Eric the Clown

April 14 Renfield: It’s kind of hard to gauge this one without a trailer to know what it's all about and what to expect. I’m assuming it’s a comedy with the Lego Batman guy directing this, which automatically hurts it. But will it also lean into fun horror stuff that could sell it to the horror crowd? Tough call, but I am leaning towards the low side either way. There will be one or two memes about Nic Cage in the trailer, but Unbearable Weight shows that this is basically meaningless. 10/30 (3x)

Do you know when House Party and Plane will be on sale? Feels like they've been stuck on placeholder times forever at the Regals I track.

April 7 Chevalier: Woulda been a decent-sized counterprogrammer in 2016 for the olds. But the olds don't go to the movies anymore and only nostalgic toy commercials make any money, so this will barely reach the single digits. Sad! 3/11 (3.67x) The Pope's Exorcist: With a solid name in Russell Crowe and being the first horror movie since Scream 6, I can see this performing to modest numbers. Just kinda hard to judge without a trailer to use as a reference. 16/35 (2.19x) The Super Mario Bros. Movie: Detective Pikachu walked so Mario could run. The Mario series is the cream of the crop for gaming and this looks exactly in line with what fans would want from a film adaptation, Chris Pratt’s voice aside. I’d argue it looks better than anybody expected from the idea of “Minions guys make a Mario movie”. There hasn’t been a single major animated release since Puss in Boots, Illumination and Nintendo are masters of marketing, and this already has tons of discussion online and offline that it’s impossible not to be aware of this film’s existence. This will be the biggest animated movie of the year bar none. 110/355 (3.23x)

https://deadline.com/2022/12/box-office-2023-prediction-1235205995/

THOSE PECS

That's why I love him.

Also if we're talking TV (and I guess movie?) dads, I'm very much approving of Gomez Addams. Look at this man and don't tell me he's not the most supportive, most loving father in history.

Oh contraire... Since yesterday, I have fallen down a rabbit hole on both Twitter and TikTok of people thirsting over Jake Sully, which is both scary and incredible and I love every second of it. And I think they have made my brain realize he really is hot actually?????????

Because it's from a DiscussingFilm parody account and for a split second people thought it was a legit announcement. Maybe it's a for sure done deal, but until we get actual word from a valid source, we don't want false information on here to spread.

No and no. Didn't realize they would be big deals until it was too late.

M3GAN Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-9 and Counting Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 36 81 6237 1.30% Total Seats Sold Today: 9 Comp 0.299x of The Conjuring 3 T-9 (2.93M) 0.159x of Halloween Kills T-9 (770K) 0.186x of Scream T-9 (650K) 0.111x of Halloween Ends T-9 (598K)

Please don't channel BKB.

I mean it's not real, so...

In my defense, my heart was busy with silver fox daddy Stephen Lang. Those biceps are just 🤤. His Na'Vi form is pretty cute too.

I just stumbled on this on my Twitter timeline. People are now doling out Avatar fancams. Even some of the Quote Tweets on this are people simping for Jake Sully (even I'm kinda like "damn he fine" after seeing this). Daddy Cameron finally won.

March 31 Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves: D&D is arguably the most popular it has ever been thanks to Critical Role, COVID, and Stranger Things. But Quorum data for this movie is very poor and this is coming in the midst of major competition from John Wick, with Mario also just one week later taking up all the PLFs. Plus like Shazam, the ad campaign is still stuck on the one trailer, which is just odd to me. March is just around the corner, doncha know? Unless this is a huge critical hit, which I kind of doubt, this will get lost in the shuffle big time. 25/67 (2.68x)

March 24 A Good Person: So it's some cheesy Zach Braff movie...yeah, this isn't going anywhere. 3/10 (3.33x) John Wick: Chapter 4: I thought Parabellum would only slightly increase back in 2019...I was wrong. I thought Parabellum was the peak...but I think I'm wrong again. While not as huge an increase for obvious reasons, Chapter 4 promises some fun new cast members with both Skarsgard and Donnie Yen and the popularity of the franchise is still at an all-time high. Plus the direct competition is very light all throughout April (I know there's Dungeons and Dragons, but...well...), so this should still increase once again, though obviously not as much. 60/180 (3x)

March 17 65: While I am optimistic on the other "meme movies" so far, this is the one that I don't have much faith in. This didn't really become all that big on social media and has the look and feel of a boring and crummy Sony genre feature. It's going to be tough for this to stand out with all the other big March movies out this year and I doubt reviews will be all that good. Sorry Adam and sorry Brainbug. 12/31 (2.58x) Shazam! Fury of the Gods: Like with Marvel, DC’s going to go through major declines as well. Superhero fatigue is real and streaming killed it. With Gunn and Safran rebooting everything, fandom morale for this and the other DC films this year is at a low, and Shazam feels like one of those hits that people saw and liked but didn’t have much staying power afterwards. Plus the ad campaign has been nonexistent, with the only footage we have been given being the same damn Comic-Con trailer back in July. It's baffling to me that they didn't put out a trailer for this for neither Black Adam nor Avatar to keep the hype and advertising going. It won't be Birds of Prey bad, but I'd be surprised if this reaches 100M. 33/95 (2.88x)

March 10 Scream 6: Coming at the peak of Omicron, the last Scream did about 82M. Accounting for the departure of Neve Campbell and the larger competition, I think that’s about where this will end up too. The New York City location does give this a fresh, new spin, and Jenna Ortega's now the hip new thing post-Wednesday, but I don’t know if it’s too much to compensate for its other issues. But these movies are cheap to make and likely perform well on VOD that these 80M grosses are good enough for more films. 32/85 (2.66x)

March 3 Creed III: When the first trailer dropped, Quorum “Awareness” and “Interest” data went through the roof, and I can understand why. The trailer’s effective in selling the Jordan vs. Majors hook and Adonis Creed’s managed to become fairly iconic to a lot of people, especially folks my age, a la Rocky. Plus this was filmed in IMAX, which gives it a proper PLF boost that can juice up the numbers. Although the lack of Rocky will hurt the film when it comes to older fans, I’m actually thinking it could end up being the strongest performer despite the handicap, though it does depend on how strong reviews and reception is. But you know what? Let's go controversial. 43/122 (2.84x)

WAIT GUYS THIS FANCAM IS SO MUCH BETTER. WHY IS MY BABY SO FUCKING CUTE AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH