DreamGirls

[Sistermadly]

Not doing well? I just saw it in Vancouver - a city that only has a 0.9% Black population - and it was SOLD OUT. Now, if it can sell out here in one of the palest cities in North America, surely it can do better in the US?

Re: the rolling release dates - typically the industry releases certain movies in limited release just so they can qualify for Oscar consideration. Dreamgirls was released in NY and LA December 15, in larger cities on Christmas day, and will see wider release in Jan. It really isn't that unusual to see this happen.

[btb87]

Originally Posted by AKA2D '91

If one movie was released widely; while another one was released with limited screens, can you really compare them?

I was thinking the same thing a little while ago as I was watching CNN's Year as You Saw it a little while ago. The little ticker tape running at the bottom of the screen had Ben Stiller's movie, Night at the Museum at #1, The Pursuit of Happyness at #2, and Dreamgirls at #3. I believe that if it had been released everywhere, it would have easily been #1.