Eric the Marxist

I mean I grew up watching those cartoons and I still find them funnier than almost anything with the Minions, so…yeah. Believe me, I get the appeal. But if I don’t find their stuff funny, I’m not gonna lie and say I like them.

Need a diagnostic from folks who know OS box office better than me.

Just for funsies, here’s a look at all the re-releases from 2022 onwards and how their OWs have all stacked up so far. I’m ignoring Fathom Events or the Spider-Man re-releases, since those are one/two-day only events. If I missed any, and I’m sure I did, please let me know. 1. Avatar: 10.53M 2. The Phantom Menace: 8.72M 3. Titanic: 6.71M 4. Spider-Man: No Way Home: 5.4M 5. Return of the Jedi: 5.1M 6. The Nightmare Before Christmas: 4.29M 7. Jaws: 2.64M 8. Jurassic Park: 1.7M 9. Hocus Pocus: 1.61M 10. Alien: 1.55M 11. Shrek 2: 1.45M 12. The Lion King: 1.08M 13. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: 1.07M 14. The Mummy: 1.03M 15. The Godfather: 0.96M 16. Turning Red: 0.58M 17. Luca: 0.56M 18. Oldboy: 0.49M 19. Soul: 0.43M 20. Amelie: 0.21M 21. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon: 0.17M Stop Making Sense has very wonky box office with its re-release (says it opened at 856K, but also somehow made 1.48M in total that weekend? It’s weird), so I’m excluding that.

None of the Despicable Me movies are all that, and they still make billions. You can have a bunch of Minions play Go Fish for 90 minutes and the masses will still turn up to it like robots.

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Still insane this is outopening all but one A24 movie. Hoping this will lead to Neon getting a better foothold in the indie scene. We can't just have A24/Searchlight doing all this.

This seems destined to do about 400-600M worldwide, sell a lot of dolls, have people argue over whether it's actually a hit or not, and be forgotten about 9 months later. Either way, not gonna be fun for me!

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it’s actually fairly solid and standard with modern re-releases. It’s on par with Shrek 2, and better than The Mummy. These things just don’t do much more than 1-2M really, barring the occasional Avatar or Phantom Menace rerelease.

Honestly, Fly Me is in a weird spot where the timeline and concept really only appeals to the olds like my mom who grew up in the 60s, which puts it at a disadvantage considering the olds don’t go to movies anymore. Plus the romcom stuff was basically ignored in favor of the faked moon landing story, which just seemed very silly and out of left field. Plus kind of tone-deaf, considering how harmful these conspiracies are in today’s climate. And it doesn’t seem they’re going for some Adam McKay-style “look at these idiots” angle. Add on the issue of not being an NTC, and middlig reviews, and there was really nothing to grab onto or get excited about.

You have no idea how scared I was when I saw this GIF, thinking it would show...well...

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So we're probably getting... 1. DM4: 42.7M 2. Longlegs: 21M 3. Inside Out 2: 19.3M 4. A Quiet Place: 11M 5. Fly Me: 8M 6. Bad Boys: 4.5M 7. Maxxxine: 2.5M

Yes, but that's typically only something you get if you're a subscriber. @whatsupdoc shared some projections of theirs a few months ago here on teh forum.

https://deadline.com/2024/07/box-office-longlegs-fly-me-to-the-moon-channing-tatum-nicolas-cage-1236008154/

https://deadline.com/2024/07/box-office-longlegs-fly-me-to-the-moon-channing-tatum-nicolas-cage-1236008154/

Quorum Updates The Crow T-43: 33.63% Awareness, 45.8% Interest Never Let Go T-78: 18.68% Awareness, 41.91% Interest Joker: Folie a Deux T-85: 51.62% Awareness, 60.68% Interest White Bird: A Wonder Story T-85: 11.95% Awareness, 38.85% Interest Wicked T-134: 43.79% Awareness, 48.03% Interest Levon's Trade T-190: 9.92% Awareness, 35.92% Interest Fly Me to the Moon T-1: 44.18% Awareness, 44.17% Interest Final Awareness: 78% chance of 10M, 48% chance of 20M Medium Awareness: 83% chance of 10M, 50% chance of 20M Final Interest: 48% chance of 10M, 17% chance of 20M Medium Interest: 59% chance of 10M, 23% chance of 20M Longlegs T-1: 26.82% Awareness, 46.68% Interest Final Awareness: 20% chance of 10M Horror Awareness: 25% chance of 10M Final Interest: 48% chance of 10M Horror Interest: 43% chance of 10M Twisters T-8: 56.43% Awareness, 56.15% Interest Final Awareness: 73% chance of 30M, 35% chance of 40M, 23% chance of 50M, 15% chance of 60M, 11% chance of 90M, 8% chance of 100M Tentpole Awareness: 100% chance of 30M, 75% chance of 40M, 25% chance of 50M Final Interest: 48% chance of 10M, 17% chance of 20M Tentpole Interest: 59% chance of 10M, 23% chance of 20M Speak No Evil T-64: 21.9% Awareness, 44.14% Interest T-60 Awareness: 60% chance of 10M, 31% chance of 20M Horror Awareness: 56% chance of 10M, 31% chance of 20M T-60 Interest: 60% chance of 10M, 34% chance of 20M Horror Interest: 65% chance of 10M, 31% chance of 20M

I don't like using the whole "who is the audience for this" for movies, but in Harold's case...who does this actually appeal to?

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