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We could get that arranged you know 👀

Moderation Yeah not the Amber Heard thread. This shit ain’t cute. Don’t do it again.

@Jake Gittes you’re smart when it comes to limited release PTAs? What will this probably lead to?

He's directing a movie at John Lasseter's new animation studio. So yeah, real scumbag.

That's because he is above them. We really don't need to have everybody trapped in the superhero industrial complex.

History's greatest monster. Or Wario. Whichever one you prefer.

In all seriousness, I feel the reason why HBO Max views were so low was because it was pushed by even WB as a film you had to see on the big screen. All the trailers empahasized giant landscpaes and that you had to see it in IMAX, or you were a chump that missed out on something incredible. And well, PLFs and big-screen spectacle is the biggest thing today. And since the film's release, Dune as a property has gotten a lot more attention and popularity, kind of like how the first Lord of the Rings movie got people invested in the greater series just like that. Anecdotal, but the movie made me read the original trilogy, and I don't think I was the only one who did this. Maybe I'm being blindsided here by my own biases, but I can see it going 200M+ domestically, and this film was already a huge smash overseas, so I can see nowhere but up. I do agree though that Meg 2 is the greatest threat.

As long as the two are confirmed boyfriends at least by the end. Otherwise, the fanboys will have a fit.

He carries every year just by being his beautiful, sweet, wonderful, beautiful self. Your faves could never.

But it has Timothee

Yes. My Timothee has at least one of those projects in the bag.

Yeah I'm hesitant on Cap 4 and Thunderbolts from a creative and "superhero fatigue" perspective, but I think if you just watch the movies, you should be fine. Thunderbolts is basically a Black Widow sequel and they'll probably have a monologue in the Cap 4 trailer where Sam's all "how can I be what Steve wanted me to be" and show that ending scene from Endgame to help make people remember what happened. The Marvels though? It's just an awkward as hell trailer if you aren't aware of what happens in the shows and know who the other two new heroes are. My dad loves watching Marvel movies because he likes seeing superheroes punch stuff for two hours. But the only three shows he watches are Mandalorian, Ted Lasso and reruns of The Big Bang Theory. There's nothing in The Marvels that would get him excited or care about what's going on. He's never gonna watch these shows. He has no idea why these people have their powers swapped. What's the hook for guys like him? It's dumb! Transmedia storytelling is dumb!

Maybe I'm just old-fashioned and don't understand what kids today are into, but I think this whole transmedia, "tie in movies with TV shows and video games and comics" stuff that James Gunn and Papa Feige are doing will never work out. They may try it, and others likely will, but it will never work out. The Matrix did this back in the 2000s, and it just made the sequels confusing and weird, even if I am a touch more favorable towards them than others. And after two or so years of the Marvel Disney+ shows, the popularity and discussion feels like it's been getting smaller and smaller with every single show as even a lot of Marvel die-hards don't seem to care all that much. And frankly, they have made this whole saga feel awkard and disjointed. These are just all mediums that are way too different from one another to ever really click and connect IMO to create something wholly satisfying. Almost all the Marvel shows could have been turned into 2.5 hour movies and nothing would change. And honestly, I think that would only drive interest in movies and theatergoing down even harder. Why should I watch something that has elements from a TV show and video game I have no desire to see or play? That's way too insular and won't appeal to some casual GA member who just wants to have fun watching a movie. Even if a movie is written where you don't have to know what happened in a random TV show, it's still going to feel a little awkard, like you missed what happened on last night's homework assignment. Like the trailer for The Marvels is only going to matter if you are excited to see a character from a movie most people thought was fine, a random supporting character who appeared in a TV show for like 5 minutes, and the main character of another TV show that nobody watched. I don't think there's a big audience sector for that.

I think this is kind of good karma. There’s no reason why we have 11 Fast and Furious movies outside of greed and studio fear. And we frankly need new material out there. Of course, I’m one of those people who blame audiences for the situation they are in, because despite being sick of the old stuff, they don’t seem to want any new stuff either. So it’s a real bad situation where nobody wins. With this stuff and the current strikes, I feel going into the movie industry is one of the worst career goals these kids today could have. And that’s really damn sad.

The “Batman’s a fascist” joke at the end is so weird to me. Like I don’t understand what the punchline or the context

That number came before Charlie’s numbers.

Moderation We do not need this hyperbolic nonsense that only seems to be done to troll and bait others. Do this again, and you will see a threadban.

Welcome to the dark side. You have been enlightened when it comes to our current n*stalgic t*y c*mmercial conundrum

Just a joke in regards to how…touchy things have been about this movie for the past few weeks.

Wow, the guy who runs DC Films would say a film he is about to release is amazing? Almost like it’s his job to push these movies and that it would be weird if he trashed it or said it was mid or whatever. Also it’s been known for years, decades in fact, that test screenings are not an exact science and don’t always correlate to audience/critical reception. Why are we ganging up on this random movie over this? You guys are acting so weird over this.

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The Flash Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report Final Count Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 117 5078 21918 23.17% Total Seats Sold Today: 1,716 Comp 0.408x of The Batman (8.8M) 0.807x of Jurassic World 3 (14.53M) 0.371x of Thor 4 (10.77M) 1.438x of Black Adam (10.93M) 0.837x of Avatar 2 (14.23M) 0.548x of Ant-Man 3 (9.6M) 0.605x of Guardians 3 (10.58M) 0.657x of Spider-Verse (11.39M) Like I said before, this will be the last film that I will track for a while, as I'm going on a hiatus from the tracking team. It's a tough combination of wanting a better work-life balance, which I feel tracking does not help accomplish, as well as my own dissatisfaction and frustrations with tracking in general. I hope to perhaps one day return to this domain, but I think it's better for my own mental health and personal life if I take time away from this. Thank you to everybody who has been following me and my reports over the last few years, as far back as 2017, and thank you as always to my fellow Tracking Team/Think Tank members for the incredible work you lot do each and every day. I can't say when I'll be back, but I hope to return to the practice sometime soon when I have a better schedule and a stronger passion for the job. However, I will be doing updates for everybody on The Quorum and how their awareness/interest metrics track with other releases, so I won't be away from this thread. Just going to be taking a backseat. I hope you all understand and will still be happy with the new, far lighter work I have planned for this thread.

Elemental Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report Final Count Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 84 1003 11295 8.88% Total Seats Sold Today: 568 Comp 2.675x of The Bad Guys (3.08M) 0.528x of Lightyear (2.75M) 0.343x of Minions 2 (3.69M) 6.042x of Paws of Fury (3.05M) 1.176x of DC Super Pets (2.59M) 6.687x of Lyle Lyle Crocodile (3.84M)