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I remember enjoying both Sonic movies, but for the life of me I couldn’t tell you a single thing that happens in either of them. Might be in for a rewatch.

Not sure why marketing has been so non-existent for this. Either Universal has dropped the ball completely, or they know they have a total stinker on their hands.

Not gonna lie, Argylle’s internal multiplier is pretty strong. If it actually did 2.5M previews like many trackers were suggesting was possible before this week totally fell apart, that would adjust to a 27M opening or so.

Obviously a good box office run would be BETTER for Apple, but I gotta give it to them for putting out three “buzzy” titles in a row. Sure, they cost too much and didn’t generate enough returns, but Killers got a lot of awards buzz (plus Marty + Leo + DeNiro), Napoleon clearly had audience interest looking at its box office numbers, before the WOM became toxic. And Argylle essentially became a meme. People are talking about titles on Apple TV+. Get big stars over to your platform, and audiences will eventually follow.

6.5 Friday for Argylle seems much more walkup-friendly than I was expecting based on WOM. Good sign I guess(?) although it’ll crash and burn next weekend with the Super Bowl.

Yep, not to pile on to an already-dead horse, but Argylle has pretty much had zero walkups today. The 5:30 show ended with just as many tickets as it had sold last night. The main 6:30 IMAX show is at 3 tickets more than it was at 7:30 this morning. Late evenings are at nothing lmao.

I know, but the hits need to keep coming (not that there has been a bona fide hit yet) to justify these releases. Napoleon doing over 200M WW despite pretty bad WOM is a good start. Argylle matching it’s numbers would be nice to see.

Seriously, I just really hope Argylle does well enough for Apple to justify putting more of their films in theaters. Movies like this flopping will just make streamers forego theatrical releases, which is bad for all of us.

I could see this doing Man From UNCLE numbers which, in the current box office climate, is a pretty nice win.

I'd say among general audiences, Cavill was pretty well-liked in MI6. Lots of people remember the fist-guns, and at least anecdotally my dad and uncle refer to Fallout as "the one with Superman". Plus, while Enola Holmes are Netflix, they were well-reviewed and well-liked. Witcher was also a pretty beloved hit among its core audience. I wouldn't say Cavill is A-list, but he's done pretty well for himself.

I just assumed the hate for this on these boards came from it being a Matthew Vaughan film. I could be mixing it up, but I thought I remember reading somewhere in a thread that there were quite a few people on here who don't like him/his films.

The thing people need to keep in mind for Madame Webb is that Wednesday is VDay meaning OD will probably be strong. That being said, Thursday will drop off HARD, and if the movie isn’t any good, the weekend isn’t going to recover once WOM hits.

Jokes aside Madame Webb is doing absolutely nothing here. 4 theaters I’m tracking, 3 haven’t sold a thing yet The fourth theater has 2 tickets sold Wed-Fri total. *sigh* Argylle kept chugging along, albeit slowly. Thinking 2-3M previews (probably the lower end now though) unless reviews skew heavily one way or the other. Dune continues to do well, with IMAX and PLF very very strong while regular shows are more tepid. Not sold on 10M+ previews yet, but if what I’m seeing is any indication, it could get close with the Sunday EA shows added in.

Dang Madame Webb’s already sold out every single show in my area. Argylle week 2 got canceled for more shows, Oscar ceremony pushed back a month so as not to have to compete with fourth weekend, and they’ve already begun constructing a new theater in my town.

You underestimating the power of Gosling.

Argylle isn’t having a bad start around here. 3 theaters each have presales that could suggest something like 2-3M previews, with Friday/Saturday holding up nicely. I think 20M could happen if reviews are good. Dune’s also very strong, and very very leggy throughout the weekend. For now, I’m going with a run comparable to Logan.

Any OS/WW update for Mean Girls/Beekeeper?

Was subbing for a senior drama class, and of course this was all any of these high school theater kids were talking about until this one girl who had just been silent on her phone until that moment piped up and said “Can everyone just shut the f*** up???” Well said girl, well said.

I enjoyed this, but I’m kind of glad it didn’t get any nominations. Not because I actually care, but because fans of this have been so annoying and holier-than-thou on the internet for the past couple weeks The only movie that I’m actually mad got snubbed was Iron Claw lol.

Anatomy, Things, and Zone are the three I haven’t yet seen. As far as the BP nominees and my personal ranking: 1. Oppenheimer 2. Holdovers 3. Barbie 4. American Fiction 5. Past Lives 6. Killers 7. Maestro Maestro’s probably the only one I’d say I disliked. I’m still kinda bummed Iron Claw got nothing, it’s fantastic.

FWIW ISS in my area numbers would suggest 2.2M Friday including previews.

I dunno, after seeing the movie I feel like glorifying and merchandising the wresting aspect of this movie feels pretty ill-advised. Unless it’s a joke, you would have thought A24 would have been able to see that.

ABY definitely peaked on Tiktok last week. I think it's still got some gas in the tank, but 100M is dead. Hoping for 80M at this point which, considering it opened to 6M, is still fantastic.

Seems like ABY is having a harsher drop than Wonka this week. With much of the continent covered in snow last weekend/these past few days, I could see drops being really, REALLY good this weekend.

This is getting some audience buzz for how effectively sad it is. I think it’s oscar chances are dead, but if the academy picks the RIGHT movies it would be in there for sure!