Few were there to witness it, though: the crowd was sparse, a sprinkling of devoted fans mixed with enthusiastic Times Square tourist stragglers.
In India, the reaction to the film was enthusiastic; The Times of India wrote that "It is absurd to compare it with any other Indian cinema Pather Panchali is pure cinema".
On Saturday morning, droves of enthusiastic first-time supporters of Mr Khan, principally from the urban middle classes, were prominent.
On which note … a word about my crafting skills: I'm enthusiastic, but time-pressed; well-intentioned but sometimes sloppy.
"I would expect us to be equally enthusiastic this time," said Dan Cantor, the executive director of the party, which also supported the former governor.
Elsewhere, students thoughtfully recalled what they had done and talked about the garden to lots of people, growing visibly more confident and enthusiastic as time went on.
That's what kept Jack Britton, a boyish and enthusiastic part-time stand-up comic, handing out fliers in the rain for "Gagging for Attention," which he performs with several other comedians.
Ultron will need to cause a clamour in China, opening mid-week on 12 May, to be up there alongside them – especially if the US, the staging post for the first film's success, is less enthusiastic this time.
As an example of what can happen to the gardener himself, we might look at the case of a physician — an enthusiastic spare-time gardener — who took to using DDT and then malathion on his shrubs and lawn, making regular weekly applications.
The Chicago critics were more enthusiastic this time.
