Eric Deetz

https://thequorum.com/weekly-unaided-awareness-chart-where-are-gladiator-ii-and-venom-the-last-dance/

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.

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.

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?

https://deadline.com/2024/08/jurassic-world-film-unveils-title-first-look-photos-1236072709/

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.

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

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.

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?

Now who could have seen that coming?

Honey, in what world is this trailer “serious” lol

I’m more offended there’s no Rouge.

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.

It has Sonic stuff. I like Sonic stuff. I will be seated.

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.

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~

Look at the bright side; pumpkin spice everything is around the corner now!