Eric Quinn

Why are you on your phone? Just watch the movie you silly goose

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Mickey's Law is no more! Spongebob's Law is what we must now follow.

Did Jim Giannopoulos make Good Burger, the greatest film ever conceived by humans? I think not!

In the end Brad Pitt was the right choice, but I would have KILLED to see Cruise in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Or even just a Magnolia-style dramatic role. I think the last non-action movie Cruise starred in was American Made, and then before that...um...Rock of Ages? The time is now Cruise!

PSA that those numbers are all thanks to Lady Gaga and nobody else. This woman is a draw unlike any other

This is all amazing. Not only did Top Gun have a crazy good preview #, but I also get to still use Mickey's Law jokes because it underperformed in Philly. It's the best of both worlds!

Dude, I don't care.

GIVE US A NUMBER PARAMOUNT I WANT TO EAT SOME LUNCH

I know it's not a Memorial Day release, but using Jackass Forever would take its 3-day to ~21M. This is probably way more fan-skewing, so even with the holiday, 21M sounds like a good 4-day? Which...yeah, it's not great, but better than most of the other Fox titles and not bad for a niche title like this.

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I just realized Transformers is turning 15 years old from this post, and I think I'm finally on the "I feel so old" stage of life. I still remember all the ads that played for this on Nickelodeon back in the day lmao

Kind of like Jurassic World, it’s a perfect storm of factors. There’s nostalgia of course, and it’s helped that compared to something like Terminator or Alien or Robocop that there aren’t any crappy sequels or remakes that diluted or poisoned the brand to people. It's a sweet spot where the first movie is still super popular and nostalgic, but the brand isn't shoved in your face all the time. It’s also coming out as a patriotic “isn’t our military great” Americana piece. Center-right media like this is super popular nowadays, with Yellowstone and Reacher being huge hits on TV. Plus, the current global climate has made people lean way more into this kind of patriotism. Whether or not that's a good thing is up to you, but this isn't the place to discuss all that . Plus, for people on the left who may not like this kind of rhetoric, you still have a really fun action movie with incredible, innovative set pieces. And like how Jurassic World is the only big franchise focusing on a subject everybody loves, Top Gun is the only big franchise that focuses on airplanes and aviation. Everybody loves airplanes, no matter the age. You also have Tom Cruise back in his most iconic role, it's a movie you have to see on the biggest, loudest screen possible, and there’s a Lady Gaga song that will probably get tons of radio play. Add on those GOAT reviews, and it hits every check mark you need, even if you're not all that connected to the original source material. P.S. Do check out the first Top Gun while you can. It's the cheesiest schlock ever and I love every second of it. It's also surprisingly gay, which is always a plus.

Your posts are scaring me, because when I finally get to it on Saturday, I'll probably just say to myself, "yeah, that was pretty good I guess", and I'll feel like a jerk. 😂

Jurassic World: Dominion Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-14 and Counting Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 134 1676 23705 7.07% Total Seats Sold Today: 74 Comp 2.648x of Venom 2 T-14 (30.71M)

This feels like the setup to a really good romantic comedy.

I'm actually pretty stoked as well. I never watched Willow, but I like a lot of the fantasy concepts they have in here, and Warwick Davis looks like he's having a blast. It's the first in a while of these streaming fantasy shows that got my attention.

Without Mickey's Law, Jumanji 2 would have made more than TROS overseas. But that wasn't the case. THE LAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

Hold your horses mah boi. Fallen Kingdom should have easily gotten 150M on its opening. But it didn't. Why did it not make over 150M? Mickey's Law.

Mickey's Law is a joke term I have concocted, a play on Murphy's Law. Basically, for the non-Disney studios, anything that can go wrong will go wrong. This is something I made up in 2019 when Disney demolished the whole competition and everybody was suffering, though you could argue the Law has been around since like 2016. I blame it on Universal winning the market share of 2015 despite all the Disney hits. So essentially, Mickey's Law works out where every non-Disney film suffers in some way by the Law, whether it be a poor opening, going below expectations, having bad legs domestically, having bad legs overseas, you get the idea. Even films that seem like big hits have something bad within their numbers that happened in part from Mickey's Law. The only non-Disney titles not impacted by Mickey's Law are superhero movies from like Sony and DC Comics, and for the latter, that's only because the masses think every superhero is a Marvel thing. I know from experience, because I have to explain to my Dad every other month that Superman is not a Marvel character or The Suicide Squad isn't available on Disney+. Disclaimer: Mickey's Law is just something silly I like to make up and isn't something to take seriously. I still like using it though.

Top Gun: Maverick Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report Final Count Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 192 5142 37417 13.74% Total Seats Sold Today: 1,007 Comp 1.134x of F9 (8.05M) 1.767x of No Time to Die (11.13M) 2.200x of Dune (11.22M) 2.318x of Ghostbusters: Afterlife (10.43M) 2.182x of Fantastic Beasts 3 (13.09M) So...I know my numbers are way lower compared to most...but is this another case of Mickey's Law? Because it's starting to feel like Mickey's Law again.

The Bob's Burgers Movie Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report Final Count Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 47 576 5425 10.62% Total Seats Sold Today: 156 Comp 0.283x of The Suicide Squad (1.16M) 0.823x of Free Guy (1.81M) 0.826x of Jackass Forever (1.36M) 1.385x of Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (1.16M)

I promise I'll be ready soon