Eric the Clown

Also saw this with the first Indiana Jones trailer. I think that's supposed to be a racist dogwhistle from racists and alt-righters...but I don't know what the dogwhistle is supposed to represent here.

I feel like it's not that hard. Just take certain seasons or story arcs from an anime and just adapt those. Then if the movie's a hit, then you adapt those later arcs in a sequel. Basically do what they did with the Dune movies and have a Part One that ends on a cliffhanger that's followed up with in Part Two. And I know there's the risk of ending on a cliffhanger when your first movie could bomb, but that has never stopped Hollywood from doing that before. Including with already existing anime movies!

I'm far from an anime expert (last one I watched were Sonic X/Pokemon back when I was like 12), and it doesn't help that any attempts of Hollywood anime adaptations have almost all sucked, but I feel anime is in a very tricky spot that makes it hard to succeed. From what I've seen, most anime fans are "purists" who will stick to the original Japanese versions and would be instantly wary of any Americanization (there's already those dumb "sub vs. dub" fights). If a live-action Demon Slayer movie comes out, even if it looks really, really good, I feel like most Demon Slayer fans would just stick to watching the anime or one of their movies. It's different from comic books, where you're seeeing images and illustrations "come to life". There's also the minefield of casting. Do you go with casting white actors for roles that are more ambiguous? Or do you stick with Asian actors because this is a Japanese-based property? That would be a huge headache from a PR perspective. Video game movies are for sure going to be a big trend though, especially since many of them can be worked into crowdpleasing animated family films. It wouldn't surprise me after the Mario movie's opening weekend that they announce a Legend of Zelda movie from Illumination or Dreamworks or whoever.

Well that's because Dune already has that first weekend. With that and Hunger Games on the 17th, that's basically your competition.

Does size matter????????????????????????

Quorum Updates Champions T-22: 17.63% Awareness, 5.23 Interest Moving On T-29: 23.04%, 5.24 Shazam! Fury of the Gods T-29: 48.11%, 5.66 A Good Person T-43: 18.53%, 5.29 The Super Mario Bros. Movie T-50: 54.13%, 6.34 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 T-78: 53.69%, 6.45 Kandahar T-99: 12.39%, 5.0 Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania T-1: 54.66% Awareness, 6.21 Interest Final Awareness: 18% chance of 60M, 9% chance of 90M Final Interest: 50% chance of 60M, 44% chance of 70M, 39% chance of 100M DC/MCU Awareness: 100% chance of 60M, 50% chance of 90M DC/MCU Interest: 100% chance of 60M John Wick: Chapter 4 T-36: 56.95% Awareness, 6.69 Interest T-30 Awareness: 100% chance of 50M, 91% chance of 70M, 73% chance of 100M T-30 Interest: 100% chance of 50M, 89% chance of 70M, 78% chance of 100M Chevalier T-64: 14.08% Awareness, 4.65 Interest T-60 Awareness: 26% chance of 10M T-60 Interest: 35% chance of 10M Original - Low Awareness: 43% chance of 5M, 28% chance of 10M Original - Low Interest: 58% chance of 5M, 25% chance of 10M

People always say there's no replacing. But we just had two movies last year, neither of them Marvel, making over 650M+. And Jurassic World and The Batman and Minions also did well above 350M+. And even if Marvel loses a hole in there, it's not like another popular franchise or genre can take its place. Maybe even DC for all we know, with how good The Flash is looking. It's true that audiences are far less demanding than they were even a few years ago, but I think other movies can pick up the slack and there won't be this utter collapse like people predict.

Dude, we get it.

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Fantastic Beasts started at T-16, and I generally only do first day of sales for MCU movies and the occasional Avatar/The Batman-style big boy. Did edit in one for Black Adam just for funsies, but I don't really feel like doing a First Two Days of sales thing. It's also partially because I've been dealing with some sleep issues lately, with Ant-Man only harming them further, and...well, I think you can understand that my health comes first.

Fast X Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-91 and Counting Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 83 246 17734 1.39% Total Seats Sold Today: 5 Not gonna track this until next Thursday. Feels nice to have some peace and quiet.

Shazam! Fury of the Gods Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-28 and Counting Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 78 138 15904 0.87% Comp - T-28 0.115x of Jurassic World: Dominion (2.07M) Comp - First Day of Sales 0.411x of Black Adam (3.12M) None of my planned comps go out this far, so...here's this flimsy one I guess. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Scream VI Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-21 and Counting Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 50 529 8200 6.45% Total Seats Sold Today: 43 Comp - T-21 2.290x of Scream (8.01M) 2.177x of Nope (13.93M)

The big issue that Shazam faces is the same issue Dark Phoenix was in a couple years ago. It was greenlit and produced before a huge franchise/corporate restructuring, and it now exists as a weird thing that doesn't build up to anything. So that means there's no investment for the fans, who are all preoccupied with the new Gunnverse stuff that's starting with The Flash, and by proxy the normies don't care either. ...still gonna track it tho lol

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-1 and Counting Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 240 9261 40895 22.65% Total Seats Sold Today: 1,982 Comp 1.220x of Black Widow (16.1M) 1.949x of Shang-Chi (17.15M) 1.756x of Eternals (16.68M) 0.301x of Spider-Man: No Way Home (15.07M) 0.743x of The Batman (16.06M) 0.450x of Doctor Strange 2 (16.19M) 0.677x of Thor 4 (19.64M) 0.507x of Black Panther 2 (14.2M) 1.527x of Avatar 2 (25.95M) So like...16-18M? Probably, yeah.

https://deadline.com/2023/02/rami-malek-20th-century-thriller-amateur-slow-horses-director-james-hawes-1235262258/

https://deadline.com/2023/02/m-night-shyamalan-warner-bros-deal-1235262667/

I've been dealing with a lot of personal stuff lately, so I'll sadly have to back out of this game. Still rooting for everybody here of course.

Fast X Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-92 and Counting Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 83 241 17734 1.36% Total Seats Sold Today: 4

Scream VI Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-22 and Counting Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 50 486 8200 5.93% Total Seats Sold Today: 21 Comp - T-22 2.260x of Scream (7.91M) 2.132x of Nope (13.64M)

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-1 and Counting Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 240 7279 40895 17.80% Total Seats Sold Today: 809 Comp - T-1 1.415x of Black Widow (18.68M) 2.247x of Shang-Chi (19.78M) 1.993x of Eternals (18.93M) 0.278x of Spider-Man: No Way Home (13.89M) 0.738x of The Batman (15.95M) 0.420x of Doctor Strange 2 (15.13M) 0.683x of Thor 4 (19.82M) 0.556x of Black Panther 2 (15.57M) 1.600x of Avatar 2 (27.2M)

This is a title that really deserves an exclamation point at the end.