WITNESSES CRASHES AND BURNS!

[Tom]

Monday’s numbers:

Gross: $28,178
Theaters: 90
Average: $313
Total gross: $359,345

[Tom]

Tuesday’s numbers:

Gross: $27,159
Theaters: 90
Average: $301
Total Gross: $386,504

[drumdude]

Tuesday’s numbers:

Gross: $27,159
Theaters: 90
Average: $301
Total Gross: $386,504

The Spirit of God like a fire is burning!

The latter-day glory begins to come forth;

The visions and blessings of old are returning,

And angels are coming to visit the earth!

[IHAQ]

If I can take the opportunity to give Peterson some praise here - he seems to be doing far more to market this film than the distributer.

[Tom]

The Numbers website report for Wednesday, June 16:

Gross: $16,273
Theaters: 90
Per Theater: $181
Total Gross: $402,777

$16,273 is the third-lowest daily gross for the film since its opening. (Sunday, June 6 and Sunday, June 13 had lower daily grosses.) Will it rebound on Friday and Saturday?

[Tom]

Thursday, June 17

Gross: $16,228
Theaters: 90
Per Theater: $180
Total Gross: $419,005

$16,228 is the third-lowest daily gross for the film since its opening. (Sunday, June 6 and Sunday, June 13 had lower daily grosses.)

Predictions for the weekend:

Friday: $27,000
Saturday: $30,000
Sunday: $2,900

[Jason Bourne]

I do not recall Whitmer ever being taken by a mob and threatened if he did not recant.

The scene was probably inspired by the following sources:

“[W]hen the mob again assembled, they went to the houses of several of the leading Mormons; and, taking Isaac Morley, David Whitmer, and others, they told them to bid their families farewell, for they would never see them again. Then driving them at the point of the bayonet to the public square, they stripped and tarred and feathered them, amidst menaces and insults. The commanding officer then called twelve of his men, and ordering them to cock their guns and present them at the prisoner's breasts, and to be ready to fire when he gave the word,--he addressed the prisoners, threatening them with instant death, unless they denied the Book of Mormon and confessed it to be a fraud; at the same time adding, that if they did so, they might enjoy the privileges of citizens. David Whitmer, hereupon, lifted up his hands and bore witness that the Book of Mormon was the Word of God. The mob then let them go.”

John P. Greene, Facts Relative to the Expulsion of the Mormons or Latter-day Saints, from the State of Missouri, Under the "Exterminating Order" (1839), 17, https://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/digital/c ... 2538/rec/3.

“I have been surrounded by hostile mobs, on one occasion numbering four or five hundred, demanding I should deny what is published over my name in the Book of Mormon; but the testimony I gave to that mob made them fear and tremble, and I escaped from them. One gentleman, a doctor, an unbeliever, told me afterwards that the bold and fearless testimony borne on that occasion and the fear that seemed to take hold of the mob had made him a believer in the Book of Mormon.”

See Letter from James H. Hart, Deseret Evening News, Sept. 4, 1883, p. 2, https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/file?id=23176783 (third column from left).

Ah yes thank you for the references. I think the longer I am away from the church the more I forget.

[Tom]

Thursday, June 17

Gross: $16,228
Theaters: 90
Per Theater: $180
Total Gross: $419,005

$16,228 is the third-lowest daily gross for the film since its opening. (Sunday, June 6 and Sunday, June 13 had lower daily grosses.)

Predictions for the weekend:

Friday: $27,000
Saturday: $30,000
Sunday: $2,900

I didn't do too bad with a prediction of $59,900. Actual results for the weekend, according to The Numbers website:

Friday: $25,081 ($374 per theater)
Saturday: $31,136 ($465 per theater)
Sunday: $2,208 ($33 per theater)

Total weekend gross: $58,425
Total gross: $477,430

One note here: the number of theaters dropped on Friday from 90 to 67.

Prediction for Monday: $19,000

[dastardly stem]

Thursday, June 17

Gross: $16,228
Theaters: 90
Per Theater: $180
Total Gross: $419,005

$16,228 is the third-lowest daily gross for the film since its opening. (Sunday, June 6 and Sunday, June 13 had lower daily grosses.)

Predictions for the weekend:

Friday: $27,000
Saturday: $30,000
Sunday: $2,900

I didn't do too bad with a prediction of $59,900. Actual results for the weekend, according to The Numbers website:

Friday: $25,081 ($374 per theater)
Saturday: $31,136 ($465 per theater)
Sunday: $2,208 ($33 per theater)

Total weekend gross: $58,425
Total gross: $477,430

One note here: the number of theaters dropped on Friday from 90 to 67.

Prediction for Monday: $19,000

Wow...that's some crazy good predicting.

Interesting that the per theater amount stayed similar to last weekends per theater amount. If those 23 theaters weren't dropped they might have pulled in quite a bit more. Might even be over a half of million. Looks like they'll reach that soon. I'm starting to feel, though, that 1 million is not very likely. Guess we'll see.

[Dr Exiled]

I could see it reaching $1 Million, after a long grind. I bet there might be some downloads from the interpreter site and deseret book that may keep it chugging along. DCP said he had a deal with the BYU religion department. However, I seem to recall that the church loves donations and doesn't like paying for things or paying full price.