Eric the Clown

Just see it in 2D. The movie will be just fine without all those bells and whistles

M3GAN Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-25 and Counting Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 33 17 5433 0.31% Total Seats Sold Today: 0 Comp 0.104x of Scream T-25 (365K) 0.085x of Nope T-25 (541K)

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-10 and Counting Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 73 514 11535 4.46% Total Seats Sold Today: 0 Total Seats WITHOUT Early Access: 47 Comp w/ Early Access 0.299x of Sing 2 T-10 (2.91M) 0.809x of Sonic 2 T-10 (5.06M) 2.347x of Minions 2 T-10 (25.23M) 12.238x of Super Pets T-10 (26.92M) Comp w/out Early Access 0.151x of Sing 2 T-10 (1.23M) 0.047x of Sonic 2 T-10 (462K) 0.215x of Minions 2 T-10 (2.31M) 1.119x of Super Pets T-10 (2.46M)

Avatar: The Way of Water Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-4 and Counting Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 159 3312 27790 11.92% Total Seats Sold Today: 291 Comp 2.364x of F9 T-4 (16.78M) 2.321x of Venom 2 T-4 (26.92M) 2.507x of No Time to Die T-4 (15.79M) 2.826x of Dune T-4 (14.41M) 2.826x of Fantastic Beasts 3 T-4 (16.95M) 1.215x of Top Gun 2 T-4 (23.41M) 1.219x of Jurassic World 3 T-4 (21.94M) 2.379x of Black Adam T-4 (18.08M)

$1 Going full Price is Right here.

https://deadline.com/2022/12/black-panther-wakanda-forever-puss-in-boots-the-last-wish-global-international-box-office-1235195914/ Had no idea this came out early overseas this weekend. Good for them I guess.

Just realized I made a typo lol. Don't know how that happened. So yeah, that Saturday isn't really that bad or weird after all.

M3GAN Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-26 and Counting Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 33 17 5433 0.31% Total Seats Sold Today: 2 Comp 0.126x of Scream T-26 (441K) 0.094x of Nope T-26 (601K)

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-11 and Counting Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 73 514 11535 4.46% Total Seats Sold Today: 6 Total Seats WITHOUT Early Access: 47 Comp w/ Early Access 0.305x of Sing 2 T-11 (2.97M) 0.840x of Sonic 2 T-11 (5.25M) 2.734x of Minions 2 T-11 (29.39M) 12.850x of Super Pets T-11 (28.27M) Comp w/out Early Access 0.170x of Sing 2 T-11 (1.38M) 0.077x of Sonic 2 T-11 (480K) 0.250x of Minions 2 T-11 (2.69M) 1.175x of Super Pets T-11 (2.58M)

Avatar: The Way of Water Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-5 and Counting Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 156 3021 27336 11.05% Total Seats Sold Today: 143 Comp 2.335x of F9 T-5 (16.57M) 2.379x of Venom 2 T-5 (27.59M) 2.484x of No Time to Die T-5 (15.65M) 2.839x of Dune T-5 (14.48M) 2.908x of Fantastic Beasts 3 T-5 (17.44M) 1.214x of Top Gun 2 T-5 (23.39M) 1.208x of Jurassic World 3 T-5 (21.75M) 2.428x of Black Adam T-5 (18.46M) I'm...just going to assume this was a weird fluke.

No. It was always going to go down.

True, Barton is at fault for his character and ego and his own descent, but the film is still very much a slam against the commodification of art and writing in terms of its depiction of Hollywood and its figures. There is a sense of frustration in the way the system is run that does eat into Barton and play into his own self-destruction. And there's something that I empathize with seeing how Barton, despite his own wrongdoing, is further exacberated by people who don't get or understand the craft. But of course, Barton Fink as a film is very much an "eyes of the beholder" text that your interpretation is for sure valid and there's plenty of nuance in both of our statements.

#8 Burn After Reading 135 points, 22 lists "I have a drinking problem? Fuck you, Peck, you're a Mormon. Compared to you we ALL have a drinking problem!" #1 placements: 1 #3 placements: 1 Top 5 placements: 5 Box Office: $60.3M DOM, $163.7M WW Rotten Tomatoes: 78% Metacritic: 63 Awards: 3 BAFTA nominations, 1 Critics' Choice Award nomination, 2 Golden Globe Award nominations, 1 WGA Award nomination Its Legacy: One of the highest-grossing films made by the Coens. The first Coens film not to have Roger Deakins as DP since Miller's Crossing. The first original screenplay written by Joel and Ethan since The Man Who Wasn't There. Opened the 2008 Venice Film Festival. Considered one of the best films of the year by the National Board of Review. Gave J. K. Simmons a paycheck. Commentary: This is up there as one of the most densely-packed stories from the two brothers. Starting from a basic “what if CIA documents were given to some gym employees”, we get to enjoy a piece that is hilarious, shocking, full of twists, and ends on some of the greatest final lines ever. The brothers called this a “Tony Scott/Jason Bourne movie without the explosions” and it’s easy to see the influences from those sources here, while also still having the dark comedy and absurd violence we love from the duo. There’s also of course the usual Coen collaborators in Clooney and McDormand, but it’s also all anchored by an expert and hilarious performance from Brad Pitt. Which...okay, I guess I shouldn’t praise him too much these days, since he’s now outed himself as a terrible person, but I will say this role shows how he is at his best in comedic, Looney Tunes-style escapades.

#9 The Ballad of Buster Scruggs 106 points, 19 lists "First time?" #3 placements: 1 Top 5 placements: 3 Box Office: N/A Rotten Tomatoes: 89% Metacritic: 79 Awards: Golden Osella Award at Venice Film Festival, 3 Academy Award nominations, 1 BAFTA nomination, 1 SAG Award nomination Its Legacy: The Coens' first anthology movie (that they directed entirely) and their first made-for-streaming movie. The first Coens film shot digitally. Named one of the best films of the year by the National Board of Review. Created that amazing "First time?" GIF. Gave Tim Blake Nelson a paycheck. Commentary: There was a glorious, wonderful time in the late 2010s where it seemed like Netflix would be our savior. That they would be the guys who would happily greenlight the future classics in an era where the corporate studio bigwigs refuse to greenlight anything that wasn’t based off an IP. Well, we don’t live in that era anymore, because capitalism sucks. But we did get this inventive anthology film out of it, with a fun Western backdrop, a great cast that boasts the legendary Tim Blake Nelson as the titular character, and plenty of wit and charm in each vignette. This is currently the last film that both Joel and Ethan worked on together. It’s unknown if they are coming back together on a new title, but I think they still went off on a high note before they diverted to their own unique and exciting paths.

#10 Barton Fink 105 points, 16 lists "I'll show you the life of the mind!" #1 placements: 2 #2 placements: 1 Top 5 placements: 6 Box Office: $6.1M Rotten Tomatoes: 89% Metacritic: 69 Awards: Palme D'Or, Best Director, and Best Actor at Cannes Film Festival, 3 Academy Award nominations, 1 Golden Globe Award nomination Its Legacy: Rare film to sweep at Cannes. Third Place for Cahiers du Cinema's Best of 1991. Has been rumored to get a sequel. One of the most studied and analyzed Coen pieces. 11th best film of the 1990s by The AV Club. Features John Goodman saying "Heil Hitler", which is the funniest thing ever. Gave Tony Shalhoub a paycheck. Commentary: This is my personal favorite Coens movie. Everything about this one film is just incredible. Still amazed at how well this works. A wonderful cast, a great script, and a fascinating look into the creative process, writer’s block and the evils of the capitalist Hollywood system. How much it hurts to be a writer, to find no inspiration at your worst times, and dealing with people who just don’t understand you. And better yet, a world that doesn’t care for high culture and will take people’s hard work and appropriate it into something basic and digestible for the masses in order to make profits. Art vs. commerce was something that hit hard in 1991 and it certainly hits hard today. Plus you got John Goodman in his best performance. It will never bother me that John Goodman has never been nominated for an Academy Award for even one movie, let alone this one. But I guess my love and appreciation is the best award of all.

Do agree with most of this, but I also think the other big issue is that the biggest of these biopics typically had the person or people associated with them still being huge A-listers who were pushing the movie whenever they could. Ice Cube and Dr. Dre are still major players in Hollywood and music and were on the front lines pushing Straight Outta Compton. Elton John was also self-promoting his own movie like crazy and Priscilla Presley’s one of the major reasons Elvis is still a big name today. Queen was also an important part of the production and promotion for Bohemian Rhapsody and Adam Lambert’s helped make Queen popular and hip for today’s generations. There’s nobody on their level doing the same for Whitney so it's harder for it to be pushed and promoted out there IMO.

Felt like the Whitney movie would cross 100M easily a while back, but Sony’s really not pushing this as much as they should. Even if the movie turns out bad, which is probably the case, nobody’s gonna care. Even the worst of these biopics succeed on the novelty of hearing the songs you love and the performances you remember recreated on the big screen in surround sound. Like Elvis had a Cannes premiere, tie-in songs by Doja Cat and Eminem, constant advertisements on TV and social media, a 20/20 TV special about the movie, and so on. I Wanna Dance has had two trailers, a poster, and that’s about it. Feels weird to do so little for a movie about one of the biggest female music artists in history. I doubt it's that awful where they still can't sell the movie just on nostalgia.