Eric Quinn

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.

Do you…not know what the whole premise of these movies are? That’s the whole point of this series since 1968.

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Quorum Updates I.S.S. T-18: 22.52% Madame Web T-44: 27.68% Love Lies Bleeding T-67: 13.17% Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire T-88: 40.78% Back to Black T-130: 13.83% Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes T-144: 43.88% Night Swim T-4: 39.47% Awareness Final Awareness: 36% chance of 10M, 6% chance of 20M Horror Awareness: 45% chance of 10M, 9% chance of 20M The Beekeeper T-11: 38.37% Awareness Final Awareness: 36% chance of 10M, 6% chance of 20M Medium Awareness: 47% chance of 10M The Book of Clarence T-11: 25.09% Awareness Final Awareness: 16% chance of 10M Low Awareness: 14% chance of 10M Mean Girls T-11: 52.47% Awareness Final Awareness: 100% chance of 10M, 92% chance of 20M, 72% chance of 30M, 36% chance of 40M Low Awareness: 100% chance of 10M

You don’t even have to wear pants!

If anything, the way things are this season is arguably better for theaters from a revenue sharing perspective. Disney was infamous for their draconian practices where they got way more money from the box office results compared to the other studios, getting about 60% or 65% of the box office compared to the usual 55% from other studios. Among other things too. So really, we're above from last year with movies that likely gave theaters more revenue and an evil capitalist studio is likely a lot more humbled into being...well, still evil and capitalist, but not as bad. Like I'm sure Disney forced theaters to give them a huge deal that was way in their favors for Avatar last year like they did for Star Wars and Marvel. No way that was the case for Wonka or Migration or Color Purple or whatever. Might be wrong here, and I doubt we'll ever get back to the $11B+ of the late 2010s, but this might not be as doom and gloom at first glance. And that says a lot coming from me.

That is a legit creative poster. Something I'd put on my wall.

Well...they don't call it the dog days for nothing!

August 30 Kraven the Hunter: Superhero movies are dead. Sony superhero movies? Deader than dead. Next. 20/45 (2.25x)

August 23 The Forge: New Kendrick Brothers movie? Kendrick Brothers movie gross. 8/36 (4.5x)

August 16 Alien: Romulus: With both Covenant and Prometheus being divisive features, the Alien franchise is in a really bad spot at the moment, so there’s not that much potential here. However, I think the fanbase is still big enough, and Alvarez is talented enough where it could gross on par with Covenant. And that’s more than enough for a niche property like this and perhaps a potential sequel. 30/70 (2.33x) Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 2: I'm already predicting rough things for part 1, and typically these two-parters see the second movie get a decrease for the latter. So yeah. I don't expect much here. 14/45 (3.21x)

August 9 Borderlands: This was shot in 2021 and is only now coming out three years later. Again, tells you everything you need to know. However, the games are quite popular, especially recently with the launch of Borderlands 3 in 2019. So there will be some initial interest from the fanbase, but I doubt, especially with Eli Roth directing, it will cross over to the mainstream. 20/45 (2.25x) Flint Strong: I don't expect this to be an awards contender, though I'm sure it's very good, and since movies like these don't sell anymore... 3/15 (5x) Speak No Evil: So it's some Blumhouse movie, and it has James McAvoy and...yeah, I don't care. 5/13 (2.6x)

August 2 Harold and the Purple Crayon: It’s been delayed 3 times. That tells you everything you need to know. 8/30 (3.75x) Trap: M. Night’s recent movies have consistently been polarizing with horror fans and critics, and I don’t see this being any different. If anything, his recent reception will only hurt this movie even further. Less than Knock at the Cabin. 13/30 (2.31x)

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Mickey Mouse is now public domain in the East Coast. Hooray!

Genuinely up there with one of the worst ad campaigns ever. Even the second trailer, which actually advertised it as a comedy, had zero laughs whatsoever. Maybe it’s legging because of rock bottom expectations? That it wasn’t total garbage, which means that is good enough? It’s wild.

Apparently, ancillaries don’t matter, despite mattering since the first day VHS tapes were a thing.

lmao at this of all things becoming the big Xmas leggy sensation