Christmas starts a day early at Sony, which announced today that its anticipated David Fincher film The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo will bow nationwide Tuesday, December 20, a day earlier than scheduled. From the press release:
CULVER CITY, Calif., December 13, 2011 – Moviegoers will get a jump on one of the most highly-anticipated films of the season as The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo opens one day early beginning on December 20 at 7 p.m. nationwide, it was announced today by Jeff Blake, chairman, Worldwide Marketing and Distribution for Sony Pictures. Commenting on the announcement, Blake said, “This is one of the busiest times of the year for moviegoing and we can’t wait to share this outstanding thriller with audiences all over the world. We feel that by opening for night-time shows on December 20th, fans of the book will be given the perfect opportunity to get a jump start on the release of an exceptional film.”



Tracking must not be as good as they hoped for.
Better, actually.
Saw it and loved it. And I have NOTHING to do with this film or the studio. It was great. Honestly.
I already saw the original. Why would I pay to see the same movie again? Fincher or not… snooze.
you seriously have nothing better to do than make that idiotic comment? this is the movie business in 2011. get used to it, bitter betty. or just get a life.
good plan by these guys.
who cares? it will be the highest grosser of the week and one of the highest grossers of the year (I can’t really say that about MGM’s other big release opening the same week… and Rock of Ages looks like another dud. anybody see the trailer yet?)
at first i thought, no brainer huge hit. now, not so sure. hard to call this one.