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Honestly Paramount+ doesn't seem to impact legs at all. Lost City went to the service on May 10 and the following weekends consisted of the film dropping 39%, then 8%, then jumped up 34% (though that was mainly due to TGM double features), and then fell 33%. Sonic 2 came to the service on May 24, only fell 40%, then 30%, and only dropped 56% the following weekend when it lost 1,000 theaters to Jurassic. And sure they were a couple months ago, but that 40M was announced back in March, so even though the service probably jumped a good amount in subscribers, these movies still held up fine. P+ is arguably in the perfect sweet spot where it has enough of a strong subscriber base where it can launch hit shows and have their premier movies be a big deal, but not so big where it hurts the movie's legs at the box office. Could change of course as the service keeps growing obviously.

Feel like Mrs. Harris is doing quite well. It's going to at least match Hello My Name is Doris with how dead August is, which is quite good for a film reliant on the olds and with limited starpower. And I definitely get why, because it's absolutely lovely. I've been tempted to rewatch it in the theater in fact, which I never do.

My family has Peacock since they have Xfinity cable. Even on the premium tier, it's like the $5 bargain bin at Walmart equivalent of streaming. Most of their movies are random 80s/90s/00s titles you've already seen on Netflix/Amazon/Tubi already, and a good chunk of their TV shows are also shared with other services with more content. For what reason would I switch to Peacock to watch Frasier or Monk when they are already on Hulu or Amazon? Their original shows all basically have the vibe of rejected NBC pilots, both in the production values and casting. When your streaming service has Ed Helms starring in two different original shows, you know you're screwed.

Hope you're celebrating this holiday properly

Bullet Train Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-5 and Counting Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 75 398 16256 2.45% Total Seats Sold Today: 31 Comp 4.374x of Snake Eyes T-5 (6.12M) 0.779x of The Suicide Squad T-5 (3.19M) 3.790x of Free Guy T-5 (8.34M) 0.327x of No Time to Die T-5 (2.06M) 0.374x of Dune T-5 (1.91M) 0.886x of Uncharted T-5 (3.28M) 0.383x of Fantastic Beasts 3 T-5 (2.3M) 0.160x of Top Gun 2 T-5 (3.08M) 0.159x of Jurassic World 3 T-5 (2.86M)

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I feel like we do this “is X really a star” thing every week lol

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This is gonna be a loooooooong two weeks, huh?

Man. That’s the true monster of all

Already did it. But as they said, they’re gonna keep making accounts until they realize their schtick is old. Kind of stupid if you ask me, since why would anybody stick around in a forum where they don’t belong? But hey, if this is how they want to spend their free time, they’re only making themselves look worse

I still remember looking up Austin Butler after seeing Once Upon, because his name sounded familiar, and laughing my ass off when I learned his whole career prior was “the cute boyfriend” on every Nick/Disney Channel sitcoms I watched as a kid. Praying this means Papa Nolan gives Josh Peck the gold he deserves 🙏

Just realized that I am probably the first person to even mention this movie since 2017 lol 🙃

I know that it's a fun scapegoat to blame streaming for everything, and I'm not saying it's entirely invalid, but almost all the animated crop this year either had little going for them or were handicapped in some way that I don't think we can just blame it on Netflix or kids not interested in theaters. The Bad Guys: This was unfortunately hindered by the whole “nostalgic toy commercials reign supreme” issue. It's currently plaguing the box office altogether, barring a few solid hits here and there, and even animated movies, which always pump out big original IPs, aren't really safe anymore. Even so, this was also put up against insane April competition that made it hard for it to stand out. If they put it in March (which they did for its overseas rollout, so there’s no excuse of not being ready), where it only had to deal with The Batman and get some solid spring break money from kids out of school, it wouldn't have been massive per se, but it would have easily passed the century mark and would have probably got around the midrange of Dreamworks box office. Lightyear: The convenience of Disney+ hurts it yes, but this movie’s concept is absurdly cynical, even in this garbage capitalist hellscape we now live in, and it earned mediocre reception across the board. There’s very little you can do when your movie is considered a 5/10. Plus action-oriented animation has rarely performed well, unless you have a lot of comedy and silly humor infused in the project like Incredibles or Big Hero 6 or Kung Fu Panda. The only exceptions are Into the Spider-Verse, which is based off the biggest superhero ever, and the How to Train Your Dragon franchise. And those movies sell themselves on the E.T.-style friendship than the Viking action. Paws of Fury: It looked no different from all the crappy CGI kids movies from the 2000s like Valiant or Space Chimps. Why on Earth would it have done well? Super Pets: I actually thought the concept had potential as a “combines everything kids like” kind of deal, so I get why it was greenlit, but in execution, the film's a cheap-looking, average attempt to capitalize on Secret Life of Pets, a franchise that collapsed in 2019. It’s no different from all those Shrek ripoffs in the 2000s, except it’s for a movie franchise nobody cares about anymore. And while I doubt Marvel's Super Pets would do much better, I’d also argue to an extent that DC is a brand that hasn’t really been targeting kids for a while. There’s still Teen Titans Go and stuff, and the PG-13 movies will always have a kid audience in them, but there’s been three R-rated DC movies in the past three years. Plus Superman hasn’t been in a movie in 5 years and hasn’t been a star in any DC cartoon since like...Justice League Unlimited, and that ended 16 years ago (god that’s weird to say). Why would a 6-year-old in 2022 care about Superman and The Flash being in this? The two big animated hits this year were Sonic 2 (yes I know it’s not “animated” but come on) and Minions 2. Both are nostalgic toy commercials that got a massive periphery demographic interested in tuning in because of a strong ad campaign, are based off massive, nostalgic properties that’s still super popular with all audiences, and their parent companies actually give a crap about theaters, since nobody cares about their streaming service. So this is basically a long-winded way of me saying that Puss in Boots 2 will be a strong hit this Christmas.

Baz has already stated it’s not coming to HBO Max in August. Probably not until Labor Day tbh. Plus David Zaslav has already stated he’s pushing for more theatrical releases and is killing HBO Max from the inside by removing a bunch of Warner-owned TV shows with no warning and even ridding of Max Original Movies, and is already cutting costs down and shutting departments like the Live-Action Kids department. He’s really the only studio head who cares about theatrical these days

A Super-Pets/Elvis double feature is definitely an...interesting combo

https://deadline.com/2022/07/box-office-dc-league-of-super-pets-dwayne-johnson-kevin-hart-1235081099/ Really thought the IM would have been better, and I know it'll still leg out fine, but doing on par with Smallfoot is pretty yeesh-worthy.

At my local 22-screener, they're only giving Paws of Fury one showing at 11:20 in the morning. Lightyear has more shows. That's some embarrassing stuff right there.

Numbers are still numbers. He wanted to share his insights on a very boring weekend, and it's cool that he's willing to do this, considering he didn't have to.

Bullet Train Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-6 and Counting Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 75 367 16256 2.26% Total Seats Sold Today: 39 Comp 4.218x of Snake Eyes T-6 (5.91M) 0.796x of The Suicide Squad T-6 (3.26M) 3.707x of Free Guy T-6 (8.15M) 0.322x of No Time to Die T-6 (2.03M) 0.363x of Dune T-6 (1.85M) 0.908x of Uncharted T-6 (3.36M) 0.379x of Fantastic Beasts 3 T-6 (2.28M) 0.159x of Top Gun 2 T-6 (3.07M) 0.156x of Jurassic World 3 T-6 (2.81M)

"Fuck them kids" - Michael Jordan

More like A-. Lightyear and Space Jam 2 had similar RT Aud scores at the same time IIRC. Even Paws of Fury with 66% got to A-.

Nope should get to about 19.3M (-56%). Not as strong as OUATIH, but still on the road to at least 120M. Probably 130M+. Thor's going to about 13.4M (-40.6%) and Top Gun's got 8.45M (-18%). Always like weekends where there's good holds for everybody.