Eric Deetz

Somebody found this wine mom review when Legend of Tarzan dropped. It's honestly incredible https://www.emilywrites.co.nz/i-saw-tarzan-and-this-is-my-review-after-some-wines/

It's not that crazy IMO. Eggers is a rising director who has already cultivated a fanbase, there's a good ensemble full of recognizable names to plop on the poster, with Skarsgard also fresh off Big Little Lies, and Eggers probably pitched this as a good action revenge story, something that is easy to sell to people and easy to market. A lot can happen between greenlighting to final release in terms of production and advertising that a lot of people fail to account for. And even then, studios like making big swings on directors with prestige behind them. It legitimizes their library and especially their streaming service or gives them a good hook when selling to other streamers/premium networks. Paul Thomas Anderson hasn't had a box office hit since There Will Be Blood, but he keeps getting movies made because of that prestige.

ITS HAPPENING ITS HAPPENING

Excuse me! I’m not a pirate 🤓

Dude, the V.

Maybe I'm missing something here, but Puss in Boots should clear 40M+ pretty easily. Shrek is still a popular and well-liked franchise, to the point where even a pointless spin-off sequel should still make decent numbers.

Addams Family 2 got a 31.5x IM. Ron's Gone Wrong got a 30.4x IM. Those preview #s were a lot smaller granted, but I don't see why this would be that much different. 30M would take a 26.1x IM, which sounds about right. Dreamworks fandom isn't really a thing anymore, at least compared to Disney/Pixar.

Looks like you nerds didn't compensate for the furry demographic. Only half-joking here btw

1.35M for Northman and 1.15M for Bad Guys specifically by the way. That would likely lead to about 12M for Northman 30M+ for Bad Guys. 35M could even happen.

This is actually pretty cool

Doctor Strange 2 Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-14 and Counting Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 234 9609 45297 21.21% Total Seats Sold Today: 115 Comp 0.677x of Spider-Man: No Way Home T-14 (33.83M) 1.975x of The Batman T-14 (42.65M) God this sales period is so boring.

Yes. Granted none of my theaters did the Saturday sneaks, but...

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent Greater Philadelphia Seat Report Final Count Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 32 416 3552 11.71% Total Seats Sold Today: 141 Comp 0.594x of Free Guy (1.31M) 0.597x of Jackass Forever (985K) 0.407x of The Lost City (1.32M) Uh...I guess 1.3M sounds right? I dunno. Like I said, I'm tired.

The Northman Greater Philadelphia Seat Report Final Count Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 22 610 3758 11.02% Total Seats Sold Today: 196 Comp 0.714x of Old (1.07M) 0.935x of Snake Eyes (1.31M) 6.224x of The Last Duel (2.18M) 0.261x of Dune (1.33M) 2.007x of Ambulance (1.4M) Yeah it was a bad start, though it isn't helped that the movie has very limited showtimes. Most theaters are only giving this 1 showing. Not sure if it's because Focus is a mini-major or couldn't get a good deal or what. It's kind of bogus, since it is selling well in those single showtimes, but I guess that means it'll have a good IM? I dunno, I'm tired right now.

The Bad Guys Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report Final Count Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 48 375 6856 5.47% Total Seats Sold Today: 223 Comp 0.491x of Boss Baby 2 (643K) 0.476x of Jungle Cruise (1.28M) 1.963x of Addams Family 2 (1.08M) 4.310x of Ron's Gone Wrong (1.03M) 0.553x of Encanto (830K) Averages out to 973K. Adjust down to like...I dunno, 850K, and that leads to a 25M weekend?

Pause mah boi 😆

I mean these Fandango polls are far from scientific and are usually prone to recency bias, both in terms of movies coming out sooner or just recently had trailers launch. These top 10s do usually work as an indicator of what is looking likely to be the top 10 of a season/year, and you just kinda have to do detective work on what will miss out. Honestly, if you take out Downton Abbey and add in Super Pets, and that top 10 seems legit, albeit it won't be anywhere near identical to the final rankings. (Though it helps the product this summer is a lot smaller than usual due to COVID. A smaller pool makes it easier to look at the top 10)

Buzz in this new movie basically looks like a generic cop/Republican/antivaxxer in his physique and facial appearance. I think it's funnier to recognize him as a realistic Joe from Family Guy but that's just me.