Eric Prime

You know this could just be an exclusive look towards CinemaCon attendees and we have to wait longer

https://bleedingcool.com/movies/cinemacon-the-big-screen-is-back-sony-presentation-liveblog/ Sony should begin any second. Follow along friends!

James Marsden voicing one of the ponies will never not be funny to me

Actuals: 1 (1) Free Guy 20th Cent… $18,504,022 -35% 4,165 n/c $4,443 $58,526,997 2 2 N PAW Patrol: The Movie Paramount… $13,148,340 3,184 $4,130 $13,148,340 1 3 (3) Jungle Cruise Walt Disney $6,346,235 -30% 3,575 -325 $1,775 $92,660,063 4 4 (2) Don’t Breathe 2 Sony Pict… $5,051,607 -52% 3,005 n/c $1,681 $19,673,809 2 5 (4) Respect United Ar… $3,760,666 -57% 3,207 n/c $1,173 $15,729,378 2 6 (5) The Suicide Squad Warner Bros. $3,400,190 -54% 2,926 -1,093 $1,162 $49,261,901 3 7 N The Protégé Lionsgate $2,908,221 2,577 $1,129 $2,908,221 1 8 N The Night House Searchlig… $2,859,409 2,240 $1,277 $2,859,409 1 9 N Reminiscence Warner Bros. $1,950,793 3,265 $597 $1,950,793 1 10 (6) Old Universal $1,147,115 -52% 1,547 -1,084 $742 $45,189,765 5 11 (7) Black Widow Walt Disney $1,113,691 -42% 1,340 -720 $831 $180,167,734 7 12 (9) The Green Knight A24 $971,825 -16% 825 -959 $1,178 $16,343,956 4 13 (10) Space Jam: A New Legacy Warner Bros. $501,675 -55% 902 -939 $556 $69,310,604 6 14 (8) Stillwater Focus Fea… $458,430 -65% 1,026 -1,153 $447 $13,583,755 4 15 (12) Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe … Paramount… $309,820 -51% 540 -495 $574 $28,139,075 5 - (11) Escape Room: Tourname… Sony Pict… $300,147 -56% 382 -394 $786 $25,188,958 6 - (13) F9: The Fast Saga Universal $220,110 -57% 857 -303 $257 $172,521,545 9 - (14) The Boss Baby: Family… Universal $205,205 -52% 994 -190 $206 $56,519,370 8 - (-) A Quiet Place: Part II Paramount… $94,878 -53% 349 -70 $272 $160,024,169 13 - (15) The Forever Purge Universal $80,990 -62% 371 -145 $218 $44,357,265 8 - (-) Cruella Walt Disney $59,739 -11% 80 -15 $747 $85,941,310 13 - (-) Raging Fire Well Go USA $49,020 -52% 37 -22 $1,325 $218,884 2 - (-) Roadrunner: A Film Ab… Focus Fea… $44,680 -37% 87 -39 $514 $5,225,440 6 - N Flag Day United Ar… $42,953 24 $1,790 $42,953 1 - N Demonic IFC Midnight $40,683 85 $479 $40,683 1 - (-) Pig Neon $35,476 -31% 61 -17 $582 $3,093,037 6 - (-) Escape From Mogadishu Well Go USA $29,053 -33% 12 -14 $2,421 $216,299 3 - (-) Nine Days Sony Pict… $28,565 -70% 64 -327 $446 $599,628 4 - (-) The Lost Leonardo Sony Pict… $18,601 +49% 11 +8 $1,691 $38,138 2 - N Cryptozoo Magnolia … $12,891 45 $286 $12,891 1 - (-) Swan Song Magnolia … $11,057 -54% 34 -13 $325 $88,686 3 - (-) 12 Mighty Orphans Sony Pict… $10,765 +3% 25 -5 $431 $3,551,586 11 - (-) Ema Music Box… $10,519 +1% 27 +16 $390 $28,710 2 - (-) Summer of Soul (…Or, … Searchlig… $8,435 -37% 20 -6 $422 $2,304,732 8 - N Ma Belle, My Beauty Good Deed… $8,000 2 $4,000 $8,000 1 - (-) Ailey Neon $7,874 -65% 33 -48 $239 $176,150 5 - (-) The Conjuring: The De… Warner Bros. $7,786 -86% 30 -31 $260 $65,556,488 12 - (-) White as Snow Dada Films $3,264 +227% 14 +13 $233 $5,134 2 - N Death Rider in the Ho… Atlas Dis… $3,004 1 $3,004 $3,004 1 - (-) Beans Mongrel M… $1,003 -51% 8 -7 $125 $137,576 21 - (-) Mama Weed Music Box… $298 -1% 2 n/c $149 $27,720 6 41 $63,767,035

The problem with these kinds of debates on whether movies will leave cultural impacts or not is that, really, it's too early for a lot of these movies to say one thing over the other. You don't automatically make a movie and consider it a classic and can really only use educated guesses on how people are reacting to it currently. And even then, all of these proclamations are based on anecdotal evidence or just personal biases. These biases can be one own's personal thoughts on the movie or in Luca's case, a lot of people going into a "streaming bad" argument and taking the movie down with it. So I don't think either side can make any proclamations here and just go off assumptions, however flimsy they may be. And as for my flimsy assumption, I think Luca will be just fine in the grand scheme of things in terms of "impact". It was watched quite a bit when looking over statistical evidence, I've seen solid discussion on the film from the Animation Twitter peeps I follow, and the Disney marketing machine will ensure Luca will stay relevant to kids regardless. Disney's always done a great job keeping their movies alive in people's heads, far more than somebody like Netflix, and I sincerely doubt being only on Disney+ will cause it to be forgotten and buried forever like some folks here are making it out to be.

Literally how did you almost get this right?

We were this close to that being a Josh Gad vehicle, but we just dodged the biggest bullet in history

Of all the movies in the world you can call pretentious...Luca? LUCA?

I'll admit I'm biased as a Little Monster, but House of Gucci garnered a lot of Twitter headlines when the trailer dropped and I think the trailer sells itself well as a campy, fun thrill ride with a great cast. I'm assuming also that there will be awards buzz for Gaga and maybe one of the supporting actors, which will also go a long way. Last Duel though always kinda felt like an Ad Astra performer to me even before the pandemic and all its competition. The whole movie being focused around rape was always gonna make it a tough sell IMO. Reviews might change things though

Honestly the only weekends that are "cursed" or at least are a bad place to put a movie under at this point is Super Bowl weekend, and the two weekends after Thanksgiving (unless of course Thanksgiving is really late like in 2019 or 2013), and that's just because it's in a hard place in terms of holiday bumps. There's no Thanksgiving bump, people already spent a lot of money over the Thanksgiving break as is, and it's too early on the calendar to get a Christmas bump, especially since so many other movies launch closer to the date and take up real estate in auditoriums and advertising. And even then, when it comes to the latter, stuff like Last Samurai, Ocean's Eleven, and Narnia all did boffo numbers in those early December debuts precisely because they were exciting, appealing movies folks wanted to see. Almost as if people will see a movie that looks interesting and is advertised well regardless of a release date

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-11 and Counting Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 54 1057 10896 9.70% Total Seats Sold Today: 79 Comp 1.222x of F9 T-11 (8.68M) 0.503x of Black Widow T-11 (6.64M) 3.535x of The Suicide Squad T-11 (14.49M)

The movies are back! Again! Yes indeed, after the plague canceled last year's convention, CinemaCon has finally returned in all its glory, just as we’re about to head into this fall’s batch of exciting new releases. It’s a very crucial conference too, as movie studios now have to ensure theater owners that they’re best buds, that streaming won’t destroy everything, and they have enough strong, quality films to help keep the lights on as we head into the fall and winter season, COVID variants be damned All this week, we’re getting new standees, posters, and other promotional material, and we will have several studio presentations. In these presentations, we will have reports from the Twitter accounts of yes-men bloggers and industry folks praising all the upcoming movies from 2021 and beyond. True we won’t get any actual footage, barring a potential Spider-Man trailer after it got leaked online, but just a few nuggets of information can go a long way. As always, follow the golden BOT rules. Be nice, be respectful, don’t be a dick. Schedule (all times are PST, use your local timezone converter): Monday, August 23 Sony - 6-9 PM Tuesday, August 24 MGM/UAR - 9:15-11:30 AM Warner Bros. - 5-6:30 PM Wednesday, August 25 Neon - 8-9 AM Shang-Chi Screening - 9:30-11:45 AM Universal/Focus - 4:30-6 PM Thursday, August 26 Paramount - 10 AM - 12:15 PM Lionsgate - 2:45-4:15 PM

You're right. I forgot about calling out Fox20 when I should have. Sorry! @Fox20 your posts don't deserve to be here. Please do not go after BestPicturePlutoNash for supposedly being an MCU hater. These posts go nowhere and are demonstrably false. Do this stuff again, and you too will be threadbanned

Here's the reason: he's a likable guy who is easy to work with, causes no trouble on the set, and can deliver a competent, well-liked product that typically is financially successful. You don't have to like his movies, but it's really not that hard to figure out why Papa Feige would want him on another movie. Oh and by the way, when I told you "no", that means don't start a fight or do some condescending, passive-aggressive backtalk towards users, like you just did with Fox20. If you do this one more time, you will be threadbanned on the spot. This is your one and only warning.

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