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WHAT THE BLEEP DO WE KNOW?! <webmaster

 

 

 

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What the Bleep do we know!?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We at What the BLEEP join you in celebrating a high holiday:

 

The Autumn Equinox

 

 

....when the forces of light and the forces of dark are in perfect

balance.

 

 

 

(Also known as: Alban Elfed, Autumnal Equinox,

Cornucopia, Feast of Avilon, Festival of Dionysus, Harvest Home,

Harvest Tide, Mabon, Night of the Hunter, Second Harvest Festival, Wine

Harvest, Witch's Thanksgiving, and the first day of autumn.)

 

 

And we’re feeling a bit celebratory here at BLEEP Central – our

big National roll-out is doing well, holding over in all the theaters

we opened in.

 

 

 

 

 

News Flash

 

 

We’re up to $500,000/week at the Box Office, and $4M

total. That means about ¾ of a million tickets have been bought.

 

Products are available: Click

Here

 

Word of mouth continues to build and fill the

theaters. The entertainment industry is starting to realize (a little

slow…) that we exist.

 

We’re adding theaters all the time. Including Canada!

Also, opening dates in theaters sometimes move due to Chaotic factors

in the phenomenological Universe so always check our Showtimes page.

 

International Distributors are calling. The Equinox

is for the entire planet, and soon we will be too.

 

 

 

Speaking of News

 

There’s an old adage in PR/Media relations; “Don’t get into a battle of

words with someone who buys ink in 55 gallon drums.”

 

 

We tried with the SF Chronicle. William Arntz wrote a letter about the

review, and 500+ people also wrote letters about it. 500 letters on 1

subject is huge. And they printed nothing. In fact the Atlanta

Journal-Constitution reprinted the Review! Nevertheless we urge people

to write to the media when a review that you don’t agree with is

published. It's not that we filmmakers need to feel vindicated – it's

for all those people that will not see the film because of a review.

 

 

And yet we get these Reviews that are wonderful, this one from “the

Flick Chicks”. Pass this on to your friends…

Click

Here

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Speaking of the Media: it's time for action!

 

Months ago we had resistence getting into theaters. Then everyone

started making phone calls to theaters. Those calls made a huge

difference, and now we can book just about any theater we want. Now

it's time to turn to the media. Newspapers, Magazines, TV, Radio. Why?

Because the Media has not yet realized the Phenomena that is going on

with respect to this movie. (Although really the Phenomena is what is

going on with You, the audience.)

 

 

For instance, a lot of our viewers listen to the George Noory Show.

George and his Producers saw the film and liked it but decided not to

do a story. Who knows what a few hundred calls & emails would do...

Click

here to email them.

 

 

There are many cities where we have played for 3+ months, yet those

cities have not picked up the story. Why? They just aren’t aware of it.

So please call and write the media outlets. It's harvest time – time to

let them in on the... the…

 

 

The Phenomena

 

 

Indeed it is harvest time, and we are very pleased by the response from

everyone. Below is a snapshot/review of where we’ve been. If calls to

your friendly media hit a blank wall, read them this. Enjoy:

 

 

 

The Anomalies

 

 

The following are some bullet points about the film What the BLEEP

Do We Know!?. Taken one by one they are somewhat interesting, but

taken in aggregate they represent a phenomena unknown in the movie

industry.

 

 

Film was self-financed ($5M) from proceeds from

software products that William Arntz created.

 

Subject matter: Science – Quantum Physics, Neurology,

Molecular Biology, and Spirituality, and how these effect You.

 

Cinematic form: Hybrid of theatrical drama &

comedy, documentary, and special effects/animation.

 

Told by the industry from the studios to the

distributors to the bookers to the theater owners that there is

absolutely NO market for this film.

 

Ignoring the experts we self-distributed. Using the

software notion of “proof of concept” we went one theater at a time,

building up our numbers.

 

In our 2nd theater (Portland, OR) we played for 17

weeks, with over 60,000 viewers.

 

The theater owner had to move the 2nd show back 15

minutes because people would not leave the theater, instead turning to

the person next to them and discussing what they had just experienced.

(Other theaters report this also.)

 

Booked into major theater chains (Loews, UA/Regal) in

premium locations.

 

Recorded extended “hangtime” in every major market we

entered (and still playing in all of these): Tempe, AZ: 21 weeks,

Seattle: 18 weeks, LA (Bev Ctr) 13 weeks, San Francisco: 8 weeks,

Tucson: 17 weeks.

 

In Santa Monica on the Promenade, at the Loews

Broadway 4, we opened in the #3 place. We kept moving up and after 5

weeks we moved into #1, where we’ve stayed for 4 weeks. Our largest

weekend gross was in the 8th week.

 

In Denver, playing at the major UA/IMAX theater, in

our 3rd week, we grossed more than the other 8 films combined (all

first run studio fare).

 

We will gross $½ M this week playing on 65 screens.

Ranked #25, 2nd highest per screen average of the top 30, beaten only

by the #1 film.

 

Currently over $4M box office, with minor national

media coverage (tiny Time Magazine mention) and very mixed reviews. All

this to a market segment that the media still does not acknowledge

exists.

 

Received official endorsements for Unity Churches,

and Church of Religious Science. Have heard repeated comments from

members of Landmark Forum, Cabbalists studies, Bahai Faith, Buddhists,

Sikhs, Theosophists and many healing modalities that the film expresses

exactly what they teach and utilize in their practices.

 

Received 4 emails from viewers about suicides that

did not happen because they watched the film. (And thousands of other

transformative stories.)

 

What the BLEEP is Going On?

 

 

 

 

A Toast!

 

 

 

 

May the Bounties never end.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you have any further questions, (FAQ) please

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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