Eric Quinn

They did. I just didn’t bother pasting it because the whole Deadline roasting session is so 2019

Sorry if this was already posted https://deadline.com/2020/01/star-wars-rise-of-skywalker-has-a-happy-new-year-shoots-past-400m-the-grudge-previews-tonight-1202819475/

Dolittle Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-15 and Counting Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 26 34 5,160 0.66% Total Shows Added Today: 1 Total Seats LOST Today: 406 Total Seats Sold Today: 1 Comp 0.293x of Maleficent 15 days before release (674K) 0.055x of Frozen II 15 days before release (465K) Yeah, I think I'll drop Frozen starting tomorrow. It's clear both movies are going in very different directions. And as for the seat loss, one theater downgraded the movie to a smaller auditorium. Whether or not that's a good thing is up to you.

The Grudge Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-1 and Counting Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 26 122 3,882 3.14% Total Seats Sold Today: 61 Comp 0.787x of Crawl 1 day before release (787K) 0.434x of Scary Stories (1.01M) 1.525x of 47 Meters Down (787K) 0.051x of It: Chapter Two (536K) 0.659x of Doctor Sleep (989K) 2.068x of Black Christmas (475K) Feel like O/U 10M is about right.

August 28 The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard: The first Hitman’s Bodyguard was a solid success, and it’s continued to play on HBO for a couple years to help keep the property alive. And obviously this isn’t having the same second wind as John Wick, but I think there’s enough people who like it and would be interested in another Reynolds/SLJ adventure, so let’s just give this a decent-sized increase. 27/85 (3.15x) Spell: It’s a horror movie from a director best known for The House at the End of the Street remake and episodes of random TV shows. LOL who cares? 5/13 (2.6x)

August 21 Bill & Ted Face the Music: Excellent! *guitar riff* Bill and Ted return in another adventure, and this should be an okay way to end the summer. Keanu Reeves will probably still stay as America’s Sweetheart, and the director has done good stuff before. I was going to put this at about Dumb and Dumber To, but...fuck it, this month is gonna be awful. Might as well give it triple digits just to be nice. 38/100 (2.63x) Fred Hampton Project: A Black Panther biopic produced by Ryan Coogler and starring Daniel Kaluuya sounds like it has good potential, both in quality and in box office. Queen and Slim is looking to finish at about 40M, and I think that sounds about right here, and would be a great success. 10/40 (4x) Let Him Go: Wow, everybody really wants that Frozen pie. Okay, but seriously, it’s another August movie I don’t know what to think. This looks to be more dramatic and thriller-like, which is a pretty big jump from a director whose previous work was the Selena Gomez vehicle Monte Carlo. We’ll see if he can pull it off, but I’m not holding my breath, especially when there are buzzier options, even in an August as dead as this. 8/20 (2.5x)

Ehhh, there was a bit too much talking for my tastes.

I've gotten the trailer at Star Wars and Little Women, and they keep putting that dragon scene and the squirrel saying 'I'm too beautiful to die" at the end as their big money shot. I don't get it either.

https://www.the-numbers.com/news/243870830-2020-Preview-January The Grudge: 35M 1917: 75M Just Mercy: 45M Like a Boss: 50M Underwater: 20M Bad Boys for Life: 125M Dolittle: 75M The Gentlemen: 45M The Turning: 35M Gretel & Hansel: 25M The Rhythm Section: 35M

Little Women damn near made me cry. So jealous of Gerwig's talents there. And my God, Timmy's hair! His costumes! I love it!

August 14 Escape Room 2: The first Escape Room was a surprise success, with a decent opening, and surprisingly good legs. I was thinking of a higher opening, similar total from this, since I feel that Escape Room, both the movie and concept, are still popular. But having this on the same day as Malignant is really going to diminish audiences for both. One of them really needs to move to late September or something. 18/50 (2.78x) Malignant: Before James Wan makes money from ocean to ocean, he squeezed one more horror film out. Sounds pretty interesting so far, and WB’s been able to juggle two horror films (Anabelle 2 and It) to great success. So long as the trailers get the money shots, this should do okay. 30/80 (2.67x) Nobody: Cool, an action movie starring Bob Odenkirk, Connie Nielsen and Christopher Lloyd. The only real question mark here is it’s from the director of Hardcore Henry, so I don’t know if this is going to have his first person BS. Regardless...I’m just gonna spitball this one again. 12/33 (2.75x) The One and Only Ivan: So this is basically Dumbo, but without the iconic IP attached to it. Even with Jolie as one of the voices, this won't even reach Pete's Dragon. At least it’ll do well on Disney+? 22/70 (3.18x)

August 7 The Empty Man: This is a hard one to pin down if only because there is little to point at in terms of potential quality. The director doesn’t have a Wikipedia page, the biggest actor in the movie is Stephen Root, and it’s based off a graphic novel I have never heard of. Umm...I’ll just spitball this and predict poor things, since the following weekend has higher profile horror options. 12/28 (2.33x) Infinite: For what it’s worth, Mark Wahlberg has a fanbase, and I feel like Fuqua can do something cool here with the premise and in the visuals or action that will make people curious to check it out, at least on its opening weekend. 2 Guns did solid business back in the day, and I can see similar results here. 25/70 (2.8x)

About to pull up my August predix, and looking things over YIKES that month looks UG-UL-EE. September isn't any better btw

Dolittle Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-16 and Counting Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 25 33 5,566 0.59% Total Seats Sold Today: 1 Comp 0.289x of Maleficent 16 days before release (666K) 0.062x of Frozen II 16 days before release (529K)

The Grudge Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-2 and Counting Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 26 61 3,882 1.57% Total Shows Added Today: 11 Total Seats Added Today: 795 Total Seats Sold Today: 28 Comp 0.622x of Crawl 2 days before release (622K) 0.313x of Scary Stories (729K) 1.089x of 47 Meters Down (562K) 0.424x of Doctor Sleep (635K) 1.298x of Black Christmas (298K)

Still a night to remember lol

Can’t wait for Greta Gerwig’s live-action Frozen!

July 31 Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar: Kristen Wiig and the writer of Bridesmaids team up again to star in a new comedy? Cool! The director’s major works are random episodes of ABC sitcoms? Uh...okay? A marketing campaign that hides the face of the actresses for no reason? Why? I’m sure the movie will be fun enough, but its campaign is just too strange at the moment, and I think most people are confused at this movie rather than intrigued. Unless this is a critical darling, The Spy Who Dumped Me numbers sound about right. 10/28 (2.8x) Morbius: Even with the Marvel connections, a Jared Leto vampire movie from Sony sounds similar to Screen Gems franchises like Underworld or Resident Evil. I’m sure once a trailer drops, I’ll change my mind, but this just doesn’t sound all that appealing to the GA. We’ll see. 18/40 (2.22x)

July 24 Jungle Cruise: Despite Disney’s massive dominance at the box office, live-action material that isn’t a remake has really struggled. And while I see the potential, I don't see this bucking the trend. Reactions to the trailer when it first dropped felt kind of muted, and coming off the heels of two Jumanji movies, this could be an Abominable situation where people just aren’t interested in seeing The Rock in yet another jungle movie. But I think it will get across the century mark, although it wouldn’t surprise me if just barely, as it is one of the last family movies of the season, and arguably the last major biggie of the summer. Should help its legs at least. 35/115 (3.29x)

July 17 Bob’s Burgers: Of all the Fox shows you could make into a movie, why Bob’s Burgers? It’s not super obscure, and it has grown its audience thanks to TBS and Adult Swim reruns. But it’s more of a cult hit than anything else, and I’d argue there’s a bit of a crossover audience with Tenet. Teen Titans Go opened to about 10M, and that seems about right for this movie too, although I doubt legs will be as strong. 10/25 (2.5x) Tenet: Papa Nolan has returned to save cinema! So far, the marketing has done a great job in selling the film without even detailing the plot or characters. People are digging the Inception vibes, Nolan's biggest non-Batman release, and this seems to promise a lot of cool action set pieces that will entice a lot of moviegoers. With August looking like a complete wasteland, that will only further help the movie's legs. Get ready to see JDW become a superstar like his old man. 70/240 (3.43x)

July 10 Ghostbusters: Afterlife: I know a lot of people are going nuts for the teaser, but....I don't know. Say what you will about the 2016 reboot, but I think it’s fair to say the toxic reactions toward that film have really damaged the Ghostbusters brand to the GA that even with the old gang back, I doubt even nostalgia will help it all that much. Still, Ghostbusters is a recognizable enough name, and buzz from the trailer so far is good enough that it should at least cross the century mark, though probably under the 2016 film. So hey, consolation prize for fans of that movie. 45/120 (2.67x) The Purge 5: The last movie went down a touch, but nothing drastic. The fanbase still likes checking these movies out, and I trust Jason Blum to add a new twist here that will make people excited for this one too. Still down from the last movie, but good enough that we should still get at least one more movie. 28/65 (2.32x)