Eric Prime

Doctor Strange 2 Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-11 and Counting Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 234 10054 45297 22.20% Total Seats Sold Today: 158 Comp 0.612x of Spider-Man: No Way Home T-11 (30.59M) 1.918x of The Batman T-11 (41.42M)

I'm seeing Northman on Tuesday with some friends at work, and I'm already prepared to be the only one who likes it and dealing with my buddies complaining about how they didn't get the point and that it was super boring. Funnnnnnnnnnnn

Moderation @PenguinHyphy your beef was cute the day before, but we're not starting this stuff again. Don't even try.

No. But this is a gut feeling than anything else. I can not prove that it will happen, and I am sure that I could be completely, totally wrong, but this is just what I'm feeling just on indifference from studio executives and their desperation to push more and more stuff on streaming, even in spite of Netflix's current woes.

You're right, it did kill its legs. But the studios don't care about theatrical anymore. And while I'm sure Papa Feige will try and convince them, I'm still fairly confident, 50/50, that Doctor Strange 2 and Thor 4 and the like will get 45-day windows. We'll all cry about it, but this is our future, and we'll have to deal with that. Sad but true.

Sorry, we're still a PG-13 forum at the end of the day. And we really shouldn't scare the forum normies here. 😕

I'm sure there are a lot of Sonic fan artists who have OnlyFans for all those deranged Sonic sickos out there (and oh boy is there a lot).

They put Encanto on streaming for 30 days. Death on the Nile was 47 days. They'll probably do the same thing for 90% of their other movies. Don't even try with this stuff.

Because it's only for the fans. Sonic 2 is loaded with fan service and is largely designed to appeal almost entirely towards people who either grew up with the games when they were kids or are currently active fans of the games. And I guess kids today who are currently playing the new games. Nothing inherently wrong with that, as shown by the objectively good box office numbers for it, and I'm sure non-fans might still enjoy it. But it does mean it's harder for it to gain new audiences or retain legs when the fanbase already went out to see it. I'm a huge Sonic fan, and I'll fully admit that a lot of the appeal to me comes from how they adapted the characters and set pieces from the games. If I wasn't already into the franchise, I probably would have just found it an amusing enough kids movie.

Doctor Strange 2 Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-12 and Counting Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 234 9896 45297 21.85% Total Seats Sold Today: 142 Comp 0.647x of Spider-Man: No Way Home T-12 (32.36M) 1.942x of The Batman T-12 (41.94M)

Going back to this, Fantastic Beasts is going to be utterly fascinating to look back on with hindsight in a few years, in the context of being part of a massive franchise, yet nobody giving a crap about the story or characters from it. Harry Potter is still a big deal even with all the Rowling controversies. I took some summer classes three years ago, and my college campus hosted a "wizarding camp", full of these Potter-loving 8-12 year olds. Yet FB has left so little impact or intrigue even amongst the majority of the fanbase that I don't even think these kids could name a single character from those movies. And while Potter will still rake in millions of dollars long afterwards, people will probably forget this weird trilogy even exists, despite the source material it's a part of. Can't think of any other franchise/spin-off series like it tbh.

Another year, another CinemaCon is upon us. It’s the epic theater convention where all the studios pretend to give a shit about movie theaters and pimp out all the epic movies they have. We then get a bunch of live tweets from bloggers and journalists hyping up what they saw, with EmpireCity following suit. Sure, these conferences are arguably puff pieces above all else, but it's fun to hear about movies that we're all excited for, movies we know little about, and more importantly, see a lot of cool posters and logos and other marketing materials for the first time ever. And hey, sometimes there's a surprise announcement here and there. So here's where you are free to discuss to your heart's content all things CinemaCon. As per usual, be nice, be courteous, and don't be a dick. Have fun! Schedule (all times PST) Sony: 4/25, 6:30-8:30 PM Neon: 4/26, 9:15-11:30 AM Warner Bros: 4/26, 4-6 PM The Black Phone screening: 4/26, 8:30-11:30 PM Disney: 4/27, 9:45-11:30 AM Universal/Focus: 4/27, 4:15-6:30 PM Paramount (+ Top Gun: Maverick screening): 4/28, 9:15 AM-12:15 PM Lionsgate: 4/28, 2:45-4:30 PM

So...what Lego set did you buy? 👀

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