Eric Prime

Well how exactly do you make it cheaper? All those actors cost a pretty penny, and recreating the 1930s through your production design and costumes will cost a fair amount. The only way you could make a film like this cheaper is if you didn't make the movie. Which like...yeah, that probably was the solution.

Feel like this club should have existed earlier, but this seems like a fun race. Any takers?

I've gotten the Amsterdam trailer a few times in front of the movies and they've been airing ads nonstop on Hulu, and I still have no clue what the plot of the movie is. Is it about a cover-up of a murder? I guess that's it? Just not sure why I should be invested in the story and the actors.

No. Presales almost always go through the same pattern of "massive first couple days, then a major lull, then a big pickup the week of or just before release". A big red carpet premiere or the review embargo also help, but more TV spots doesn't change anything. And for the record, that's not a bad thing. That's just what happens with every movie, whether it's Endgame or Ishtar 2.

God it feels soooooooo nice to have midday Deadline updates again. Don't know why they did it for this weekend, but at least things aren't boring anymore!

https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-has-david-o-russell-never-answered-for-groping-his-trans-niece

Yeah, if there was no baggage to DOR, I would still get the greenlighting for this off of Fighter/Playbook/Hustle, even if they are a decade old by now (that's weird to say lol) and movies like this don't make the big bucks they used to. But those movies and this are aimed at people like my mom. People who like seeing the movies that look like they will win Oscars, listen to NPR, read New York Times, etc. And whether it be they already know or will hear about it in the news, they will be way less invested in seeing the film because of Russell, regardless of quality. So why make a movie that has no audience behind it? At the very least, just dump it on Hulu, so people can use the excuse of "well, I'm not really paying and supporting an abuser. It just comes with my subscription. I can't help it."

So like I get why all these actors and producers signed on to Amsterdam. David O. Russell still has his Oscars goodwill and frankly these rich celebs would happily sign a deal with Satan if they could. But I can't understand for the life of me why any executive greenlit something that was destined to fail. I get that nobody sets out to make a bad movie and I'm sure the script or pitch was really interesting. But like...those Disney/Fox/New Regency execs had to have known this would be a PR disaster. #MeToo has been around for ages and DOR was a big name thrown around during the beginning of the movement. This is a film that is aimed towards an audience that will be more aware of these scandals and there's going to be tons of articles about Russell's sketchy past from publications that Amsterdam's main audience likely enjoy reading. Even if Amsterdam was Citizen Kane-level good, that's awful press that people will not feel comfortable with supporting. At least with something like The Flash, it was greenlit before Ezra's stuff became mainstream, it's based on a super popular brand and has Keaton nostalgia that will make people want to ignore Ezra's behavior. This has to be the most baffling greenlighting in years.

STILL BITTER

RT Verified Aud. scores as of this morning (note both have less than 50 votes, can change like a dime): Amsterdam: 63% (KARMA) Lyle, Lyle Crocodile: 81%

Quorum Updates Halloween Ends T-8: 55.69% Awareness, 6.56 Interest Call Jane T-22: 18.42%, 4.76 Prey for the Devil T-22: 25.12%, 5.3 Tar T-22: 10.21%, 4.11 The Menu T-43: 17.78%, 4.92 Puss in Boots: The Last Wish T-76: 49.09%, 5.59 Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania T-134: 36.72%, 5.83 Amsterdam T-1: 32.14% Awareness, 5.62 Interest Comps (All Final): The Last Duel w/ 28.89% Awareness & 5.09 Interest, Nightmare Alley w/ 33.92% & 5.41, The 355 w/ 27.69% & 5.26, Moonfall w/ 37.24% & 5.54, The Northman w/ 35.92% & 5.22 Final General Awareness: 27% chance of double-digit opening General Interest: 88% chance of double-digits, 76% over 20M Original - High Awareness: 62.5% chance of double-digit opening Original - High Interest: 67% of double-digits and 20M Lyle, Lyle Crocodile T-1: 41.62% Awareness, 5.1 Interest Comps (All Final): Spirit Untamed w/ 38.66% Awareness & 5.2 Interest, Peter Rabbit 2 w/ 41.22% & 5.26, Ron's Gone Wrong w/ 26.4% & 5.05, Paws of Fury w/ 45.27% & 5.23 Final General Awareness: 94% chance of double-digit opening, 83% chance over 20M General Interest: 68% chance of double-digit opening, 50% chance over 20M Animation/Family Awareness: 87.5% chance of double-digit opening, 62.5% chance over 20M Animation/Family Interest: 57% chance of double-digit opening, 29% chance over 20M

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Black Adam Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-14 and Counting Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 84 657 17553 3.74% Total Seats Sold Today: 37 Comp 0.355x of Black Widow T-14 (4.69M) 2.498x of The Suicide Squad T-14 (10.24M) 0.741x of Shang-Chi T-14 (6.52M) 1.038x of Venom 2 T-14 (12.04M) 1.163x of No Time to Die T-14 (7.32M) 0.441x of Eternals T-14 (4.19M) 1.143x of Morbius T-14 (6.51M) 1.493x of Fantastic Beasts 3 T-14 (8.96M) 0.392x of Jurassic World 3 T-14 (7.06M)

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