Flix70: Your E.T. comment of June 12th has some errors: (1) The domestic gross at the conclusion of its 52-week first-run was $359 million (the $435 million figure you cited includes re-issues). (2) Its domestic all-time gross record held for 14 years (not 11) until eclipsed by the STAR WARS: SPECIAL EDITION re-issue. (JURASSIC PARK eclipsed the E.T. gross worldwide but not domestically.) (3) The Town Center’s run was 49 weeks in total with the latter half of its run in 35mm in a smaller house.
I share your celebratory sentiment and have fond memories of seeing E.T. numerous times in 1982. (I did not see it at Town Center though I’ve seen many other films there.)
Passing along the link to my 3-page 60th anniversary retrospective on WEST SIDE STORY, which includes a historian interview and reference listing of its roadshow engagements. The year-long Midtown run gets a mention.
Passing along the link to my 3-page 60th anniversary retrospective on WEST SIDE STORY, which includes a historian interview and reference listing of its roadshow engagements. The Chinese gets several mentions.
Passing along the link to my 3-page 60th anniversary retrospective on WEST SIDE STORY, which includes a historian interview and reference listing of its roadshow engagements. The Rivoli, of course, gets a mention.
1) MW = “Man in the Wilderness” and it was only on opening day per the Philly policy back then of overlapping the outgoing movie’s final day with the incoming movie’s opening day. (There is a legend for the co-hit abbreviations at the beginning of the article’s theater listing on Page 2.)
2) No, it’s 6838 Hollywood Blvd. Currently known as El Capitan.
Here’s my 50th anniversary retrospective on DIRTY HARRY, which includes a historian interview and state by state listing of hundreds of its first run theatrical bookings (including this one).
Does anyone have a more precise ownership timeline than what is given in the overview (and elsewhere online)? In particular, when did Esquire last own it, and in what year did it get renovated into its 10-screen configuration?
The “Star Wars” run at MacDade Drive-In didn’t commence until July 27th, 1977 and played for about six months, so RidleyRick certainly didn’t see it there during June and quite possibly not in July either.
A chronology of Raleigh’s 70mm presentation history has recently been published. The Ambassador is mentioned numerous times.
A chronology of 70mm presentation history in Des Moines has recently been published. The Plaza / Merle Hay Mall is mentioned numerous times.
A chronology of 70mm presentation history in Des Moines has recently been published. Ingersoll is mentioned numerous times.
A chronology of 70mm presentation history in Des Moines has recently been published. The Capri is mentioned numerous times.
A chronology of 70mm presentation history in Des Moines has recently been published. River Hills is mentioned numerous times.
A chronology of the Buffalo area’s 70mm presentation history has recently been published. The Granada is mentioned numerous times.
A chronology of the Buffalo area’s 70mm presentation history has recently been published. The Century is mentioned numerous times.
A chronology of Buffalo’s 70mm presentation history has recently been published. The Teck is mentioned numerous times.
A chronology of the Buffalo area’s 70mm presentation history has recently been published. The Holiday complex is mentioned numerous times.
A chronology of Denver’s 70mm presentation history has recently been published. The Century 21 is mentioned numerous times.
A chronology of Denver’s 70mm presentation history has recently been published. The Continental is mentioned numerous times.
A chronology of Denver’s 70mm presentation history has recently been published. The Cooper, of course, is mentioned numerous times.
Flix70: Your E.T. comment of June 12th has some errors: (1) The domestic gross at the conclusion of its 52-week first-run was $359 million (the $435 million figure you cited includes re-issues). (2) Its domestic all-time gross record held for 14 years (not 11) until eclipsed by the STAR WARS: SPECIAL EDITION re-issue. (JURASSIC PARK eclipsed the E.T. gross worldwide but not domestically.) (3) The Town Center’s run was 49 weeks in total with the latter half of its run in 35mm in a smaller house.
I share your celebratory sentiment and have fond memories of seeing E.T. numerous times in 1982. (I did not see it at Town Center though I’ve seen many other films there.)
Sharing the link to a newly-published chronology of the Tidewater region’s 70mm presentations. The Plaza is mentioned quite a few times in the piece.
Sharing the link to a recently-published chronology of the Tidewater region’s 70mm presentation history. The Riverview Playhouse is mentioned quite a few times in the piece.
Sharing the link to a recently-published chronology of the Tidewater region’s 70mm presentation history. The Memrose is mentioned quite a few times in the piece.
Sharing the link to a recently-published chronology of the Tidewater region’s 70mm presentation history. The Naro Expanded Cinema is mentioned quite a few times in the piece.
Passing along the link to my 3-page 60th anniversary retrospective on WEST SIDE STORY, which includes a historian interview and reference listing of its roadshow engagements. The year-long Midtown run gets a mention.
Passing along the link to my 3-page 60th anniversary retrospective on WEST SIDE STORY, which includes a historian interview and reference listing of its roadshow engagements. The Chinese gets several mentions.
Passing along the link to my new-and-improved 3-page 60th anniversary retrospective on WEST SIDE STORY, which includes a historian interview and reference listing of its roadshow engagements. Numerous cinemas, of course, get mentioned.
Passing along the link to my 3-page 60th anniversary retrospective on WEST SIDE STORY, which includes a historian interview and reference listing of its roadshow engagements. The Rivoli, of course, gets a mention.
Howard:
1) MW = “Man in the Wilderness” and it was only on opening day per the Philly policy back then of overlapping the outgoing movie’s final day with the incoming movie’s opening day. (There is a legend for the co-hit abbreviations at the beginning of the article’s theater listing on Page 2.)
2) No, it’s 6838 Hollywood Blvd. Currently known as El Capitan.
Here’s my 50th anniversary retrospective on DIRTY HARRY, which includes a historian interview and state by state listing of hundreds of its first run theatrical bookings (including this one).
Does anyone have a more precise ownership timeline than what is given in the overview (and elsewhere online)? In particular, when did Esquire last own it, and in what year did it get renovated into its 10-screen configuration?
The “Star Wars” run at MacDade Drive-In didn’t commence until July 27th, 1977 and played for about six months, so RidleyRick certainly didn’t see it there during June and quite possibly not in July either.