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I don't think Catching Fire is going to hurt DOS

Eldy
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Nov 30 2013, 9:32pm

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I don't think Catching Fire is going to hurt DOS [In reply to]	Can't Post

Movies can certainly benefit from being the first good and/or big-name property to come along in a while, but even though CF and DOS are opening three weeks apart, it's not like this holiday season is packed full of blockbusters. The only other big blockbuster movie to come out since the end of Summer was Thor 2, which isn't on the same level as CF or DOS. I don't think DOS will do as well as CF, but I don't think that's down to scheduling.

As for Frozen, that has much less of a demographic overlap with The Hobbit's audience than Catching Fire does. If they were opening the same weekend it might have an impact if only because of competition for 3D screens, but I don't think it will exert any undue influence on DOS either.

There's a feeling I get, when I look to the West...

Subject	User	Time
North America: Could the success of Catching Fire & Frozen hurt DOS?	Estel78	Nov 30 2013, 7:08am
Will see them all	Wordofmask	Nov 30 2013, 7:28am
Press embargo?	Avandel	Nov 30 2013, 2:01pm
Or does Catching Fire show an appetite for sequels?	Eledhwen	Nov 30 2013, 7:53am
Not a chance	Annatar598	Nov 30 2013, 8:05am
When it comes to holding candles...	Eldy	Nov 30 2013, 9:29pm
Hits like this often help forthcoming films	Rohirrim Rider	Nov 30 2013, 10:06am
Yes	Estel78	Nov 30 2013, 11:26am
We haven't had an empty market though	Rohirrim Rider	Nov 30 2013, 2:27pm
I can't see why it would	dormouse	Nov 30 2013, 10:06am
I guess Catching Fire...	Arannir	Nov 30 2013, 11:57am
That's for sure (in North America)	Estel78	Nov 30 2013, 12:18pm
Yes, but that is what I mean.	Arannir	Nov 30 2013, 12:24pm
Pro and Con for DoS Box Office	Arannir	Nov 30 2013, 12:39pm
Doubt it, thanks to the gap. They have a whole another two weeks, just about	AinurOlorin	Nov 30 2013, 9:13pm
I don't think Catching Fire is going to hurt DOS	Eldy	Nov 30 2013, 9:32pm
It would be more than 3d screens. I think Radagast , the Unexpected Party, the Trolls	AinurOlorin	Nov 30 2013, 10:09pm
That's certainly possible...	Eldy	Nov 30 2013, 11:10pm
Americans only get "moral" about nudity, stupid as the notion is, naked bodies being	AinurOlorin	Nov 30 2013, 11:14pm

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