Eric Quinn

Moderation We're also not doing this insipid "OMG DUNE IS THIS EPIC FAILURE NOW" hyperbole. We were all championing a 70M opening, even a 65M opening as good results. But now you guys are having tantrums and meltdowns over it grossing those? It's really not funny and unproductive. Please act a little more relaxed and reserved.

Moderation Not the "do people like Dune" thread. Please move this off-topic discussion on whether Dune is actually popular or not to the actual Dune 2 thread.

#21 Guardians of the Galaxy 1,483 points, 29 lists "I am Groot." Box Office: 273.1M Rotten Tomatoes: 87% Metacritic: 73 Awards: 1 Academy Award nomination, 1 Annie Award and 9 nominations, 1 Critics Choice Award nominee Roger Ebert's Review: N/A Its Legacy: The third-highest grossing movie of 2014 and the highest-grossing Marvel movie of 2014. Brought the obscure comic and turned it into one of the most profitable Marvel franchises ever. Made Chris Pratt a movie star. Introduced not only the Guardians, but also Ronan, The Collector, and Howard the Duck into the MCU. Pushed James Gunn into A-list Hollywood director material. The soundtrack became the first soundtrack album in history consisting entirely of previously released songs to top the Billboard chart. Gave Lloyd Kaufman a paycheck. Commentary: We have now ended our MCU run of entries with this epic comedy space opera. And in many ways, it really is the perfect finale. A perfect showcase of the ingenuity and creativity of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and a glorious period where Marvel could take anything and place them into the pop culture zeitgeist. Prior to 2014, nobody gave a darn about those Guardians of the Galaxy. And people were baffled that this random Z-list team of superheroes was being thrown into the Marvel universe before bigger characters like Doctor Strange. Even the trailers made this seem like an odd beast, with a talking raccoon and giant tree and weird sci-fi nonsense. Nobody was going to take to this. Thankfully, with the combination of Marvel Studios fun and the sharp, self-aware, hilarious comedy of Mr. James Gunn, we got ourselves a rollicking adventure that felt so distinct and off-key in all the best ways from most superhero blockbusters. It was a film that was gleefully self-aware of its silliness, took full advantage of its comedy and characters, and offered an incredible soundtrack that made some classic 80s tunes fresh and hip to a new generation of kids. Oh, and Rocket turned some kids into furries too, because of course they did. It’s a movie that felt bold and idiosyncratic, reminding viewers that Marvel wasn’t just superheroes saving the day. It was also weird and gonzo and oddly heartfelt, with a lot of the movie about an immature man child trying to come to grips with the loss of his mother and trying to find family in the chaotic vastness of outer space. This odd blend of familiar Marvel conventions, silly sci-fi adventure, raunchy humor, and sincere pathos really shouldn’t have worked as well as it did. And yet it did. Sure enough, Guardians of the Galaxy was the big movie of the summer, making these nobody Marvel characters some of the coolest and most iconic heroes in the entire MCU and Marvel Comics universe itself. They are now just as iconic as X-Men or Fantastic Four, and some may say that these guys have usurped those teams in popularity these days. We soon got an impressive trilogy many cite as Marvel’s absolute best roster of movies, a popular video game, and director James Gunn has now become a golden boy in Hollywood, currently spearheading the new roster of DC Comics movies. It’s hard to know what the future holds, but to quote 80s music icon George Michael, I gotta have faith.

#22 Lilo & Stitch 1,483 points, 24 lists "If you want to leave, you can. I'll remember you though. I remember everyone that leaves." Box Office: 273.1M Rotten Tomatoes: 87% Metacritic: 73 Awards: 1 Academy Award nomination, 1 Annie Award and 9 nominations, 1 Critics Choice Award nominee Roger Ebert's Review: "Now here comes a truly inspired animated feature named "Lilo & Stitch." How will it do? It's one of the most charming feature-length cartoons of recent years--funny, sassy, startling, original and with six songs by Elvis. It doesn't get sickeningly sweet at the end, it has as much stuff in it for grown-ups as for kids, and it has a bright offbeat look to it." Its Legacy: One of the highest-grossing Disney movies of the 2000s. Appeared in Kingdom Hearts. Made Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois icons in the animation industry. Stitch would become a merchandising monster. Earned several direct-to-video sequels, several television shows, and an upcoming live-action remake. Has one of the best ad campaigns in movie history. Gave Tia Carrerre a paycheck. Commentary: Coming out in a weird, experimental time for Disney Animation, attempting to branch away from Broadway-style musicals and princess stories, Lilo and Stitch was by far the most successful. At the box office, with critics, and in creating a long-lasting franchise. In a way, despite the initially odd premise of a little girl becoming friends with an alien, it’s very clear why this oddball feature became so successful. Not just for the stupid kids watching, but for the parents who arguably get more out of the feature. And of course, the stupid kids who grow up to realize all the subtle details and pathos they didn’t click with when they were 5. Stitch, the goofy blue alien who loves destruction, became the breakout character for obvious reasons. He’s a silly weirdo who loves to eat, loves to cause chaos, and is just oh so adorable and cuddly. They still sell plushies and merch of him in stores over 2 decades later. And while he’s great, he’s just the cherry on top of a very powerful story of loss and familial comfort. Anchored by Lilo, a little girl who feels isolated from the rest of the world due to familial tragedy, much of the film is centered on the trauma that comes from losing family and loved ones. Trying to deal with a chaotic, terrible family life and situation at an age you’re unprepared for. A heartbreaking tale about two sisters trying to keep things all together, despite the world trying to tear them apart. It’s a movie that is quietly devastating, yet balanced perfectly by comedy, sci-fi adventure, and heart. Lilo and Stitch was, and still is, a massive deal with kids and adults, serving as one of Disney’s most valuable franchises, with a remake just around the corner. It catapulted Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois to fame in the animation industry, with them finding great success at Dreamworks with the How to Train Your Dragon franchise, and works as a seminal piece of pure Disney magic.

#23 The Little Mermaid 1,448 points, 27 lists "Teenagers. They think they know everything. You give them an inch, they swim all over you." Box Office: 235M Rotten Tomatoes: 93% Metacritic: 88 Awards: 2 Academy Awards and 1 nomination, 2 Golden Globe Awards and 2 nominations, 2 Grammy Awards and 3 nominations Roger Ebert's Review: What's best about "The Little Mermaid" is the visual invention with which the adventures are drawn. There is a lightness and a freedom about the settings - from Triton's underwater throne room to storms at sea to Ursula's garden of captured souls (they look a little like the tourists buried in Farmer Vincent's back yard in "Motel Hell"). The colors are bright, the water sparkles with reflected light, and there is the sense that not a single frame has been compromised because of the cost of animation. Its Legacy: The film that began the Disney Renaissance. Brought Disney back to fairy tales and back to musicals. Ariel would become one of the most praised and criticized Disney Princesses ever. Influenced nearly every Disney fairy tale since its release. Appeared in Kingdom Hearts. Appears in all the theme parks. Earned two direct-to-video sequels. Earned a Broadway show. Earned a TV series, with a new on on the horizon. Earned a live-action remake. Considered one of the greatest animated movies of all time. Gave Kenneth Mars a paycheck. Commentary: The very film that saved Disney itself...well, kind of. It was actually a solid succession of films alongside other marketing factors that led to Little Mermaid becoming a huge juggernaut. Of course, it’s easier to put it all on the flashy princess movie that everybody loves and makes a ton of money even today. But...what was I talking about? Oh yeah, movie. This was Disney’s epic return to the world of fairy tales. Something they ignored since Sleeping Beauty 30 years ago. And it was an amazing return. Simply because this was a rare case of a film that captured everything we loved from what came before, while also having its own personality and paving the way for so many other future classics. It’s a film that is reminiscent of classics like Snow White and Sleeping Beauty, from the romance story to the fun side characters to the beautiful castles and backgrounds. Yet everything about it feels so fresh and modern and unique even after all these years. Must have been truly mind blowing in 1989. With incredible music, powerful sequences, and gorgeous colors, all of this works perfectly thanks to the incredible character that is Ariel. Sure, it can be easy to mock or mischaracterize her. But she captured so many people’s hearts and imaginations for obvious reasons. She was determined, she was active, she was curious, she was vibrant, and full of so much personality. Both in the incredible character animation of Glen Keane and the incredible vocals of Jodi Benson, both of whom had brought so much life and energy and earnestness to the character. This was a princess for the modern age and her personality would influence future heroines like Belle, Jasmine, Tiana, Mulan, Elsa, and more over the coming decades. And over 30 years later, Little Mermaid still feels modern and distinct and resonant, with the recent remake finding success and popularity with a whole new generation of audiences. It's the kind of legacy most movies dream of having.

#120 - Iron Man 3 (402 points, 10 lists) #119 - The Jungle Book (2016) (404 points, 12 lists) #118 - Quiz Show (405 points, 8 lists) #117 - Freaky Friday (2003) (411 points, 9 lists) #116 - The Last Duel (420 points, 8 lists) #115 - Robin Hood (429 points, 9 lists) #114 - A Bug's Life (434 points, 17 lists) #113 - Whisper of the Heart (438 points, 7 lists) #112 - Chunking Express (447 points, 9 lists) #111 - Spider-Man: Homecoming (451 points, 13 lists)

Books are for nerds.

At least this kid had fun.

This is literally just an It's Always Sunny episode lol

No offense, but antagonizing Shawn, the guy in charge of the whole forum, like this does not help your favors, derails this thread, and is frankly pretty darn rude and disrespectful. People are allowed to have negative opinions on movies you are excited for and you have to respect that. Either ignore Shawn's projections, or else you will lead me with no other choice but to give you warning points.

Except it isn't. @whatsupdoc owns Quorum, and he shared projections of 62-69M opening for Dune as of last week. And I'm sure when he updates his stuff again, it will rise to the 70s that everybody else is projecting. This is just my data showing what movies that have an awareness in the 50s are like, which is not scientific at all. And once we get the final updates for Dune this coming Friday, it'll probably go up to 60%+, which will be more in line with what others' data is. So there. https://thequorum.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/6WOFTR-02.23.24.pdf

Very curious to know how wild will this robot be. We talking Wild Thornberrys wild? Wild n Out wild? Man vs. Wild wild? Some...other show that has "Wild" in its name?

Quorum Updates Arthur the King T-16: 32.89% Loves Lies Bleeding T-16: 17.24% Civil War T-44: 26.47% Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes T-72: 55.3% IF T-79: 28.49% It Ends With Us T-114: 17.45% Transformers One T-198: 29.72% Dune: Part Two T-2: 59.61% Awareness Final Awareness: 100% chance of 10M, 92% chance of 20M, 72% chance of 30M, 36% chance of 40M, 24% chance of 50M, 16% chance of 60M, 12% chance of 90M, 8% chance of 100M Tentpole Awareness: 100% chance of 30M, 75% chance of 40M, 25% chance of 50M Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire T-30: 51.32% Awareness T-30 Awareness: 100% chance of 20M, 94% chance of 30M, 87% chance of 40M, 81% chance of 50M, 62% chance of 60M, 56% chance of 70M, 37% chance of 100M Tentpole Awareness: 100% chance of 30M, 75% chance of 60M, 50% chance of 70M, 25% chance of 100M Monkey Man T-37: 24.59% Awareness T-30 Awareness: 54% chance of 10M, 17% chance of 20M Low Awareness: 34% chance of 10M, 7% chance of 20M

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Movie Title Distributor Gross %YD %LW Theaters Per Theater Total Gross Days In Release 1 (1) Bob Marley: One Love Paramount Pi… $952,407 -74% -81% 3,597 $265 $72,099,457 13 2 (2) Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no … Crunchyroll $620,000 -73% 1,949 $318 $12,120,703 4 - (3) Madame Web Sony Pictures $415,000 -74% -84% 4,013 $103 $35,776,426 13 - (8) The Chosen: Season 4 Epis… Fathom Events $266,543 -56% -59% 2,090 $128 $8,204,596 12 - (9) Drive-Away Dolls Focus Features $207,975 -62% 2,280 $91 $2,612,305 4 - (6) Argylle Universal $198,715 -73% -79% 3,060 $65 $41,829,600 25 - (10) The Beekeeper Amazon MGM S… $158,739 -70% -70% 2,157 $74 $63,290,889 46 - (5) Migration Universal $119,465 -86% -92% 2,434 $49 $120,434,770 67 - (7) Wonka Warner Bros. $117,364 -83% -90% 2,203 $53 $214,585,795 74 - (11) Anyone But You Sony Pictures $80,000 -73% -80% 1,455 $55 $87,082,742 67 - (-) Poor Things Searchlight … $62,425 -62% -70% 540 $116 $32,970,641 81 - (-) Lisa Frankenstein Focus Features $56,910 -66% -86% 1,366 $42 $9,410,985 18 - (-) American Fiction Amazon MGM S… $55,144 -66% -74% 602 $92 $20,068,369 74 - (-) Les Misérables Universal $33,575 -60% 162 $207 $149,189,895 4,081 - (-) Night Swim Universal $26,730 -74% -76% 571 $47 $31,917,685 53 - (-) Mean Girls Paramount Pi… $24,921 -79% -92% 728 $34 $72,156,575 46 - (-) Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom Warner Bros. $22,833 -78% -85% 524 $44 $124,177,316 67 - (-) The Boys in the Boat Amazon MGM S… $21,385 -63% -82% 407 $53 $52,343,130 64 - (-) The Holdovers Focus Features $7,520 -35% -57% 226 $33 $20,089,595 123 - (-) Oppenheimer Universal $5,415 -32% -28% 200 $27 $329,017,135 221 - (-) Trolls Band Together Universal $4,720 -80% -91% 145 $33 $102,979,325 102 - (-) All of Us Strangers Searchlight … $3,580 -54% -82% 25 $143 $3,968,645 67 - (-) Wish Walt Disney $3,523 -75% -88% 70 $50 $63,870,135 97 - (-) Out of Darkness Bleecker Street $3,193 -58% -95% 100 $32 $1,943,813 18 - (-) Killers of the Flower Moon Paramount Pi… $1,615 -77% -43% 207 $8 $67,870,016 130 - (-) The Oath Freestyle Re… $226 -38% -16% 3 $75 $503,008 81 26 $3,469,923

My favorite movie of the year. The ending is one of the most chilling and devastating conclusions I have ever seen.

Quorum Updates Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire T-25: 55.99% Tarot T-74: 18.98% Horizon: An American Saga Part 1 T-123: 21.88% Kraven the Hunter T-186: 28.04% Dune: Part Two T-4: 61.09% Awareness Final Awareness: 100% chance of 20M, 90% chance of 30M, 85% chance of 40M, 75% chance of 50M, 65% chance of 60M, 50% chance of 70M, 35% chance of 100M Tentpole Awareness: 100% chance of 30M, 86% chance of 60M, 43% chance of 70M, 29% chance of 100M Cabrini T-11: 16.79% Awareness Final Awareness: 0% chance of 10M Low Awareness: 0% chance of 10M Imaginary T-11: 34.41% Awareness Final Awareness: 38% chance of 10M, 6% chance of 20M Horror Awareness: 45% chance of 10M, 9% chance of 20M Kung Fu Panda 4 T-11: 67.08% Awareness Final Awareness: 100% chance of 20M, 90% chance of 30M, 85% chance of 40M, 75% chance of 50M, 65% chance of 60M, 50% chance of 70M, 35% chance of 100M Animation/Family Awareness: 100% chance of 50M, 75% chance of 70M, 50% chance of 100M The First Omen T-39: 29.89% Awareness T-30 Awareness: 54% chance of 10M, 17% chance of 20M Horror Awareness: 71% chance of 10M, 29% chance of 20M Challengers T-60: 20.2% Awareness T-60 Awareness: 60% chance of 10M, 31% chance of 20M Low Awareness: 33% chance of 10M, 11% chance of 20M

Discuss away!

Thank goodness that didn't happen, because Timmy being a momma's boy is soooooooooooooooooooooo cute

lol I'm a fucking dumbass. This was the perfect, the best, the most wonderfulest project he could have ever chosen.

#24 Avengers: Endgame 1,420 points, 20 lists "AVENGERS...assemble." Box Office: 2.799B Rotten Tomatoes: 94% Metacritic: 78 Awards: 1 Academy Award nomination, 1 Annie Award, 1 BAFTA Award nomination, 1 Grammy Award nomination, 3 MTV Movie Awards and 1 nomination Roger Ebert's Review: N/A Its Legacy: The former highest-grossing movie of all time. Ended the Infinity Saga with a bang. One of the most expensive movies ever made. Features one of the most epic climaxes in Marvel movie history. Set the stage for the future of the MCU. Gave Bradley Cooper a paycheck. Commentary: Here was a movie that had so much to prove. It didn’t have to just be a fun popcorn movie. It didn’t just have to be a good follow-up to that epic Infinity War cliffhanger. This film had to be the perfect finale to a whopping 11 years of movies. Marvel Studios needed to give a three-hour feature that emphasized how far we had come in this Infinity Saga, offer tons of fan service for people who had been with this since day 1, deliver an epic climax that blew everybody away, finish up dozens of character arcs and stories, and set the stage for more Marvel stories to come. And somehow, someway, the Russos, Markus, and McFeeley did just that. So many incredible setpieces. So many awesome character moments. So many great jokes and one-liners. So many strong emotional beats, bits of melancholy where we are all reminded of what we have lost and also how far we have come. And it all leads to one of the greatest climaxes in Marvel history. A moment that seared into every MCU’s fan as an all-timer. Everything they could have hoped from this series and more was in that climax, and it made this whole epic odyssey all worth it. Since then, the MCU has been in some weird rough patches. And in some respects, maybe they should have just ended things right here. But because this one film stuck the landing and gave us an exciting finale we will never forget, as well as a box office run for the ages, the Marvel Cinematic Universe will never truly lose relevance or popularity. Ever.