Laurent Kelly says that the importance of film openings "is to establish a tone so that the audience fall into the same mood as the film they are watching. It doesn’t have to be a big budget explosive opening in order to grab the audience’s attention."
Another annonymous source says "A good opening title sequence sets the tone of a film and serves to establish rhythm and pacing. Yes, yes, it’s never good to judge a book by its cover, but who can resist the urge?"
Both these sources make it clear what we must set out to achive for our opening. We must 'establish a tone', however, if we fail to do this our film won't be watched as the film is judged by its opening.
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