Eric the Marxist

Because it's only for the fans. Sonic 2 is loaded with fan service and is largely designed to appeal almost entirely towards people who either grew up with the games when they were kids or are currently active fans of the games. And I guess kids today who are currently playing the new games. Nothing inherently wrong with that, as shown by the objectively good box office numbers for it, and I'm sure non-fans might still enjoy it. But it does mean it's harder for it to gain new audiences or retain legs when the fanbase already went out to see it. I'm a huge Sonic fan, and I'll fully admit that a lot of the appeal to me comes from how they adapted the characters and set pieces from the games. If I wasn't already into the franchise, I probably would have just found it an amusing enough kids movie.

Doctor Strange 2 Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-12 and Counting Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 234 9896 45297 21.85% Total Seats Sold Today: 142 Comp 0.647x of Spider-Man: No Way Home T-12 (32.36M) 1.942x of The Batman T-12 (41.94M)

Going back to this, Fantastic Beasts is going to be utterly fascinating to look back on with hindsight in a few years, in the context of being part of a massive franchise, yet nobody giving a crap about the story or characters from it. Harry Potter is still a big deal even with all the Rowling controversies. I took some summer classes three years ago, and my college campus hosted a "wizarding camp", full of these Potter-loving 8-12 year olds. Yet FB has left so little impact or intrigue even amongst the majority of the fanbase that I don't even think these kids could name a single character from those movies. And while Potter will still rake in millions of dollars long afterwards, people will probably forget this weird trilogy even exists, despite the source material it's a part of. Can't think of any other franchise/spin-off series like it tbh.

Another year, another CinemaCon is upon us. It’s the epic theater convention where all the studios pretend to give a shit about movie theaters and pimp out all the epic movies they have. We then get a bunch of live tweets from bloggers and journalists hyping up what they saw, with EmpireCity following suit. Sure, these conferences are arguably puff pieces above all else, but it's fun to hear about movies that we're all excited for, movies we know little about, and more importantly, see a lot of cool posters and logos and other marketing materials for the first time ever. And hey, sometimes there's a surprise announcement here and there. So here's where you are free to discuss to your heart's content all things CinemaCon. As per usual, be nice, be courteous, and don't be a dick. Have fun! Schedule (all times PST) Sony: 4/25, 6:30-8:30 PM Neon: 4/26, 9:15-11:30 AM Warner Bros: 4/26, 4-6 PM The Black Phone screening: 4/26, 8:30-11:30 PM Disney: 4/27, 9:45-11:30 AM Universal/Focus: 4/27, 4:15-6:30 PM Paramount (+ Top Gun: Maverick screening): 4/28, 9:15 AM-12:15 PM Lionsgate: 4/28, 2:45-4:30 PM

So...what Lego set did you buy? 👀

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Doctor Strange 2 Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-13 and Counting Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 234 9754 45297 21.53% Total Seats Sold Today: 145 Comp 0.660x of Spider-Man: No Way Home T-13 (32.99M) 1.961x of The Batman T-13 (42.37M)

Somebody found this wine mom review when Legend of Tarzan dropped. It's honestly incredible https://www.emilywrites.co.nz/i-saw-tarzan-and-this-is-my-review-after-some-wines/

It's not that crazy IMO. Eggers is a rising director who has already cultivated a fanbase, there's a good ensemble full of recognizable names to plop on the poster, with Skarsgard also fresh off Big Little Lies, and Eggers probably pitched this as a good action revenge story, something that is easy to sell to people and easy to market. A lot can happen between greenlighting to final release in terms of production and advertising that a lot of people fail to account for. And even then, studios like making big swings on directors with prestige behind them. It legitimizes their library and especially their streaming service or gives them a good hook when selling to other streamers/premium networks. Paul Thomas Anderson hasn't had a box office hit since There Will Be Blood, but he keeps getting movies made because of that prestige.

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Excuse me! I’m not a pirate 🤓

Dude, the V.

Maybe I'm missing something here, but Puss in Boots should clear 40M+ pretty easily. Shrek is still a popular and well-liked franchise, to the point where even a pointless spin-off sequel should still make decent numbers.

Addams Family 2 got a 31.5x IM. Ron's Gone Wrong got a 30.4x IM. Those preview #s were a lot smaller granted, but I don't see why this would be that much different. 30M would take a 26.1x IM, which sounds about right. Dreamworks fandom isn't really a thing anymore, at least compared to Disney/Pixar.

Looks like you nerds didn't compensate for the furry demographic. Only half-joking here btw