Eric the Marxist

Following Blue Beetle, which it has been holding better by comparison, it gets us to a second weekend (ignoring Blue Beetle's NCD-inflated Sunday of course) of 17.2M. Assuming these better holds continue, we might get to ~19M.

This is one of the few times box office-wise where the term "wild card" really means something. You could tell me this is hella niche and only makes 25M, or it's a shocking breakout at around 120M and neither would surprise me. I guess now I'm somewhere in the middle and it'll do above Heron and below the first Pokémon? idk idk idk idk idk

Yeah, that was such a weird introduction. I guess it's in the Jacksonverse, but when you show footage from the old movies, and then show something completely different...it kinda feels like I'm being catfished, even if the actual movie looks fine enough.

Well I like those movies too (and Romulus!), so like…guess I’m part of the problem. 🙃

Honey, I think this new Crow movie has bigger problems than the name of the lead actress.

If you're gonna show the trailer today, why not just show it right now? Weirdos.

*whispers* The secret is that most audiences actually like member berries and callbacks and nostalgia pandering.

Still funny if it happens tho

https://deadline.com/2024/08/alien-romulus-blink-twice-channing-tatum-box-office-1236046878/

Quorum Updates Beetlejuice Beetlejuice T-16: 68.59% Awareness, 66.09% Interest Kraven the Hunter T-114: 23.02% Awareness, 40.15% Interest Den of Thieves: Pantera T-142: 19.15% Awareness, 35.18% Interest The Monkey T-184: 20.17% Awareness, 40.67% Interest F1 T-310: 20.55% Awareness, 37.19% Interest Blink Twice T-2: 35.93% Awareness, 46.89% Interest Final Awareness: 41% chance of 10M Low Awareness: 29% chance of 10M Final Interest: 48% chance of 10M Low Interest: 34% chance of 10M The Crow T-2: 44.05% Awareness, 50.11% Interest Final Awareness: 78% chance of 10M Low Awareness: 60% chance of 10M Final Interest: 94% chance of 10M Low Interest: 50% chance of 10M Bagman T-30: 18.83% Awareness, 43% Interest T-30 Awareness: 15% chance of 10M Horror Awareness: 17% chance of 10M T-30 Interest: 59% chance of 10M Horror Interest: 68% chance of 10M Transformers One T-30: 40.97% Awareness, 48.08% Interest T-30 Awareness: 100% chance of 10M, 96% chance of 20M, 85% chance of 30M Animation/Family Awareness: 100% chance of 20M, 80% chance of 30M T-30 Interest: 59% chance of 10M, 35% chance of 20M, 20% chance of 30M Animation/Family Interest: 87% chance of 10M, 75% chance of 20M, 37% chance of 30M The Wild Robot T-37: 26.06% Awareness, 40.15% Interest T-30 Awareness: 54% chance of 10M, 18% chance of 20M Animation/Family Awareness: 67% chance of 10M, 33% chance of 20M T-30 Interest: 59% chance of 10M, 35% chance of 20M Animation/Family Interest: 87% chance of 10M, 75% chance of 20M

This is like an episode of Nathan for You. Would love to know what the goal was using fake review quotes when you could just…find actual negative reviews at the time.

Moderation @Belakor we’re not doing this “disrespect the fans” crap. Do this again, you’re getting a thread ban.

Wish I could like this twice. Gotta suck to be too insecure in your masculinity and hate musicals.

That was always going to happen. People claim they want to "move on" or see new eras and timelines and never see the Skywalker era again. But that's a lie. Star Wars fans, and general audiences for that matter, just want to see nostalgia slop. Stuff to point at the screen and go "OMG IT IS THING FROM CHILDHOOD" Literally every time one of these shows has trended, it's because they bring back some old legacy character that makes the fans go crazy. Nobody cared about Ahoska until Anakin popped up. When weird creepy deepfake Luke popped up in Mandalorian, looking as plastic as the action figures he was based on, Star Wars nerds were hooting and hollering that it was the return to the old Luke they knew and loved. Hell, even Grogu only got big because he was Baby Yoda. If he wasn't based off Yoda, nobody would give a shit about him. And this isn't just a Star Wars thing. Audiences largely just want nostalgia slop for anything and everything. There's a reason why RDJ as Doctor Doom trended as hard as it did. And alas, there's nothing we can do to stop it. Because audiences refuse to enjoy anything unless it's got member berries. Ah well.

Moderation Not the Star Wars/Acolyte thread. I kno where this is gonna go. Don’t even try.

Oh the humanity.

You still look 15.

You heard me!

I was introduced to her in last year's Priscilla, the only Elvis movie that matters. Amazing movie right there, and I knew from her performance she was gonna go somewhere. I guess I was right!

True. But it costs nothing to do a re-release, and Corpse Bride merch is everywhere in Spirit Halloween that I would assume WB could get a couple million out of it. It's no Nightmare Before Christmas of course, but very few things are.

Half-convinced WB should try to get a Corpse Bride re-release out in time for Halloween, especially if 🪲🧃 really does crazy numbers and really rejuvenates some Burton nostalgia.

She must be stopped.