brothers Grimm (3 showings)/ The Great Raid (2 showings)
The Cave (5 showings)
The 40-Year-Old Virgin (5 showings)
Red Eye (5 showings)
Valiant (6 showings)
Four Brothers (5 showings)
Broken Flowers (5 showings)
Must Love Dogs (5 showings)
Sky High (4 showings)/Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (1 showing)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (3 showings)/The Skeleton Key (2 showings)
Wedding Crashers (5 showings)
March of the Penguins (6 showings)

Oh, there's also a sneak preview of AN UNFINISHED LIFE on Saturday night, replacing a showing of THE BROTHERS GRIMM...

AN UNFINISHED LIFE looks fantastic.

Constant Gardener is on 1 screen at my theater on Wednesday. Other figures are not available at press time.

New
The Constant Gardener - 1 screen (4 showings)
A Sound of Thunder - 1 screen (5 showings)
The Transporter 2 - 2 screens (11 showings)
Underclassman - 1 screen (5 showings)

Holdovers
The 40-Year-Old Virgin - 2 screens (9 showings)
Broken Flowers - 1 screen (5 showings)
The Brothers Grimm - 2 screens (8 showings)
The Cave - 1 screen (4 showings)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory/Deuce Bigalow - 1 screen (3 showings each)
Four Brothers - 2 screens (8 showings)
The Great Raid - 1 screen (4 showings)
March of the Penguins - 1 screen (5 showings)
Must Love Dogs/Hustle & Flow - 1 screen (3 showings for Dogs, 2 for Hustle)
Red Eye - 2 screens (8 showings)
The Skeleton Key - 1 screen (5 showings)
Sky High - 1 screen (5 showings)
Valiant - 1 screen (4 showings)
Wedding Crashers - 1 screen (4 showings)

We're also getting a sneak preview of An Unfinished Life on Saturday.

At the Lloyd Center, Transporter 2 gets both of the giant screens, while The Constant Gardener and A Sound of Thunder both get good sized ones and Underclassmen is put in one of the smaller ones in the mall. The Brothers Grimm is the only holdover staying on two screens.

Looks like Jennifer Lopez will have a great movie under her belt. I want to see An Unfinished Life. Will this be an oscar contender?

Two bad reviews, so far, including one from Variety.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/unfinished_life/

Sometimes, a great cast just can't overcome. It remains to be seen if this will be any good, so only time will tell. I saw it advertise last night, and it doesn't look bad, but it also didn't stand out as a must see. I'll see it if WOM is great.

It seems reminiscent of The Shipping News, another Lasse Hallstrom film with a great cast (Kevin Spacey, Julianne Moore, Cate Blanchett, Judi Dench) that was dumped into theaters with little fanfare.

Studio Grand Rapids

It gets Unfinshed Life on Sat

New
Constant Gardner 1 screen 5 shows
Sound of thunder 1 screen 5 shows
Transporter 2 2 screens 13 shows
Underclassman 1 screen 6 shows

Brothers Grimm 2 screens 10 shows
The Cave 1 screen 6 shows
Charlies 1 screen 6 shows
Duece bigilo 1 late SHOW on Valiant screen
Dukes 1 screen 6 shows
Fantastic Four 1 screen 4 shows
Four Brothers 1 screen 6 shows
Great Raid 1 screen 3 shows
March of Penguins 1 screen 6 shows
Must love Dogs 2 shows one from Fan 4 and one from Sky high
Red Eye 1 screen and 1 extra show on Great raid screen 7 total shows
Skeleton key 1 screen 6 shows
Sky High 1 screen 5 shows
Valiant 1 screen 5 shows
Wedding Crashers 1 screen 5 shows

Transporter 2 is securing two screens in almost every theater. It's going to do very well this weekend, I think.

Yes, I have to admit, even though I am always looking up what's coming up, even a year in advance, this totally came in under my radar, and had I not seen it advertise last night, I wouldn't have looked it up. I would think if it was something the studio could get behind, it would be out there a bit more. I'm starting to wonder why Derailed doesn't have but a few pictures on the net and no trailer released yet, too. I hope that one is good, because it's really piqued my interest lately, and I can't find anything about it.

Read the book. It's good.

How long of a book is it?

I think it's about 300 pages, but it's a lightening-paced thriller, so it shouldn't take you that long.

Ok, I'll read it this weekend then. I just hope the movie is a good adaption.

Here's a cover of the book with the poster on it.

I guess this will be the movie's official poster:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v447/ ... wcover.jpg

heh...I read at the IMDB boards that the only way to see a poster was to see the book cover.

I also must say, that I LOVE Jen as a brunnette.

Guys! Does anyone know the theatre count for Constant Gardener this Wednesday? How about this weekend? I want to know before I make a prediction.

Not sure of the actual count, but it's at an estimated 1,300.

By the way, I'm sorry for "derailing" this thread.

Transporter 2 just made an appearance on moviefone. Good early sign.

At my theater.

Transporter 2 gets 3 screens!!! (A first for Labor Day weekend).
Underclassman gets 2 screens (a big mistake if you ask me).
Sound of Thunder and Constant Gardener get one each.

(Sorry, no reissues here).

im actually amazed to see so many theatres getting Sound of Thunder as no one has even heard of the movie...we too are in fact getting it which is a big surprise..

2 transporters
1 thunder
1 underclass
1 constant on weds

I guess its just cause there has been nothing but crap released recently and there are tons of movies that theatres can get rid of ... ex : we already lost undiscovered, supercross, 1 Grimm etc etc