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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.

Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire MTC1 Previews(T-9) - 31692/563502 618371.36 2952 shows +2101 Friday - 28356/840030 530131.96 4403 shows +2592 Hopefully the final surge begins and it finishes really strong. I am expecting good IM looking at Thursday/Friday ratios.

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire MTC1 Previews(T-2) - 42457/648689 717442.05 3505 shows +6546 Friday - 38457/917971 630567.65 5130 shows +10089 not as good as what I expected with Tmobile deal.

@Issac Newton how many screens is it getting for its OW. I am hoping it can get as many Imax as possible in large markets for a big OW.

Back then I was tracking MTC2 as well, it almost sold same amount of tickets over there. That was not normal.

Afterlife had very strong walkups as well. That is why I am expecting better that what its looking projection at this point. Plus stronger boost with Tmobile deal compared to 2021 when certain segment of audience were reluctant to go to theaters. That said something in 4s is the most likely scenario.

Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire MTC1 Previews(T-10) - 29591/558483 579206.4 2925 shows +1867 Friday - 25764/836258 482535.56 4383 shows +1898

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire MTC1 Previews(T-3) - 35911/600694 613307.75 3162 shows +4265 Friday - 28366/705304 470629.58 3769 shows +4329 Really good day. Thinking 5m previews is in play and low 40s OW at this point. Pace has picked up really well past 3 days.

Really strong as the spring break effect should be less than last week. We will know once we get Panda number.

Lol

Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire MTC1 Previews(T-12) - 26105/555716 513326.19 2900 shows +1751 Friday - 21757/835719 407984.23 4380 shows +2268 This is as of yesterday night Previews(T-11) - 27724/557136 544201.30 2913 shows +1619 Friday - 23866/836336 447822.34 4387 shows +2109 I think this must be the bottom of daily PS rate. It should amp up over next week for sure.

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire MTC1 Previews(T-4) - 31646/543621 546484.66 2788 shows +2407 Friday - 24037/631431 404205.05 3297 shows +2984 FYI Afterlife at T-4. Previews are up around 10%(ignoring early BO which was around 350K) while Friday is down around 10%.

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire MTC1 Previews(T-5) - 29239/542772 507252.95 2784 shows +2111 Friday - 21053/628729 355748.03 3287 shows +1944 Definite sign of acceleration today. Let us see how rest of the PS goes. At least its going to beat Afterlife in previews if this sustains. Friday is still behind but let us see how it ends.

FYI Afterlife also had Tmobile deal.