Posted by Jennifer S. at spider-mtc-tj071.proxy.aol.com on May 24, 2001 at 05:21:25:
In Reply to: A Historic Day (or night) in View Askew History posted by Kevin on May 24, 2001 at 05:08:09:
: Tonight, we had our test screening in San Diego.
: To say it went incredibly well would be a vast understatement. I'll let
: the scores speak for themselves.
: I'm sure most of you are familiar with the testing process. Cards are
: given out at the end of the screening, and data is compiled from a series
: of boxes (Excellent, Very Good, Good, Fair, Poor) in regards to a variety
: of topics (Characters, Pace, Music, Overall, etc). But when all's said
and
: done, there are only two categories that mean anything.
: One is the "Top Two Boxes" - the combined score of which is the quoted
: figure that's constantly refered back to ("We have to bring the scores
up.
: It only scored a thirty in the top two boxes.").
: The other is the "Definitely Recommend". This is in the recommend
category
: in which the viewer is asked would they Definitely, Probably, Probably
Not,
: or Definitely Not recommend the movie to others.
: In the Top Two Boxes, in which the average (or normal) acceptable score
is
: 55%, 'Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back' scored 86%. 86% of the audience
said
: the film was Excellent or Very Good.
: In the Definite Recommend category, in which the average (or normal)
: acceptable score is 45%, 'Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back' received a 79%.
: We have never... NEVER received scores like that. To wit, the highest
: 'Dogma' ever scored was a 60% or 65% in the Top Two Boxes, with a 35% to
: 40% definite recommend. 'Amy' was somewhere in that range as well.
: The Dimension folks informed me that these were some of the highest
numbers
: not only in their history, but also Miramax's.
: And in terms of who made up the audience, only 14% of the group had seen
: all four of the prior flicks. So it wasn't like we screened to a group
of
: total fans; we were screening to fresh faces.
: But let's put aside the numbers and just talk about the screening in
: general.
: It went like gangbusters. The audience was with the movie every step of
: the way. I've never heard an audience laugh so much in any of our prior
: flicks' screenings.
: It was... amazing.
: Many thanks to all in attendance. 341 of you came, and none of you
walked
: out (also a first for us; there's always been at least a 2% walk-out
rate).
: But most importantly, according to the numbers, virtually all of you
: enjoyed yourselves (indeed, the "Fair" and "Poor" ratings were 3% and 1%
: respectively).
: I
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