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Nah. it will continue to hold well in core markets which can handle multiple movies. Plus many of those markets are not as much Imax driven as domestic. It will gross 700m WW for sure.

@TheFlatLannister just grab the screenshot and paste it at https://snipboard.io/ and it provides a link. easiest way to share.

WTF. Seems crazy strong for sure. Let us see how this goes. I dont think EA shows matter. its not that large a scale release to make a huge difference. Its either than CW is overperforming in Florida or we have too many blocked seats. I think daily pace will tell the tale.

Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire MTC1 Previews(T-4) - 48429/567757 926667.77 2982 shows +4822 Friday - 50975/843140 930224.17 4430 shows +7113 It should hopefully have a good final 4 days. its just the kind of movie that should finish strong.

Added early shows BO as well. FYI its very limited release on 8th. Probably looking at 200kish early BO.

Guys simple request. Dont feed the troll. Its of no use. Just put him in ignore and move on. Definitely not in this thread.

Civil War MTC1 Early Shows(4/8) - 2430/9257 57299.70 29 shows Previews - 6851/332600 139096.05 1649 shows Friday - 4682/548178 89748.26 2652 shows Its definitely not bad. I definitely can buy @Shawn Robbins call here. its start is stronger than Monkey Man or Fall Guy. Hope the trend continues and have a successful movie.

Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire MTC1 Previews(T-5) - 43607/567712 839031.33 2981 shows +3433 Friday - 43862/842039 806261.62 4422 shows +5263 More I think, Friday will be 2.5x the previews. 7m previews could still take OD to 25m and OW in high 50s. Slightly higher numbers will take it to 60s OW.

^^^^ Target is pulling out of it for different reasons. One big thing is current scanning methods are rudimentary. Retail has been without innovation for decades. Amazon did try a store where you just get scanned once for Prime membership and then just taking products out would check them out once you are out of the store. No question of shop lifting or stealing over there. Still despite these examples, tons of jobs have been lost due to self checkout and many other automation. I dont think that trend is going to reverse. As much AI its going to be robotics and many other tech. After all automobiles took out horses and the coachmen. Its part of evolution. Industrial revolution also took out tons of jobs. But new jobs are also created as part of these changes. Some we cannot even think as of today.

Morning was at 77K. It was fairly steady throughout the day.

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire Friday final - 152441/934397 2274633.61 5241 shows Walkups was very good. FYI Afterlife friday - 165360/844814 2451269.68 4515 shows May be stronger MTC3 should help make up for weaker MTC1.

Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire MTC1 Previews(T-6) - 40173/567596 776921.5 2979 shows +3150 Friday - 38599/842015 712993.41 4418 shows +4110 Acceleration is still anemic. For now bumping down my previews to 7-8m. Still think it will finish strong but not at the level I expected when the presales started.

Automation is inevitable. Tractors took away the jobs. Self checkout counters as well. Computers took away tons of jobs. Automated elevators took away the jobs. I think its inevitable movie making will also go that route. That said its bad to patent anything created with AI.

Yes. I remember reading on this. entire studio works on the movie and back then there were 300+ folks. I am sure animation costs or not that high. I was impressed the across the spiderverse creating amazing animation at lower budget but that came at a great cost where CGI folks were squeezed and pushed to work crazy timelines. So there is cost to things. Question is if Studio is paying it or the poor employees. I would rather have studio pay.

Inflation is not a good barometer. Silicon Valley inflation is way higher than overall inflation.

Under indexed at MTC1 unless afterlife number did not include early shows BO.

Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire MTC1 Previews(T-7) - 37023/566012 717972.07 2968 shows +2880 Friday - 34489/840999 640590.21 4410 shows +3941 Its amping up for sure.

We will next weekend for sure. Its hard to predict that market. Pearl Harbor did break out over there.

Oppenheimer has achieved almost everything. Next is only strong run at Japan. Early PS makes me slightly optimistic it will do very well in large cities with big expat population.

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire MTC1 Previews Final - 82226/656696 1300185.12 3563 shows +30516 Friday - 62852/930475 998591.10 5199 shows +16159 Final day was solid but nothing crazy. I expect walkups at other MTC to be stronger. It did just around 3% higher than afterlife minus early shows. Thinking around 4.25m previews and mid to high 30s OW.

Monkey Man MTC1 Previews - 6222/138521 116422.56 982 shows Friday - 3782/243527 68875.02 1680 shows This is as of the morning. I had to go out and so could not put it out. There is not much of a pace for this movie. around 200 tics per day for previews and 150-170 for Friday. Probably will not sell much until release week. Looking at @Shawn Robbins prediction above, seems bit too optimistic. That said I hope I am wrong and it finishes very strong and does over 20m OW. For now I would be happy with double digits OW.

Let us not make this thread about RT reviews. For a monster movie, the RT is irrelevant. Jurassic World movies has always had backloaded pre-sales despite awful reviews. People are not going to a Zilla and kong movie expecting a classic for sure.

Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire MTC1 Previews(T-8) - 34143/566060 664399.87 2968 shows +2451 Friday - 30548/838058 570222.36 4394 shows +2192 Friday for day before was run really late and so its couple of hours less. But still no sign of a major acceleration. That will happen only next week I think.

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire MTC1 Previews(T-1) - 51710/653201 858812.68 3527 shows +9253 Friday - 46693/929063 757439.25 5182 shows +8236 At MTC1 it should end up selling more tickets than afterlife. Plus the movie did very well in MTC2. Let us see how walkups go. Thinking in 4.25-4.5m range and high 30's OW at this point.