To see Sicko, I have to drive 28.38 miles

[SoCalDem]

We have at least 4 theatre chains here and not one is showing it..:grr:

We're gonna go on Tuesday morning, and the drive is worth it..but it's annoying..

[elocs]

1. I'd probably have to drive over 120 miles to see it and I live in a city of 50,000. n/t

[KittyWampus]

3. Is 50,000 considered a large, medium or small city? I have no idea and am just curious.

Not implying anything with my question.

[B Calm]

4. How about Champaign/Urbana with a population around 180 thousand?

You'd think it would be playing this movie, but no...

Champaign-Urbana, IL Population by Decades

Date Population Population
Change Annual
% Change
1900 47,622 - -
1910 51,829 4,207 0.9
1920 56,959 5,130 0.9
1930 64,273 7,314 1.2
1940 70,578 6,305 0.9
1950 106,100 35,522 4.2
1960 132,436 26,336 2.2
1970 163,281 30,845 2.1
1980 168,392 5,111 0.3
1990 173,025 4,633 0.3
2000 179,669 6,644 0.4

Source: U.S. Bureau of Census

[kevinbgoode]

9. It is showing in Springfield at Kerasotes Parkway Pointe

and in Indianapolis at the Showplace 16 and IMAX

[elocs]

5. I think La Crosse is a small city, #12 in Wisconsin,

but you have to get up to #3, Green Bay, to get a city of over 100,000. There are more than 100,000 people in the area here. The point for our discussion here is that in the city itself there are 2 theater chains with multiple screens. There are even some of the same movies showing at both of them and some show on more than one screen.

[KittyWampus]

6. I live in East Hampton, NY and it's showing here. We've only got one multiplex

but HERDS of summer people expanding our population.

I don't even know what the population of EH is year round. That's why I asked. Hard to gauge what's considered big.

I'm going to have to ask around to find out what our population is. It's just a matter or curiosity.

As for Sicko, perhaps some theaters are waiting to see if it's a big draw???

Would it help calling theater and asking?

Remember Carlyle group bought into a theater chain after F9/11 opened?

[B Calm]

2. You are lucky man! I have to drive 190 miles round trip!

[Coyote_Bandit]

7. The metropolitan area

I live in is in red state hell. The population is just under 1 million. Sicko is not showing anywhere in the area. I suppose I could drive several hundred miles to Kansas City or Dallas or Denver to see it if I really wanted. Assuming past experience is an adequate predictor of the future then Sicko may briefly show here on one screen in another six weeks or so - provided its box office elsewhere suggests the showing is warranted. If it does show it may be at a small independent theater.

[graywarrior]

8. We drove 25 miles to Sarasota then got trapped on Main St by some parade

[likesmountains 52]

10. I'm lucky...in my town of 15,000 I can walk to the theater and see it today!

[ThomWV]

11. Today I'd have to drive 120 miles, next week, more like 10.

[Kazak]

12. I looked, it's not showing ANYwhere in my metro area...

I, however, luckily, only had to walk about four feet (to the computer desk) to see it.