Midnight Releases
A distantly related phenomenon is the practice of premiering blockbuster films (e.g., the Lord of the Rings series, the Pirates of the Caribbean sequels, the Star Wars prequels, The Twilight Saga, the Spider-Man, Batman, and Harry Potter series) at midnight or 12:01 a.m. of the official release date. In 2011, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 set a new record for biggest midnight opening with over $43 million in gross box office receipts, surpassing The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.
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Famous quotes containing the words midnight and/or releases:
“I hate this shallow Americanism which hopes to get rich by credit, to get knowledge by raps on midnight tables, to learn the economy of the mind by phrenology, or skill without study, or mastery without apprenticeship, or the sale of goods through pretending that they sell, or power through making believe you are powerful, or through a packed jury or caucus, bribery and “repeating” votes, or wealth by fraud.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“We need a type of theatre which not only releases the feelings, insights and impulses possible within the particular historical field of human relations in which the action takes place, but employs and encourages those thoughts and feelings which help transform the field itself.”
—Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956)