Eric the Marxist

Wanna talk about girls?

This is something Gru would totally do.

Double features to the rescue! Only half-kidding here.

Was it though?

Barring any potential bad legs, DM4 opening so well really does have me questioning why Despicable Me 3 underperformed the way it did domestically (Yes, I know it still did fine). Cars 3 and Emoji were barely threats, especially compared to Inside Out 2 alone, and it's not like these movies get hurt by bad reviews at all. I guess Wonder Woman and Homecoming siphoned off some of the family audience, but I'm not sure if that's the main reason. It's just kind of a weird blip compared to every other movie before and after it.

Oof. What the hell happened here?

Hoping to see it in the next couple days. Right now I'm ruminating on what movie I want to see today on my day off.

I mean maybe you don't like race being brought up, but that is a legit query to bring up on a movie's box office potential. Like movies are skewing more and more towards minority viewers, and generally these types of sword and sandal movies generally skew towards old white dudes, like my dad. Of course that doesn't mean it's only that specific demo that likes it and nobody else is into it. And I'm sure I will be proven spectacularly wrong once the movie comes out and we get Deadline's demos. But I'm making an educated guess. The same educated guess everybody else gets to make for any other movie ever. He actually used to bully me on a daily basis for a solid year or two. To the point where I had mental issues and was afraid to even go on the forum I was an administrator of. And let me tell you, people sharing his tweets here, even using the "Voldemort" nickname, does not help at all. It actually makes me sick to my stomach seeing his stupid avatar. But when I brought it up, people insisted that I was being emotional. That we just have to share his posts. That we have to have his box office tweets up here, even though Charlie shares the exact same thing and he treats me and everybody else here with love and respect. It's not very fun that my feelings and emotions are somehow invalid, but I guess I have no choice. Ohhh well.

Honey, it's too early for this.

I mean Gladiator's something only old white guys are into. Not gonna speak globally, but I would think the usual 140-180M for high-end dad movies is what to expect box office wise.

Firestarter going from 21st to 8th place in one weekend just off the back of drive-ins where it played after Jurassic World 3 will forever be iconic.

@CoolioD1

https://deadline.com/2024/07/box-office-despicable-me-4-1236001250/

Granted I’m in an area that is probably not going to go for it anyways, but this Possum Trot only has one showing at noon at my local theater this weekend. I guess it’s some weird contractual obligation; but why even show it when it is this inaccessible?

Quorum Updates Longlegs T-8: 19.59% Awareness, 43.34% Interest Twisters T-15: 51.33% Awareness, 55.89% Interest Megalopolis T-85: 16.97% Awareness, 37.86% Interest Here T-134: 10.39% Awareness, 37.3% Interest Moana 2 T-146: 44.19% Awareness, 50% Interest Captain America: Brave New World T-225: 45.04% Awareness, 54.85% Interest MaXXXine T-1: 25.4% Awareness, 38.67% Interest Final Awareness: 20% chance of 10M Horror Awareness: 33% chance of 10M Final Interest: 23% chance of 10M Horror Interest: 25% chance of 10M Fly Me to the Moon T-8: 37.46% Awareness, 45.78% Interest Final Awareness: 40% chance of 10M, 6% chance of 20M Medium Awareness: 67% chance of 10M Final Interest: 48% chance of 10M, 17% chance of 20M Medium Interest: 59% chance of 10M, 23% chance of 20M 1992 T-57: 20% Awareness, 43.5% Interest T-60 Awareness: 60% chance of 10M Low Awareness: 38% chance of 10M T-60 Interest: 61% chance of 10M Low Interest: 32% chance of 10M Afraid T-57: 9.83% Awareness, 36.22% Interest T-60 Awareness: 0% chance of 10M Horror Awareness: 0% chance of 10M T-60 Interest: 35% chance of 10M Horror Interest: 40% chance of 10M

It's a follow-up to the movies X and Pearl. They're slashers from A24 that star Mia Goth.