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Presumably Sony's trailer attachment with Civil War. Speaking of which, It Ends With Us is still set for June 21 and hasn't even released any official marketing yet. Seems obvious that's getting delayed again.

I mean, where's the lie?

Zendaya's probably been the only person involved in the show who actually wants it to come back at this point due to going 2/2 at the Emmys alone and even she has to be like "nah, ain't worth it" by now lmao. It's already taken too long between seasons of the show (the cast was pushing it as teens in the second season, so a significant time jump would have to be required), but even then there seem to be bigger issues between the widespread reports of on-set hostility, the reported writing struggles, the stars looking to remain booked and busy for the foreseeable future, Angus Cloud's untimely death, The Idol being a toxic bomb to the point where major or rising talent are probably going to be apprehensive about signing on for any Sam Levinson project going forward. Think if HBO really wanted it to come back they would've pushed harder for it, Season 2's gap could at least be explained with COVID-related production delays.

Speaking of re-releases, has anyone been tracking the Spider-Man ones? Because some theaters are already adding extra shows for the 2002 movie since the initial ones are already pretty much full (the second Tobey movie also selling great too). Imagine they'll give it more days/showtimes if they are unable to meet the demand due to capacity issues.

Jack O'Connell seems to be enjoying a bit of a resurgence lately. Felt like he was fading into obscurity after that buzz he had from Unbroken a decade ago didn't quite pan out.

It's doing fine in sales. Just doesn't seem like it's going to be the breakout some were hoping.

Are we really gonna lose sleep over a prequel to The Omen and a movie once destined for streaming not even three months ago not lighting the box office on fire? lmao.

Julia Garner is so in demand these days. I approve!

$14-15M for The First Omen and $12M for Monkey Man.

The Watchers definitely stands out as the most unexpected appearance on that list, especially when much more expensive titles like Furiosa and Twisters are nowhere to be found.

Civil War should post fine enough numbers and doesn't seem nearly as reliant on targeted festival buzz since it has a slew of notable names involved and has been building buzz in general for a while. Monkey Man was going to be a streaming exclusive until it shifted gears not even 12 weeks ago.

Rise of the Planet of the Apes was one of the wild cards of that summer considering nobody really knew how much demand there still was for the IP following the meh reception to the Tim Burton/Mark Wahlberg remake a decade earlier (it had lackluster for 2001 staying power after posting the second-biggest opening ever at the time). That it ended up doing as well it did felt like a testament to the movie's surprisingly strong quality. Whether this will live up to that excellent trilogy is probably going to be what ultimately ends up making or breaking this.

The AI vibes are certainly strong with that poster, I'll give it that lol. I still can't decide if I want this movie to be actually good or the hottest of messes. Probably both.

The marketing for Monkey Man is definitely leaning on Peele's name, almost as much as the Candyman legacy sequel (which he produced and co-wrote but didn't direct) did. Given that this was a movie that was added super late to the schedule I would consider a $12M opening to be a decent number.

The saying "birds of a feather flock together" certainly carries some weight. But just remember that as much of a right they may have to say such idiocy, we have just as much of one to laugh at them for it. Nelson Peltz should probably consider himself lucky that he's not famous enough to be spoofed on SNL (and deliver a thin-skinned response to the parody, as those who fall on the conservative side tend to do when made fun of on that show).

Because clowns like him (and there are a depressingly not insignificant amount of them out there) have no shame announcing their bigotry to the world. Simple as that.

A Real Pain has been dated for Q4. Academy Award Nominee Kieran Culkin is about to become a reality!

Abigail showtimes are starting to appear but aren't on sale yet, starts at 5:00 that Thursday.

Can we mention about the random 70s/80s music cues in this? Like what the hell lmao. So jarring. The obvious influence that Guardians of the Galaxy has had on the whole blockbuster filmmaking genre over what is about to be an entire decade since it was released is truly quite something.

Bob Marley: One Love was such a strange, clearly watered-down movie. Imagine if Bohemian Rhapsody ended right as Mercury was approaching the stage before that Live Aid sequence that fueled that movie's WOM. That's literally what we get here.

Columbia's definitely off to a rough 100th anniversary celebration with Madame Web and Ghostbusters being nonstarters. We'll see if that ends up being true for their entire 2024 slate.