Eric is Anxious

Sing 2 Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-28 and Counting Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 50 816 9642 8.46% Total Seats Sold Today: 157

The difference is that Ghostbusters still has IMAX. There’s a reason Free Guy dropped as well as it did on weekend two

This has always been something feeding on the back of my mind. I do think all this day-and-date stuff has conditioned a lot of kids to just watch stuff at home and for parents to go with the cheaper option of a $20 rental/streaming subscription, and I think those demos are a lot more susceptible to this kind of stuff. It would not surprise me if day-and-date stuff like this continues for animated movies or other kids films.

I know you're trying to do a joke but Gucci's preview seems fine? It would take the 5-day to like high 20s or something, which would be fairly decent IMO

That's my big issue right there, I can only see a 5-day IM of like 25-27x to account for overall frontloadedness in the market, and that would lead to ~40M for the 5-day. It would still beat out Space Jam 2 as the biggest kids title for the year, but it still shows a lot of hesitancy/possible disinterest amongst families over moviegoing IMO

Yeesh. If that's the case, then I guess kids aren't ever coming back to the movies.

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Sing 2 Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-29 and Counting Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 50 659 9642 6.83% Total Seats Sold Today: 131

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Here's my two cents: having somebody from a minority group get the chance to write/direct/produce something that comes from their own experiences makes a film more impactful and meaningful. Obviously there have been plenty of directors who are Caucasian and/or male that have effectively directed films starring racial, gender, and ethnic minorities despite being in those groups. And yes, said directors put a great deal of care in sharp, non-stereotypical depictions. But at the end of the day, they can't truly understand what it's like to be a woman or have Latino origins or Black skin. So having these types of films with creatives who have lived through these experiences makes a piece more authentic. That doesn't automatically make a movie work, but it usually makes these kinds of themes more effective. If you want an analogy here, it's the equivalent of a professional chef recommending me a restaurant versus some guy off the street. The chef has a better understanding on what makes good, quality food, and has the knowledge of what's a good, tightly-made restaurant, so why wouldn't I prefer listening to the guy who lives in that environment or experience And hey, it gives minority filmmakers a stronger opportunity and bigger accolades. Hollywood is getting better, but it's still a white boy's club in so many ways. Sure, maybe the guy Alpha is quoting might not have worded his idea in the best way, but that's....still a noble cause, and it's disturbing to me that people here just want to mock him because he's being mean to a director you like. Ridley Scott, Ben Affleck, and Matt Damon are richer than anybody here will ever be in their lifetimes. You already have dozens of movies from Ridley that you love and cherish. I think you can handle a world where Last Duel's budget was used to fund more daring features from directors of color. Is that idea really a bad thing? And as for that last point, the whole "cis actors playing trans characters is just acting lol" is a big, fat transphobic dogwhistle, whether that's your intention or not. There's still misconceptions that trans folk are just people crossdressing or drag queens. There's people still confused how transgenderism works and that it's something you're born with. There are barely any trans public figures out there. Sincere representation of trans folks just does not exist, and a majority are forced to stay closeted or else face discrimination from bigots and TERFs. They can't achieve even a quarter of the opportunities as cis folk do. Having Hillary Swank or Eddie Redmayne portray a trans character is simply not okay in the same way Mickey Rooney playing an Asian character is not okay. It could have been an amazing role given to a talented trans actor who deserves the work. And complaining about this kind of stuff means you have trans blood on your hands whether you like it or not. I know this all may sound harsh, but I have to be brutally honest when it comes to stuff like that, regardless of how comfortable folks feel.

https://www.boxofficepro.com/thanksgiving-box-office-forecast-will-encanto-ghostbusters-afterlife-house-of-gucci-resident-evil-stimulate-holiday-moviegoing/ Film Distributor 3-Day Weekend Forecast 5-Day Weekend Forecast Projected Domestic Total through Sunday, November 28 Location Count 3-Day % Change from Last Wknd Encanto Walt Disney Pictures $39,300,000 $56,400,000 $56,400,000 3,980 NEW Ghostbusters: Afterlife Sony Pictures / Columbia $26,200,000 $37,900,000 $91,100,000 ~4,315 -40% House of Gucci United Artists Releasing $17,400,000 $26,900,000 $26,900,000 3,441 NEW Eternals Disney / Marvel Studios $8,000,000 $11,400,000 $150,300,000 3,165 -28% Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City Sony Pictures / Columbia $7,400,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 ~2,800 NEW Clifford the Big Red Dog Paramount Pictures $6,500,000 $9,000,000 $45,100,000 3,292 -20% King Richard Warner Bros. Pictures $4,100,000 $6,100,000 $12,800,000 3,302 -24% Dune Warner Bros. Pictures $1,900,000 $2,700,000 $101,800,000 ~1,200 -40% Venom: Let There Be Carnage Sony Pictures / Columbia $1,800,000 $2,600,000 $210,100,000 ~1,500 -38% No Time to Die MGM / EON / United Artists Releasing $1,700,000 $2,400,000 $157,900,000 1,342 -39% Belfast Focus Features $1,600,000 $2,100,000 $5,800,000 1,128 +70%

House of Gucci Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report Final Count Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 22 601 4113 14.61% Total Shows Added Today: 1 Total Seats Added Today: 113 Total Seats Sold Today: 235 Comp 1.920x of Dear Evan Hansen (1.54M) 0.692x of Newark (1.45M) 0.206x of No Time to Die (1.3M) 6.133x of The Last Duel (2.15M) Now this...this is a good note to end things on.