Eric Prime

The movie is an adaptation of a doll. This is a film about the cultural, societal, and feminist impact of said doll. If the doll did not exist, there would be no movie. It's an adaptation, so it should go into Adapted Screenplay.

Praying for that Timothee as Shadow announcement. Gonna make the film blow up 🙏

Again, not a bad month. Doesn't help the rest of the year out.

October 25 Terrifier 3: It should gross above Terrifier 2, but probably not that much. This franchise will always be a bit too gruesome and too much for some people. Even compared to something like Saw. 8/16 (2x) Wolf Man: Invisible Man aside, Universal has struck out time and time and time again with bringing their classic monsters back to the big screen. Whannell is directing, though Ryan Gosling dropping out does seem like a detriment. This all really depends on just what hook this movie has, which nobody knows about right now. So...let's assume it's a strike out. It's easier to just expect the worst out of life, so you're never disappointed. 13/37 (2.85x)

October 18 Smile 2: People liked the first Smile, but I can't imagine what new hook you can do with such a basic concept as this. All I can think is just doing the same movie again, which...well, that's not good for anybody. Bigger opening, way weaker legs. 30/90 (3x)

October 4 Joker: Folie a Deux: Superhero movies are dead...this will be the exception. Regardless on how you felt about it, Joker was loved by the public and the inclusion of Harley Quinn and the immense starpower of Lady Gaga is already getting superhero fans and casual moviegoers interested. If the musical angle sells and Gaga delivers a hit on the radio charts, we’re gonna be smooth sailing. This will gross on par with the last movie. Might even increase when all is said and done. The hype is real. 115/350 (3.04x) White Bird: This has like...5 delays? And like two trailers for old release dates? This says all you need to know. 8/36 (4x)

Quorum Updates Bob Marley: One Love T-42: 33.97% The Fall Guy T-121: 26.26% Furiosa T-142: 22.62% Bad Boys 4 T-163: 40.99% Twisters T-198: 26.8% Joker: Folie a Deux T-275: 35.22% Night Swim T-2: 41.71% Awareness Final Awareness: 86% chance of 10M, 53% chance of 20M, 30% chance of 30M, 19% chance of 40M Horror Awareness: 100% chance of 10M, 62% chance of 20M, 25% chance of 40M Argylle T-30: 19.05% Awareness T-30 Awareness: 13% chance of 10M Medium Awareness: 11% chance of 10M Lisa Frankenstein T-37: 24.09% Awareness T-30 Awareness: 53% chance of 10M Low Awareness: 35% chance of 10M Dune: Part Two T-58: 40.12% Awareness T-60 Awareness: 100% chance of 30M, 78% chance of 40M, 61% chance of 50M, 50% chance of 60M, 33% chance of 70M, 22% chance of 90M, 17% chance of 100M Tentpole Awareness: 100% chance of 30M, 80% chance of 40M, 60% chance of 60M, 20% chance of 70M

Btw this post isn’t an excuse to talk politics, so like…don’t.

lol I thought this was a conservative/pro-Trump dogwhistle (think Trump’s team used this quote in their campaign, so not my fault!). If it is indeed just saying Biden gets re-elected…well that’s not good either, but not as bad as the alternative! Reaction has been rescinded!

Looked up who was directing Kraven and said "oof" out loud. I guess Triple Frontier was a warning, but Chandor really didn't need to join the Marvel industrial complex.

You’re a huge star.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_in_film

Not sure if this was the right place to put it or not, but...I guess it works here.

Moderation Not the Game of Thrones thread.

Not a bad month! Still a bad year tho

September 27 Saw XI: Saw X became the franchise’s biggest critical and commercial hit in ages, so that momentum should lead to about the same. Slightly bigger opening, slightly weaker legs. Still about steady with the last one, which is mad impressive for a long-running series like this. 20/55 (2.75x)

September 20 The Wild Robot: Dreamworks has been very hit and miss for a good while, and since kids don’t care about movie theaters and this isn’t a nostalgic toy commercial, I expect this to come and go. A shame too, considering how talented and successful director Chris Sanders has been over the years. But we’re in a new world where originality is dead and everything must be based on something else. Pity. 23/85 (3.69x) Wolfs: I guess with Apple and the starpower, it will be stronger than most non-NTCs, but not that much more? I dunno, it’s just hard sometimes to predict movies where you know nothing about them. 20/70 (3.5x)

September 13 Transformers One: Being animated, this won’t have as big of a crowd as Rise of the Beasts, but the brand is still popular, and if they deliver on the quality, this should be a modest Mutant Mayhem-style success story. 35/115 (3.29x)

September 6 Beetlejuice 2: I have zero faith in Tim Burton putting out a good movie here. However, Beetlejuice is one of his most iconic features, the stage musical has introduced tons of new fans, and Jenna Ortega’s starpower will also be of help too. Plus Fandango and Quorum already show that the hype is heavy to see the franchise return. I don’t see the extra super massive breakout some users are expecting, but this should be a comfortably-sized big hit through the fall holidays. 110/265 (2.41x)

Sure. People suck, monkeys are awesome.

Have you ever gone outside in the past couple years? Shoot, you don’t even have to. I never watched an episode in my life, and I’ve seen all the memes and people reacting over the show on my Twitter feed. Shit is everywhere.