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Posts posted by Eric Prime
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Will say I do think @Ryan C is onto something that maybe we need to retire the platform/limited theater rollout. Or at least deemphasize them apart from the occasional Licorice Pizza or Asteroid City. All the indie movies I listed were in at least 1,000 theaters on their opening weekend, which made it a lot easier for their target audiences to seek them out, and make it easier and faster for WOM to spread.
Plus these types of NY/LA releases really only worked when you could get some big PTAs you could make headlines over. And that was only possible thanks to specialty/boutique theaters like Arclight/Cinerama Dome. In 2018, something like The Fabelmans would have gotten the biggest auditorium, maybe even two auditoriums, in places like the Dome and other theaters specifically designed for arthouse fans/cinephiles. But in 2022, it had to play in some AMC/Regal locations, where Wakanda Forever had all the big auditoriums, and it had to also share space with stuff like Black Adam or Ticket to Paradise or The Menu. That's a problem. And nowadays, those giant 60K+ PTAs are more and more elusive post-COVID, unless you're an auteur darling like PTA or Yorgos or Wes Anderson. And even then, if Spielberg can only barely get to 40K, then what does that mean for newcomers who don't have such luxuries or popularity?
I doubt Sing Sing or Didi would have been Big Sick-style winners, but maybe just having them open in 1,800 theaters would have helped them get at least close enough to the 10M threshold.
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It's not all bad indie/specialty-wise. Thelma and Late Night with the Devil are the biggest hits for their respective studios in ages. Longlegs has become the biggest hit for Neon period. Big enough where it has crossed over to the mainstream, and that's not even including Immaculate making a big chunk of cash. And if you want to be that guy, you can argue Civil War was set up and financed like an indie production, even if it costs a pretty penny more than all the other movies listed.
I'm still very much in the "nostalgic toy commercials are the only things making money" mindset, but there have been minor improvements, and it could have been much, much, much worse. Like two years ago, I was scared Focus/Searchlight were going to be streaming content farms for all eternity.
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Genuinely baffling they named one of the characters Dr. Loomis. Like how lazy do you have to be to literally rip off the name of a character from a totally different movie franchise and think people won't notice?
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https://deadline.com/2024/08/jurassic-world-film-unveils-title-first-look-photos-1236072709/
QuoteStarring Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Bailey and Mahershala Ali, Jurassic World Rebirth sees an intrepid team racing to secure DNA samples from the three most colossal creatures across land, sea and air. Five years after the events of Jurassic World Dominion, the planet’s ecology has proven largely inhospitable to dinosaurs. Those remaining exist in isolated equatorial environments with climates resembling the one in which they once thrived. The three most colossal creatures within that tropical biosphere hold the key to a drug that will bring miraculous life-saving benefits to humankind.
Johansson plays Zora Bennett, a skilled covert operations expert contracted to lead a team on a top-secret mission to secure genetic material from the world’s three most massive dinosaurs. When Zora’s operation intersects with a civilian family whose boating expedition was capsized by marauding aquatic dinos, they all find themselves stranded on an island where they come face-to-face with a sinister, shocking discovery that’s been hidden from the world for decades.
Bailey plays paleontologist Dr. Henry Loomis, with Ali as Zora’s most trusted team leader, Duncan Kincaid. Others in the cast include Rupert Friend as Big Pharma representative Martin Krebs and Manuel Garcia-Rulfo as Reuben Delgado, the father of the shipwrecked civilian family.
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8 minutes ago, ddddeeee said:
Beetlejuice is a weird one in that it was a big hit but then went on to be a huge cult hit. Normally those things would contradict each other, but I dunno any other way to describe it. People continued to find it for years and years to come. It's always being rereleased and it's constantly been one of the top selling discs. There were a few months last year in which the only movie older than Beetlejuice that was selling more than it was Top Gun.
I agree that Wednesday and Jenna are a massive draw here, but og is huge in a way that I don't think people appreciate. My mum and dad are going to see this, and both go to the cinema like once every five years.
Yeah, it’s kind of like Nightmare Before Christmas, albeit with nowhere near as much merchandise. You could probably point to one or two other Burton or Burton-adjacent movies with that kind of paradox.
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Quorum Updates
Bagman T-23: 18.33% Awareness, 42.61% Interest
Transformers One T-23: 41.45% Awareness, 48.89% Interest
Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim T-107: 20.22% Awareness, 43.94% Interest
A Complete Unknown T-119: 17.33% Awareness, 37.33% Interest
The Fire Inside T-119: 10.4% Awareness, 34.04% Interest
1992 T-2: 26.11% Awareness, 44.78% Interest
Final Awareness: 18% chance of 10M
Low Awareness: 13% chance of 10M
Final Interest: 47% chance of 10M
Low Interest: 33% chance of 10M
Afraid T-2: 24.78% Awareness, 46.44% Interest
Final Awareness: 18% chance of 10M
Horror Awareness: 33% chance of 10M
Final Interest: 47% chance of 10M
Horror Interest: 43% chance of 10M
The Wild Robot T-30: 27.34% Awareness, 40.54% Interest
T-30 Awareness: 53% chance of 10M, 17% chance of 20M
Animation/Family Awareness: 67% chance of 10M, 33% chance of 20M
T-30 Interest: 58% chance of 10M, 35% chance of 10M, 20% chance of 30M
Animation/Family Interest: 87% chance of 10M, 75% chance of 20M, 37% chance of 30M
Joker: Folie a Deux T-37: 64.11% Awareness, 64.22% Interest
T-30 Awareness: 100% chance of 50M, 86% chance of 90M, 71% chance of 100M, 14% chance of 200M
Tentpole Awareness: 100% chance of 50M, 67% chance of 100M
T-30 Interest: 100% chance of 50M, 86% chance of 70M, 71% chance of 100M, 14% chance of 200M
Tentpole Interest: 100% chance of 100M
Smile 2 T-51: 38.19% Awareness, 47.08% Interest
T-60 Awareness: 89% chance of 10M, 71% chance of 20M, 46% chance of 30M
Horror Awareness: 100% chance of 10M, 71% chance of 20M, 43% chance of 30M
T-60 Interest: 61% chance of 10M, 34% chance of 20M, 19% chance of 30M
Horror Interest: 69% chance of 10M, 34% chance of 20M, 14% chance of 30M
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3 minutes ago, YM! said:
Yes, BJ had nostalgia but it was also a flop at the box office and lived as a cult classic.
Beetlejuice ranked in the domestic top 10 for 1988. It made almost five times its budget. It was not, nor has it ever been a flop or cult hit.
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This was conducted prior to Wolf’s being streaming only. I’ve never even heard of those last two. Like at this point, why not just go up to November?
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15 minutes ago, Maggie said:
Some mixed reviews on letterboxd from Venice
Now who could have seen that coming?
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27 minutes ago, BadOlCatSylvester said:
This looks genuinely spectacular. I'm honestly shocked. Between the gorgeous visuals and a much more serious tone compared to the previous movies, this creative team is definitely treating the arrival of the franchise's second biggest character with the gravitas needed. This was already my most anticipated movie of the year just on the premise alone, and this trailer somehow made me even more excited. Unfortunately due to regional scheduling I have to wait a month until I can go see it. The wait is going to be so painful, but hopefully worth it.
Honey, in what world is this trailer “serious” lol
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5 minutes ago, Krissykins said:
3 films deep and still no Amy?
It could do with a female character.
This looks absolutely fine though, Tails is so cute.
I’m more offended there’s no Rouge.
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Will say though that we as a culture need to stop with the Akira references. It was cool like one time, but referencing the bike scene in every other movie is not needed.
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It has Sonic stuff. I like Sonic stuff. I will be seated.
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36 minutes ago, AnthonyJPHer said:
Looking at these presales it seems to be preforming more like a 100m opener than an 80m opener. Is this Inside Out 2 all over again?
Yeah, I'm starting to buy the guy that said this could open to like 140M now. Just seems like the momentum is really going into full swing judging by the thread's sales thus far.
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4 minutes ago, wattage said:
Not a huge pumpkin fan for eating unfortunately but the smells are nice! I usually pick up some seasonal scents. But pumpkin spice season means that peppermint and gingerbread season is also right around the corner and I'll be at my maximum power soon.
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4 minutes ago, DAJK said:
I always wish summer was a few weeks longer, but I am so SO ready for fall vibes.
I don't. Fall has always been my favorite season. Nothing better than enjoying a quiet, sleepy late September, early October evening. Just breezy enough where you can put on a hoodie, but not too cold where you're begging to go back inside. Then you have cranberries and apples and squash all in season? Ooh baby~
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6 minutes ago, wattage said:
Summer really is over, sad because the weekday tracking is really fun during summer and late December.
Look at the bright side; pumpkin spice everything is around the corner now!
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Weekday Numbers [Aug 26 - Aug 29, 2024] | Tuesday | 2.22M ALIEN: ROMULUS | 2.15M DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE | 1.86M IT ENDS WITH US
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I always cook. You should try my spaghetti carbonara. It's a banger!