Eric the Clown

July 28 The Marvels: This has literally nothing going for it. Captain Marvel was a total no1curr that coasted off Endgame hype. Monica Rambeau was barely utilized in WandaVision (still very bitter and mad about that), and nobody watched Ms. Marvel. Therefore, the excitement for those new characters is basically nonexistent. The tea is that Nia DaCosta has something wild and crazy coming with this movie, but these days, I expect little from Marvel when they give a director “free rein”. If anything, it just makes the movie more unappealing to people. Maybe a trailer will convince me otherwise, but this will drop big time from Captain Marvel, even with a clear August. Sorry Marvel fans, but you’re not top dog anymore. And honestly, this is probably for the best of everybody. 80/220 (2.75x)

July 21 Barbie: Alright. We’re finally here. Mama Gerwig vs. Papa Nolan. And I hate to say it, but Mommy’s probably winning here. Every BTS photo and video has gone crazy viral, and the teaser was a big hit. There’s already tons of Minions-style memes about going to see the film ironically and meme power is what gets people in the seats these days. And I have faith Greta delivered a gangbuster of a crowdpleaser, so this should be a very strong film for the end of summer, boy or girl. I was gunning for 300M, but as time passes, that’s probably super unlikely. But still, one of the biggest for the year and a much-needed win for Margot Robbie. 65/225 (3.46x) Oppenheimer: The big problem is that this isn’t a nostalgic toy commercial and these kinds of adult dramas simply don’t have any appeal to today's adult audiences who would happily stream the movie at home. But there’s still the appeal of the IMAX sequences and they are at least pushing this as a cinematic event that is best viewed on the big screen. So it will still obviously do more than the average prestige drama title post-COVID. I think Nope numbers sound about right, which I guess still shows this is a strong investment for Universal when this delivers big business on PVOD and Peacock. 37/130 (3.51x)

July 14 Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One: I'm sorry to burst people's bubbles, but TGM isn’t gonna make this movie make a bajillion dollars. I know there's the hope that this film will ride the TGM goodwill, but let's be realistic here. Mission: Impossible’s gone on long enough where people know what they’re getting into. Not much room for growth. And this new film, while looking super good and fun and interesting, doesn’t offer anything new for people who don’t care about this franchise. But an increase from Fallout should happen and Paramount and Cruise are both already putting their all in the advertising with more than a year-long campaign. People know this is coming and it will be big, though not as big as people probably want. 80/260 (3.25x)

July 7 Insidious: Fear the Dark: With the return of the family from the first two movies (though I don’t think Lin Shaye is in this? That’s weird), there’s some intrigue, arguably even nostalgic memories, among the horror fandom for this new entry. The Last Key made about 67M, and I think those numbers feel right. Though it is a bit reliant on the film’s quality, and we won’t know how good Patrick Wilson is as a director until we see the movie. 28/65 (2.32x)

M3GAN Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-5 and Counting Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 36 111 6237 1.78% Total Seats Sold Today: 8 Comp 0.209x of The Conjuring 3 T-5 (2.05M) 0.145x of Halloween Kills T-5 (702K) 0.182x of Scream T-5 (637K) 0.107x of Halloween Ends T-5 (580K)

Just saw her Dick Clark's performance (KILLED IT) and I got a laugh after seeing this. Disney really are geniuses

@Blankments @WrathOfHan Let's go 13x: Shazam! Fury of the Gods: Minions: The Rise of Gru, DC League of Super Pets, Don't Worry Darling, See How They Run, Ticket to Paradise, Till, The Banshees of Inisherin, Black Adam, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Strange World, The Fabelmans, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Round 2, Avatar: The Way of Water Round 2 6x: Avatar: The Way of Water: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Thor: Love and Thunder, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Bones and All, Strange World, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Round 2 Puss in Boots: The Last Wish: The Bad Guys, Lightyear, Marcel the Shell, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Minions: The Rise of Gru, DC League of Super Pets Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, The Menu, Strange World, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Round 2, Avatar: The Way of Water, Avatar: The Way of Water Round 2 Oppenheimer: Nope, Jaws, Avatar, The Fabelmans, Avatar: The Way of Water, Avatar: The Way of Water Round 2 5x: Creed III: Till, Black Adam, Bones and All, Avatar: The Way of Water, Avatar: The Way of Water Round 2 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse: Dog, Uncharted, The Guide, RRR, Avatar: The Way of Water Round 2 4x: I Wanna Dance with Somebody: The Woman King, Don't Worry Darling, Bros, Bones and All M3GAN: Dawn of the Dead 3D, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Bones and All, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Round 2 3x: Empire of Light: See How They Run, The Banshees of Inisherin, Armageddon Time Women Talking: Till, Bones and All, Armageddon Time House Party: Dawn of the Dead 3D, Black Adam, Violent Night Plane: Dawn of the Dead 3D, Black Adam, Violent Night Knock at the Cabin: Don't Worry Darling, The Fabelmans, Violent Night John Wick: Chapter 4: Bullet Train, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Round 2 The Super Mario Bros. Movie: Black Adam, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Strange World 2x: The Whale: The Menu, The Fabelmans A Man Called Otto: The Banshees of Inisherin, The Fabelmans The Son: The Banshees of Inisherin, Armageddon Time Magic Mike's Last Dance: Bones and All, The Menu The Flash: Uncharted, The Batman Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part 1: Top Gun: Maverick, Avatar: The Way of Water Round 2 The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes: Lightyear, Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris Aquaman: The Lost Kingdom: Uncharted, The Batman 1x: And the ones I got in the double digit that came out this year? Well... Black Adam - 14 times Nope - 10 times And uh...that's it. I guess I was lucky? Or maybe it's because I watch less movies than you? I dunno.

I believe that's the only Hollywood movie to make more in Japan than in America, unless I'm missing something that tanked in America but inexplicably was popular in Japan.

From what I can gather, it's like Bumblebee where it's really leaning into the Transformers aesthetics from the 80s and 90s that people are super nostalgic for, especially with Beast Wars being the most loved Transformers series. And I guess just nostalgia for the Bay movies? I think that's it from the tweets I've seen pop up on my timeline, but Transformers is a huge blindspot for me when it comes to geek fandoms, so I'm sure somebody into the property can explain it better than I can.

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What reason is there to be optimistic about anything these days?