Eric Quinn

Somewhat related, but a recent YT video by Lindsay Ellis popped up talking about It, Stranger Things, and nostalgia. I'm just putting it here because it's both super entertaining, and I love Ellis' videos.

Christmas 4-Day Weekends (Even though I suck at it, so this is me just pulling out of my but lol): Star Wars: $150M Jumanji (6-Day): $45M Pitch Perfect 3: $32M The Greatest Showman (6-Day): $28M Ferdinand: $19M Coco: $11M All the Money: $10M Disaster Artist: $8M Downsizing: $8M Wonder: $7M Father Figures: $7M Darkest Hour: $4M Shape of Water: $3M

The only review that matters.

Fox boss James Murdoch could be next Disney CEO in possible merger https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/dec/05/disney-james-murdoch-21st-century-fox-ceo?CMP=share_btn_tw

http://deadline.com/2017/12/the-little-mermaid-rob-marshall-top-choice-disney-mary-poppins-returns-1202220650/

http://people.com/movies/bradley-cooper-lady-gaga-a-star-is-born-photos/ Man, Bradley's long mangy hair is an awful look for him.

Ferdinand 40 1065 3.76% Star Wars 3491 4503 77.53% Jumanji 57 1846 3.09% Greatest Showman 6 1562 0.38% After two weeks, the overall traction is...fine, I guess. Jumanji though is at a pretty decent start. (BTW, I'm looking at showtimes for that movie from Wednesday to Monday)

The studio is based in Connecticut, so that'll be a problem. But in all honesty, why would Disney get rid of an animation studio, and create negative PR in doing so, when they can capitalize on having three successful animation studios, and create even more potential hit franchises?

http://variety.com/2017/film/awards/darkest-hour-three-billboards-wga-awards-not-eligible-1202631189/ Darkest Hour and Three Billboards aren't eligible for the WGA Awards (and also Coco and a few other movies, but no one cares about them, so...) Keep in mind though that being ineligible doesn't automatically shut scripts out of the Oscar race.

http://deadline.com/2017/12/cinemark-moviepass-moviegoing-membership-program-1202220387/ Cinemark’s starting their own Moviepass service.

Ehh... Ice Age and Rio are popular enough properties Disney would likely want to exploit. If anything, having the marketing muscle of Disney would probably make their movies gross more money than what they currently do.

Yes. (Also, 3D sucks)

And I thought Han was bad. You seriously need to get laid.

A critically-acclaimed Bae-24 masterpiece is playing instead of another critically-acclaimed Bae-24 masterpiece? How will you ever live?

I've never listened to the song, but one look at the thumbnail makes me want to cringe.

This is why you can’t get a girl.

Glad to see the creep's gone. Rami Malek deserves a great film that isn't tainted by a shitty irl director.

Using other Hispanic movies as comps: -Instructions Not Included biggest sunday drop was only around 30%, with it usually either dropping in the single digits or even increasing from Saturday. -How to Be A Latin Lover's biggest Sunday drop was 21%. It almost always increased from Saturday or only dropped in the single digits. -Un Gallo con Muchos Huevos always had a Sunday increase from Saturday. For whatever reason, movies targeting Hispanic crowds have great Sunday holds.

I for one welcome our new Slay-24 overlords.

http://deadline.com/2017/12/isle-of-dogs-berlin-film-festival-2018-opening-film-wes-anderson-1202219343/ Opener for the Berlin Film Festival 2018.

So I just got an e-mail from an Advance Screenings site that a local Philly theater will be showing an advance screening of this film...two days from now. So they're showing a movie that won't come out for another three months in advance...I don't know whether that's a good thing or a bad thing.

It's nice to see that the post-Thanksgiving holds weren't that bad. I know part of it is because there were no new wide releases and the TC drops were super low, but it definitely seems like things have held much better than in previous years. Coco's hold was very solid, considering films like Moana and even Frozen dropped over 50%. With weaker family competition, BH6 numbers seem super likely, which is absolutely great for a film that many thought was gonna disappoint or even bomb. Justice League was Justice League. Wonder and Thor continue to do solid, and both will likely hit new milestones relatively soon. Orient and Daddy's Home 2 are still going great. Hopefully TC drops and Christmas legs are kind to them, as they both try and cross $100M. Specialty-wise, this was the real highlight of the week. Lady Bird and 3 Billboards did great in expansion, and it's wonderful to see both movies break out in wide release. CMBYN dropping only 30% is also great, and I hope it earns a solid expansion. Oh, and Darkest Hour did good too. Disaster Artist and Shape of Water also did phenomenal. Their PTAs are strong, and while I'm a touch concerned about their breakout potential, if both of them can make it around $50M give or take $10M, I'd say it's a win. Wonder Wheel...not so much. Poor Kate Winslet, and poor Amazon for such a rocky fall after a relatively solid first three quarters.