Eric the Clown

This really does suck. RIP

Don't think we need to change things that much. Pulse is arguably kind of like Nielsen. It may not track everything, but its sample is solid enough we can make a good guesstimate to what Fandango is doing and how much interest there is in a movie. The only exceptions of course are when there's a big event movie, but we just have to take that stuff into consideration when extrapolating stuff, and mention it in case people have meltdowns over potentially low numbers.

Tickets are now up btw

Was hoping he'd get through his stroke.

PULSE IS FIXED...kinda. Akvalley's charts finally updated, but the data from the past two days aren't up. But hey, any data is better than no data.

...that's still not okay.

With Avengers: Endgame crossing $1.2B over the weekend, there are currently 39 movies that have crossed $1B worldwide. We need 11 movies to reach that milestone. With $1B movies dropping more and more, the 50th billion dollar movie will be dropping sooner rather than later. So the question is this: which will be the 50th? Here are some of the 2019 candidates, though I don't think all of them will hit the mark (so before you give me some, "IT'S NOT REACHING THAT WHY ARE YOU PREDICTING IT", please read first): -Pokemon: Detective Pikachu -Aladdin -The Secret Life of Pets 2 -Toy Story 4 -Spider-Man: Far From Home -The Lion King -Fast and Furious Presents: Hobbs and Shaw -Joker -Frozen 2 -Jumanji 3 -Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker That's 11 movies already, and if it doesn't reach it, then 2020 still has Birds of Prey or Mulan or Wonder Woman or Avatar. What do you think will reach this milestone?

I can attest to that. The theater I went to is one of those dinner theaters where you can order food while watching the movie. And not only was the showing delayed by a few minutes to clean up the auditorium from the previous show, it took until the movie was half over for everybody to put their orders in.

And now, the real fun, the climb, begins. (Yes I know this Mortal Kombat Photoshop job is lowkey trash, shut up)

That cramped May and relatively empty June still annoys me. Pets and Toy Story are basically locked to decrease from their predecessors anyway, so they could have moved Rocketman or Wick or something.

Pulse still isn't updated. I'm seriously going through withdrawal right now.

I've already said this a bunch of times this week, but I'm gonna say it again: I'd argue movies currently in theaters get hurt by breakout movies more than upcoming movies. And the fact that people are going to the theater and seeing trailers and posters and whatnot for new movies helps stuff like Pikachu/Wick/Aladdin/Godzilla.

btw @Sam think it's time to use the folder

You may be on to something here (unless there's a large subset of furry moms out there)

It took about 38 hours for Pulse to reboot after Endgame first went on sale. So hey, maybe at 1 am tonight things will go back to normal?

I think you're overestimating how much people try to intentionally spoil stuff to people. And if they do get spoiled, unless they don't like what they hear, they're probably still gonna go to the movie anyway.

I think there's an okay shot of that in all honesty. The love is already strong and repeat viewings will be there, but the main driving force is that spillover effect. You've got a whole bunch of people out there, specifically in areas with mid-size or smaller theaters, who weren't able to see it because of sold-out times. My local 8-screen has been sold out or close to sold out for just about every showing, so a lot of people who got locked out before will want to try and see it next weekend when the crowds have died down a bit (key word here). Helps that nothing of note is coming out next week. And unlike TFA when people were out of school, we're still in school season, so weekdays, while big, aren't gonna be that big.

Well then...

Wow, this guy's a dumbass.

coulda at least put profile pics on some of the other Avengers

lol at Cochofles

So I've been trying to scroll through a bunch of posts that dropped while I was asleep (only 13 more to go!), but I wanted to mention this stuff, because your second query's legit interesting and something I wanna talk about. Everybody keeps saying stuff like "OMG THIS MOVIE IS A HIT AND IS GONNA HURT THIS NEW MOVIE" whenever we get a breakout hit, and I've never believed that. I definitely think movies currently in theaters get hurt by a breakout (look at Shazam), but for movies that aren't out yet? Nah. If theaters think a movie has the goods, they're willing to accommodate screens for it and cut down movies no one cares about or even Endgame screens. If anything, having a breakout helps future movies, because people are seeing posters for new movies, and in the case of Endgame, trailers. Godzilla and Pikachu are playing during Endgame showings, and Aladdin is attached to the 3D shows. DHD is reporting 3D is accounting for 20% of business, which is at least $70M of business. Not a bad amount of eyeballs. Sure, maybe they all bomb or perform under expectations, but I'd blame that on other factors instead of a $350M opening.