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Marcus Theatres won't show new Depp movie
Published December 14, 2007 - BizTimes Daily
Marcus Theatres Corp., a division of Milwaukee-based Marcus Corp., today announced it was not able to reach an agreement with Paramount Pictures on the film cost of the new motion picture "Sweeney Todd," which will be released by Paramount on Dec. 21.
"Unfortunately, as a result of the negotiations with Paramount reaching an impasse, Marcus Theatres will not be showing 'Sweeney Todd' at any of its locations," said Bruce J. Olson, president of Marcus Theatres. "This decision was reluctantly reached because the price requested by Paramount to show the film in Marcus Theatres was too expensive in the opinion of our film buyers."
Johnny Depp and Tim Burton co-star in the big-screen adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's award-winning musical thriller "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street."
"Our customers are our first priority. We must be able to control all of our costs so that we can continue to provide the best entertainment value for our guests. This commitment is the foundation of our business," Olson said.
Marcus spokesman Carlo Petrick told SBT he believes this is the first time that Marcus has decided not to show a film because it could not reach a financial agreement with a film production company.
Marcus Theatres is the seventh-largest theatre circuit in the United States and currently owns or operates 594 screens at 49 locations in Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, Ohio, North Dakota and Iowa, and one family entertainment center in Wisconsin.
