Comments on: 300 makes $27.7 Million on Friday

by: Ed Brubaker

Mon, 12 Mar 2007 05:29:55 +0000

You should come work at the Barnes and Noble in Seattle. They had neither on display, and I really wanted to buy 300. I never bought it in trade or HB.

by: Torsten Adair

Mon, 12 Mar 2007 05:04:26 +0000

Ahem…. THIS employee of the Barnes & Noble at Lincoln Center has displayed both 300 books (the GN and the Movie art book) at the Customer Service desk on the First Floor, since at least December. (I also godfather the GN section, working hard to make it as good as it can be.)

And it doesn’t take a major movie for us to promote a good book. Well, the National Book Award nomination helps, as do reviews in the New York Times Book Review. Or an enthusiastic recommendation from a bookseller. (That’s how I convinced a presidential candidate to read Watchmen.)

And thank you, Mr. Brubaker, for making comics interesting.

by: The Beat

Sun, 11 Mar 2007 22:03:38 +0000

Ed, you be quiet….haven’t you done enough damage for one week?

by: Ed Brubaker

Sun, 11 Mar 2007 18:02:52 +0000

At least they didn’t have to keep the release of a major motion picture a secret from bookstores.

by: jimmy palmiotti

Sun, 11 Mar 2007 04:53:31 +0000

two books you cant find this weekend, 300 and captain america. I blame ed. lol….congrats to all this week!

by: Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

Sun, 11 Mar 2007 04:31:25 +0000

the guy-friendly movie is also likely to be more frontloaded to Friday, I don't know about that. I caught a 4:50pm showing at a suburban IMAX here in NY and it was sold out with a 50/50 male/female audience. My guess is it will do between $70-80m this weekend, on its way to a Gladiator-like take of $175m+. Brubaker's point about a lack of copies at B&N is disappointing, but not terribly surprising since, I believe, Diamond is its exclusive distributor. (More thoughts here.)

by: Candide

Sat, 10 Mar 2007 21:33:40 +0000

There were ticket scalpers at a theater in Baton Rouge last night! We went all the way to Covington to see it. It wasn’t a movie it was an EVENT! Prepare for GLORY!

by: Todd Alcott

Sat, 10 Mar 2007 21:27:37 +0000

It was sold out at the show I saw at the AMC in Santa Monica, young couples and large groups of friends. They hooted and applauded as the movie started (impeccable digital projection and ear-splitting digital sound) and applauded at the end as well. No costumes were sighted.

by: Christopher Moonlight

Sat, 10 Mar 2007 20:38:42 +0000

Sounds like alot of fun.

by: Ed Brubaker

Sat, 10 Mar 2007 20:23:37 +0000

The 5 PM show I went to in Seattle was nearly sold out, which is really rare.

It was a fun movie, Heidi, you were right. The messed up part was the Barnes and Noble near the theatre not having a single copy of the book, and tons of people were looking for it.