Tribeca Property

Tonight officially kicks off the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival with the feature premiere of Baby Mama, the Tina Fey and Amy Poehler comedy.  Since film is not my expertise, rather than provide summaries or suggestions on films to go see, I’m going to focus on the numbers behind the festival, including what it means to Tribeca and downtown Manhattan in terms of economic impact.  Here we go:

Feature Length Film Premieres:

World Premieres: 53
International: 6
North American: 30
U.S. Premieres: 7
New York Premieres: 19

Final Number of Screenings: 920

Estimated Attendance: Over 500,000

Estimated Economic Impact: Over $110M

So although restaurants will be a bit crowded around town, in the end it’s all good.  See you at the movies.

Tribeca Film Festival [Official Site]