serenity sing-a-long

I almost forgot. If you've ever watched the series, you know how the theme song gets stuck in your head? Well, of the 15+ people we went to watch Serenity with, a good number of them (us) knew the words to the song. When the song (with no lyrics) came up at the end of the credits, there were a lot of people singing along. It was a very communal experience to have stayed till the end of the credits. (Jo and I were front and center, which meant we were in the middle of the entire row of her friends who had to be practically kicked out of the theater. Seriously, one of the workers asked us if we were there for the next show, and when we said we weren't, she was like, can you please leave.)

Also, it looks like Serenity is number two at the box office! Yay, over $10 million opening weekend. Not bad, considering the number of fans who'd already paid to watch it, and the fact the it only opened in two thousand-some theaters (I can't remember the exact figures right now, but I know I saw that somewhere). Wide wide releases are in the mid-three thousands, usually. And first place Flight Plan only made about $5 million more (in its second week, September/October box office, but probably in more theaters, plus starring a Yale alum :P).

edit: Serenity only opened in 2188 screens, grossing over $4600 a theater! (Flight Plan was on 3424 screens and grossed made $4300 per screen.)