{"id":6333,"date":"2012-08-25T22:39:28","date_gmt":"2012-08-25T22:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/butcherbaker.net\/wordpress\/?p=6333"},"modified":"2021-03-08T11:55:55","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T19:55:55","slug":"frozen-ground-the-trailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lelandhale.com\/butcherbaker\/wordpress\/2012\/08\/25\/frozen-ground-the-trailer\/","title":{"rendered":"Frozen Ground: The Trailer"},"content":{"rendered":"

The trailer is out for Frozen Ground<\/a>, the film inspired by [1] Butcher, Baker.<\/a> Here’s a screen capture of Vanessa Hudgens as stripper and prostitute, Cindy Paulson. Not much left to the imagination, I’d say. So much for her Disney image.<\/p>\n

\"Vanessa<\/p>\n

Well, let’s correct a few things. The trailer was<\/em> available for a little while (week of August 19th). More than a few sites purport to have it; the trailer quickly went viral. But if you’re in the U.S., you’ll get a not-so-cryptic ERROR MESSAGE. Seems there are some problems about the rights. Both copyright and<\/em> country rights.<\/p>\n

Message on U.S. Trailer Sites
\n<\/strong>\"Frozen<\/a>
\nInterestingly enough, one gets a different<\/em> error message when trying to view the trailer on the French site, Cinema Teaser<\/a>. UPDATE: Cinema Teaser now reports that its trailer was also pulled for copyright issues. We’ll keep you posted.<\/p>\n

Message on EU Trailer Site<\/strong>
\n\"Frozen<\/a><\/p>\n

ANSWER ME THIS
\n<\/strong>Here’s the question: if you’re going blockbuster<\/a>, why play games with the trailer? Why NOT make it broadly available? I’m educated-guessing here, but I tend to agree with Brad Brevet<\/a> on Rope of Silicon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Lionsgate is distributing the pic with IMDb reporting a November 30 release date, but this feels like one of those limited release\/VOD titles if you ask me with a DVD\/Blu-ray release about a month later.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In fact, I’ll go one step further and posit that the limited release will initially focus on Europe. Hence, the Cinema Teaser<\/a> video from France, among the first sites to feature the trailer.<\/p>\n

The fact that there is a European trailer at all<\/em> tells you where the money is; U.S. domestic sales are falling, international sales are not. There’s also this telling tidbit from The Numbers<\/a> on box office statistics. The key columns to watch are 1) Weekly Gross, 2) Theaters<\/strong> and 3) Per Theater. Limited Release = Limited Butts in Seats = Limited per Theater Revenue.<\/em><\/p>\n

Butts in seats still count. And realistically, Frozen Ground already made its money. Film subsidies<\/a>. State of Alaska.<\/p>\n

\"Global<\/p>\n