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So...you're kind of right on the first one. I'm only looking at Jungle Cruise's Thursday sales but I'm also comparing it to Cruella's Thursday and Friday sales because by that point, I was looking at both days at a time when Thursday previews weren't regularly reported like they are now. And yes, I know that using two days as a basis for just one day isn't ideal, but this is the hand I was given and I have to use it.

Yeah summer 1989 was just a bonkers time for movies and box office. You've got all those record openers, with Batman pretty much redefining blockbuster grosses. This was basically right when sequels and franchises started to become more and more common, which...well whether that's a good thing is up to you. Then you got Lethal Weapon 2 having a Rush Hour/Austin Powers style box office explosion from the first movie, Honey I Shrunk the Kids becoming the biggest live-action Disney project in history, Star Trek V seeing a franchise record opening before imploding, classics like Dead Poets Society and When Harry Met Sally hitting the scene, Uncle Buck serving as a precursor to Home Alone, indie hits like Do the Right Thing and Sex Lies and Videotape kickstarting Spike Lee and Soderbergh's careers, The Abyss having Cameron dazzle people with effects just before T2 changed everything, UHF giving us a glimmer at a world where Weird Al controlled Hollywood movies (God I wish we were in that timeline). You add in Nirvana and Public Enemy and summer 1989 was legitimately insane stuff.

The Suicide Squad Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-18 and Counting (Thu) Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 35 213 8111 2.63% Total Seats Sold Today: 9 Comp 0.361x of F9 T-18 (2.56M) 0.135x of Black Widow T-19 (1.79M)

Jungle Cruise Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-11 and Counting (Thu) Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 35 50 7427 0.67% Total Seats Sold Today: 1 Comp 0.467x of Cruella's Thu+Fri T-11 (3.60M)

Snake Eyes Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-4 and Counting (Thu) Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 27 105 5202 2.02% Total Seats Sold Today: 14 Comp 0.141x of Mortal Kombat's Fri T-4 (1.28M) 0.167x of A Quiet Place Part II's Thu+Fri T-4 (3.23M) 0.527x of Cruella's Thu+Fri T-4 (4.06M) I mean the comps all went up, but this is still a soft final Sunday. In fact, sales in general were really quiet today. Hope this isn't foreboding or anything.

1989? Last Crusade, Ghostbusters II and Batman all got the highest opening weekend of all time one after the other

Yes, spoiler tagging is a must. I'm not gonna read it because I want to go in blind however.

Isn't this rated R? And just looking at the trailers, it's pretty clear this is gritty, gruesome stuff.

Moderation Yeah we're not doing this anymore. Every time EmpireCity comes around here and reports something people don't like it becomes a massive brouhaha and I'm sick of it. @Ethan Hunt you don't have to listen or like what he has to say, but you're fighting fire with fire and are making things worse. If you don't like what he has to say, ignoring him just makes things so much easier for all of us.

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Dude I’m autistic. And as an autistic, let me tell you the mainstream ideals that autism is something that must be cured is hurtful, anti-disability stuff

Well I mean "Let's fight autism" also has a lot of toxic and gross implications too, but I get where you are coming from though.

I guess I should also mention I'm not exactly giddy about getting this Snake Eyes trailer all the time and I'm confused by a lot of people here thinking the film looks okay. Though I'll admit the GI Joe PSA parody they did was quite good. Definitely persuaded me to see it more than any of the trailers did. Still rooting for it just on the grounds of "good box office = happy Eric" and well...gotta support MrPink in these times of crisis.

Just gonna mention if you guys want a documentary that's authentic and doesn't use any garbage AI voice reproduction, Summer of Soul is a truly great work that deserves the numbers this movie's getting.

Just to add into the BW discourse, I distinctly remember when Homecoming and Wasp both dropped into the 60s we had tons of doom and gloom and concern about these movies and their receptions. And from week 3 onwards, these movies stabilized and saw solid enough holds through the end of the summer. I know people will argue PA and how it makes things different towards me, but day-and-date PVOD releases as well as early PVOD releases like Universal's haven't really impacted legs as much as people might think, so I am thinking, at least at this point in time, that Widow will stabilize itself, especially considering how quiet the next few weeks seem to be. I could be wrong, but I am hopeful here at this point in time. Please don't yell at me over this.

I've been tooting this horn the past two years. It's bonkers to me Golding's agents haven't pestered EON about this. Snake Eyes is literally the one trailer I've seen in front of every movie I watched this summer (aside from the local arthouse of course). Quiet Place, Cruella, Conjuring, Heights, Pig. Probably gonna be in front of Black Widow when I see it later today. It's one of the most ridiculous things I've seen in a long while when it comes to trailer attachments. For the record, Quiet Place 2 was the other movie that I got trailers for with just about every movie I saw, so maybe Paramount's onto something

@RockyMountain @wildphantom Guys we already fought about this yesterday. It's clear you guys won't see eye to eye on this. I think it's fair to say we should probably take a hiatus on this argument because it's not going anywhere and it's getting exhausting to read through. @BK007 I'm also not a fan of your attitude and condescension amongst others here. There's ways to argue without being mean and talking about others and their "amateur takes" or "don't have to be a genius to see an issue". Play nice or you will see further consequences.