Eric Prime

@Cap

Venom: Let There Be Carnage Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-22 and Counting Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 88 229 19301 1.19% Comp 0.281x of Black Widow's First Day of Presales (3.71M) 0.170x of Black Widow T-22 (2.25M) 1.974x of The Suicide Squad T-22 (8.09M) 0.449x of Shang-Chi's First Day of Presales (3.95M) Despite being a sequel, I do think Venom 2 isn't a perfect comp with the MCU titles, as those just simply put have a bigger fanbase and fan rush towards them IMO that Venom won't really get this early on. I do however think The Suicide Squad works here and so far, that is an...okay preview number, even if it would cause a decrease in OW. How big a decrease, and whether a decrease should be expected or disappointing or whatever is up to you. Either way, not the greatest start in the world, but nothing that can't be improved upon.

Malignant Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-2 and Counting Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 68 130 8802 0.82% Total Shows Added Today: 9 Total Seats Added Today: 838 Total Seats Sold Today: 65 Comp 0.086x of Conjuring 3 Wednesday Before Release (843.6K) 0.494x of Old Wednesday Before Release (741K) 4.062x of Reminiscence Wednesday Before Release (2.76M) Okay, Venom time

Mike Ryan made a banger article a couple weeks back about how messed up pacing is in movies these days. I feel like every movie this summer had the exact same issue of not knowing when to call it quits and it's infuriating stuff. Is Hollywood afraid people won't get their money's worth? Do they think folks hate watching short movies? There are some weirdos who are all "epic runtime" whenever a 2:30 movie hits, but I doubt they're the majority. But I guess judging by how people are doom and gloom over...*checks notes*...Venom 2 being short, maybe I'm the idiot here. https://uproxx.com/movies/modern-movie-endings/

Still kind of unsure if I'll love it, because Wan's films all kind of fall under a "that was nice I guess" for me, but I'm glad that reviews and reactions here indicate that Wan was allowed to play with his toys. Dude knows how to make some inventive setpieces when he's left alone and hopefully the parts of the screenplay that lead into these moments are actually worthwhile.

https://deadline.com/2021/09/summer-box-office-2021-covid-disney-hbo-max-streaming-black-widow-1234828431/

https://deadline.com/2021/09/summer-box-office-2021-covid-disney-hbo-max-streaming-black-widow-1234828431/ LMFAO @ PAR ACTUALLY INCREASING FROM 2019

https://deadline.com/2021/09/summer-box-office-2021-covid-disney-hbo-max-streaming-black-widow-1234828431/

https://deadline.com/2021/09/summer-box-office-2021-covid-disney-hbo-max-streaming-black-widow-1234828431/

https://deadline.com/2021/09/summer-box-office-2021-covid-disney-hbo-max-streaming-black-widow-1234828431/

Not sure why people are so offended at 90 minutes. It's two goofy symbiotes clashing with one another, so it's not like there's some grand story here.