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Two Domestic Release Schedule Changes problems

I found two problems currently showing up with the Domestic Release Schedule Changes at https://www.boxofficemojo.com/calendar/changes/ .

Problem #1

Here's a view of the full page:

You may notice from this that the four rightmost columns, Distributor, Scale, Old Date, and New Date, are not displaying. That's because there is one film listed in the table with a particularly long title: You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution, Spread Love & Overalls, and Created a Community That Changed the World (in a Canadian Kind of Way)

(In case you need it: the film's IMDb page is at https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31726535/ and its BOM page is at https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl2998370305/ .)

The length of that film's title is such that it has pushed every other column in the table off screen. You can scroll to the right to see the rest of the table, but then you can't see any of the other films' titles.

There are at least two ways this problem could be fixed. Either (1) abbreviate the title of You Had to Be There, or (2) find a way to display the title in a more narrow column. If the title displayed like this:

You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell

Ignited the Comedy Revolution, Spread Love & Overalls,

and Created a Community That Changed the World

(in a Canadian Kind of Way)

That is, with line breaks, the table would probably display normally without pushing the remaining columns off the screen.

Problem #2

The other problem is with the content of the table as it applies to the following films:

The Great Beyond (IMDb https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33075482/ and BOM https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl579567617/ )

The Blair Witch Project Reboot (IMDb https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32082826/ and BOM https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1119322113/ )

Possession (IMDb https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32605118/ and BOM https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl474448129/ )

Naughty (IMDb https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30343245/ and BOM https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3980624129/ )

The Great Beyond is listed as having both a wide release and a limited release on Oct. 1, 2027.

The Blair Witch Project Reboot is listed as having both a wide release and a limited release on Sept. 24, 2027.

Possession is listed as having both a wide release and a limited release on June 11, 2027.

Naughty is listed as having both a wide release and a limited release on Nov. 5, 2027.

This is contradictory. A film can't have a limited release and a wide release on the same day in the same country. That would be saying, "This movie is being released in less than 600 theaters and also in more than 600 theaters at the same time." It has to be one or the other.

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Hi @gromit82,

Regarding the Problem #1, we thank you for your feedback regarding Box Office Mojo by IMDbPro. I've forwarded your feedback on to the appropriate team. Our site is constantly being updated and improved, and we welcome all comments and suggestions aimed at improving its features, flexibility, and ease of use.

For the Problem #2 I see that all the pages are not reporting a "wide" or "limited" releases. Could you share a screenshot and point us to what you are referring? thanks in advance. 

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Marty: Regarding Problem #2, I can't show a screenshot of that particular page with the "wide" and "limited" releases displayed together due to the display problems caused by You Had to Be There ... as described in Problem #1.

However, you can see this on the main page of Box Office Mojo ( https://www.boxofficemojo.com/ ). I have circled below that The Great Beyond and The Blair Witch Project Reboot are showing as having wide and limited releases on the same day:

Those films, Possession,, and Naughty are all listed with the simultaneous wide and limited releases on https://www.boxofficemojo.com/calendar/changes/ .

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Hi @gromit82,

Thank you for the additional info. 

I've forwarded this information to our technical team for further investigation, ticket reference V2331177079, and let you know if we have any updates.

Thank you in advance for your patience.

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Hello @gromit82​,

The Box Office Mojo team have fixes de issues. 

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Marty: Problem #1, with the film You Had to Be There and its extremely long subtitle, has been fixed.

And in Problem #2, the double releases on the same day for those particular films has been fixed.

But the problem arose again for another film. I'm going to start another thread for that.

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