Skinwalkers is coming to DVD Nov. 27.

Lionsgate made the announcement just 42 days after the film's theatrical release. It's final gross was $1,018,965. Do you think the fact the film failed miserably in the theatrical market has anything to do with the hair-trigger announcemnet?

Let's look back a bit shall we?

The DVD release date for Captivity, another Lionsgate release, was announced after just 32 days. Its gross? $2,626,800.

The DVD release window for both films? 109 days (3 months 19 days).

Nope, not sensing a trend here at all.

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Muvico' s Rosemont 18 outside of Chicago, is causing a bit of a buzz.

The L.A. Times features it in an article about movie theaters luring back patrons with luxury, alcohol and adults-only seating. This isn't an entirely new trend, NATO's former magazine covered the trend of alcohol service and cinema eateries (also here) in 2005 and 2006.

What seems to be catching on is the added intangible of an adults-only policy required by alcohol service.

From the Times article:

"This is a little bit of heaven," said Tricia Holman, who works for a technology firm and lives in the Chicago suburb of Evanston, Ill. For a $15 ticket on a weekend evening, she said, it's "just me, my husband and the big screen. And no teenagers."

In an attempt to entice grown-ups back to the nation's movie theaters, Florida-based Muvico opened the luxury Rosemont 18 in this Chicago suburb just east of O'Hare International Airport. The theater has a clear goal: to cater to those weary of watching films accompanied by a soundtrack of fussy babies and gossiping teens.

One screen is entirely dedicated to customers old enough to buy a cocktail. Five other screens have all-ages seats on the ground level -- and separate, adults-only balconies reached through the bar inside the theater. Customers can lounge on love seats, eat gourmet concessions such as filet-mignon mini-burgers and sip alcoholic drinks during the movie.

Not all movie-goers are thrilled with the idea:

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Tags: Concessions, Marketing, Rude Patrons