Eric the Clown

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jennifer-lopezs-hustlers-tracking-24m-debut-1233886

Interesting tidbit is that this is now coming out on the same day as the Fantasy Island movie, also from Blumhouse. Guess it'll be a very Blum weekend

Well, TIL there's a famous magician who was also named David Copperfield.

...what's the Celebration town?

The Secret Project is Disney announcing they are going to completely buy the city of Orlando wholesale.

The 1.5M projection from earlier would be a multiplier similar to Annabelle Comes Home, so this is a very good sign.

https://deadline.com/2019/08/the-personal-history-of-david-copperfield-fox-searchlight-north-american-rights-deal-toronto-london-film-festival-armando-iannucci-dev-patel-1202701364/

It Chapter Two Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-15 and Counting Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 98 714 20,251 3.53% Total Seats Sold Today: 34 Adjusted Comp 0.315x of The Lion King 15 days before release (7.25M) 4.042x of Hobbs & Shaw 15 days before release (23.44M) These may seem like surprising comps, since today was so good, but remember this is adjusted. And wouldn't you know it, the two theaters I don't count for these comps accounted for 18 (53%) of all tickets sold today. But hey, I still think it's doing pretty okay so far.

Overcomer Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-1 and Counting Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 22 35 3,216 1.09% Total Seats Sold Today: 8 Comp 3.182x of Brian Banks 1 day before release (318K) 0.854x of Racing in Rain 1 day before release (384K) 1.207x of Bernadette 1 day before release (241K) Yikes. Selling less than T-2 on T-1 is never a good thing. Looks like between this and Angel, we're in for a long weekend.

Angel Has Fallen Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-1 and Counting Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 34 201 6,096 3.30% Total Showings Added Today: 2 Total Seats Added Today: 302 Total Seats Sold Today: 45 Comp 0.146x of Once Upon 1 day before release (852K) Adjusted Comp 0.182x of Hobbs & Shaw 1 day before release (1.06M)

FWIW, my mom has been talking about this movie pretty much every time the subject of movies comes up in our household. Haven't seen her this excited for a new movie since Mary Poppins Returns.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/box-office-ready-not-gets-widest-release-fox-searchlights-history-1233635?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social That seems pretty okay all things considered.

The film panel's never been live-streamed before, so it makes good sense. We'll still probably get trailers for the stuff coming to Disney+ at launch released to the public at the very least.

You've just put the idea of Awkwafina as a Bond villian in my head, and I don't know how to respond to that.

https://deadline.com/2019/08/downton-abbey-fandango-box-office-first-day-sales-1202700908/ ‘Downton Abbey’ First Day Fandango Presales Bigger Than ‘Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again’

There were previews last night, at least in my area (though not every theater that's playing the movie was holding previews), but they haven't been released yet. Hopefully we'll get something soon, probably with Deadline's weekend preview article

Article confirms a Mandalorian trailer drops at D23 this year. Also would just recommend reading the full interview, because it's very entertaining.

Whyyyyyyyyyy? Noooooooooo!

It Chapter Two Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-16 and Counting Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 98 680 20,251 3.36% Total Showings Added Today: 1 Total Seats Added Today: 406 Total Seats Sold Today: 24 Adjusted Comp 0.399x of The Lion King 16 days before release (9.17M) 4.153x of Hobbs & Shaw 16 days before release (24.09M) Day 16 was a big day for Hobbs & Shaw, hence the big comedown. But that's kind of a good thing. Again, we have a pretty wide range, but it is shrinking down, and hopefully the picture becomes clearer before release.