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Studio: Phoenix Fire Pictures; Amblin Entertainment; Vancouver Media Based On: La Casa de Papel (known in America as Money Heist), by Álex Pina Director: Steven Spielberg Genre: Heist/Thriller/Drama Release Date: January 16th, Y10 Theater Count: 3877 Rating: PG-13, for language, strong violence, sexual moments, and disturbing imagery Format: 2D, 3D, IMAX, 4DX Budget: $100 million Runtime: 150 minutes Cast: Lyrica Okano as Tokyo Seth Rogen as The Professor Cobie Smulders as Rachel Murrell Cillian Murphy as Berlin Gabriel LaBelle as Rio Sofia Boutella as Nairobi Algee Smith as Denver Hunter Schafer as Monica Gatsby / Stockholm Kristofer Hivju as Helsinki Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson as Oslo Hannah Rae as Allison Parker with Jason Bateman as Arthur Roman with Jonathan Banks as William Francis and Jeffrey Wright as Moscow Logline: A group of masked thieves, under the guidance of a mysterious man named the Professor, invades the Bureau of Engraving and Painting. Plot Summary:

@CJohn The new Hole in the Wall blew up ratings-wise

S O I L Studio: Phoenix Fire Pictures; BBC Films; Pastel Based On: Soil, by Arianna Reiche Director: Charlotte Wells Producer: Barry Jenkins Genre: Drama Release Date: November 6, Y10 (limited); November 13 (limited expansion); November 20 (limited expansion #2) November 25 (wide); December 4 (wide expansion); December 11 (wide expansion #2) Theater Count: 5 (November 6 - limited); 20 (November 13 - limited expansion); 400 (November 20 - limited expansion #2); 800 (November 25 - wide); 1600 (December 4 - wide expansion); 3028 (December 11 - wide expansion #2) Rating: R, for strong language, scenes of violence, heavy themes and disturbing imagery Format: 2D Budget: $8 million Runtime: 93 minutes Cast: Sabrina Bartlett as Anita Riz Ahmed as Danny Archie Yates as Kir Filmmaking Note: The film has three-act narrative elements but takes keynotes from the Slow Cinema genre and has a looser structure than others. Shots are taken at a particularly slow pace. Plot Summary:

Studio: Phoenix Fire Pictures; The New Yorker Studios Based On: The Enormous Radio, by John Cheever Director: Christina Choe Genre: Drama/Fantasy/Romance Release Date: April 10 Y10 Theater Count: 3321 Rating: PG-13, for thematic content, drinking, foul language and implied sexual scenes Format: 2D Budget: $45 million Runtime: 107 minutes Cast: Scarlett Johansson as Irene Westcott Ben Foster as Jim Westcott Bonnie Somerville as Natasha Letterman Rob Brown as Louis Letterman Logline: Jim and Irene Westcott buy a huge radio, but it transmits conversations of other tenants in the apartment building they live. Filmmaking Notes: This film takes cues from the 1940 and 50's romantic melodramas and is purposefully edited as a film from that era. Plot Summary:

Updated as of June 13th 2023.

Studio: Phoenix Fire Pictures; Rockstar Games Based On: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, by Rockstar North Directors: Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah Genre: Action/Thriller/Crime Release Date: May 1st, Y10 Theater Count: 4002 Rating: R, for copious language, intense sequences of bloody violence, hard drug usage, and strong themes Format: 2D, 3D, IMAX, 4DX Budget: $75 million Runtime: 129 minutes Cast: Jamie Foxx as Carl "C.J." Johnson O'Shea Jackson Jr. as Sweet Johnson Craig Robinson as Big Smoke Jay Hernandez as Cesar Vialpando and Samuel L. Jackson as Frank Tenpenny Previous Movie's Box Office (though, let's be clear, this should far outdo the first one) : Grand Theft Auto (01/31/Y9) - $31,940,156 OW / $89,007,210 DOM / $185,518,025 WW Logline: A former drug smuggler returns to his childhood neighborhood after the death of his mother, becoming involved in a war of gangs for the soul of his city. Plot Summary:

THE QUEST FOR BUSTER'S BONES Studio: Phoenix Fire Pictures; Phoenix Fire Artstyles Based On: Don't Take Buster's Bones, by Ideal Director: Steve Moore Genre: Animation/Comedy Release Date: November 20, Y10 Theater Count: 3657 Rating: PG, for slapstick, crude humor, mild language, cartoon violence, serious peril and strong thematic content Format: 2D; 3D Budget: $25 million Runtime: 92 minutes Voice Cast: Ving Rhames as Buster the dog Andy Richter as Darby the cat Various renowned voice actors as the neighbor animals Animation Style: The animation is stylized after high quality classic hand-drawn animated films, cartoons and toy commercials with film-looking grainy resolution and a 4:3 aspect ratio. These are references: Plot Summary:

SONY vs. Nintendo Studio: Phoenix Fire Pictures Directors: Lisanne Pajot and James Swirsky Genre: Documentary Release Date: January 2, Y10 Theater Count: 2701 Rating: PG-13, for thematic content and language Format: 2D Budget: $10 million Runtime: 118 minutes Plot Summary: Sources:

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Besides Cloud Cuckoo Land, I have three other pre-written films ready to ship. I plan on rolling them out gradually, while throwing in other films. Today I wrote Guinea Piggest in one sitting (lol), my plan is to dive into something a little bit more serious throughout the week. Probably will roll out GTA: San Andreas after the next few.

ADAM & CINDY ft. CERSEI, in: GUINEA PIGGEST Studio: Phoenix Fire Pictures Based On: Characters created by Rich Cornell (Adam & Cindy) and Paul Hoen (Cersei) Director: Barry Sonnenfeld Genre: Comedy Release Date: September 11, Y10 Theater Count: 3009 Rating: PG, for slapstick, thematic content, cartoony violence and peril Format: 2D Budget: $7.5 million Runtime: 75 minutes Cast: Billy Crystal as the voice of Adam the terrier Toni Collette as the voice of Cindy the poodle Vanessa Bayer as the voice of Cersei the guinea pig Previous Movies' Box Office: Adam & Cindy (06/02/Y7) - $10,220,685 OW / $32,164,875 DOM / $50,105,968 WW A Very Adam & Cindy Valentine (02/09/Y8) - $11,451,677 OW / $35,880,668 DOM / $55,228,395 WW The Tale of a Guinea Pig (10/18/Y8) - $3,429,336 OW / $10,349,236 DOM / $26,303,497 WW Guinea Pigger (10/17/Y9) - $2,503,061 OW / $5,378,242 DOM / $5,713,005 WW Plot Summary:

Updated as of June 6th 2023.

C L O U D C U C K O O L A N D Studio: Phoenix Fire Pictures; Scott Free Productions Based On: Cloud Cuckoo Land, by Anthony Doerr Director: Ridley Scott Producers: Ridley Scott; Kevin J. Walsh; Jennifer Fox; Nicole Holofcner Writer: Nicole Holofcner Cinematography: Dariusz Wolski Original Score: Harry Gregson-Williams Genre: Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Drama/Epic Release Date: November 25, Y10 Theater Count: 3893 Rating: PG-13, for language, disturbing imagery, thematic content and implications of hard drug usage Format: 2D, 3D, IMAX 2D, IMAX 3D, 4DX Budget: $200 million Runtime: 187 minutes Cast: Jake T. Austin as Zeno Ninis (older) Andrew Bachelor as Corporal Blewitt Caitrona Balfe as Bunny Jonathan Bailey as Rex Browning Raffey Cassidy as Maria Julie Delpy as Alma Boydstun Fayd Elsayed as Omeir (older) Priah Ferguson as Konstance Elizabeth Henstridge as Omeir’s mother Ashley Johnson as Sybil (voice role) Lucy Liu as Mrs. Flowers Mena Massoud as Sharif Matt Morgan as Hillary Tyler Perry as Ethan Sadie Sink as Anna (older) Finn Wolfhard as Seymour (older) Unknown child/teen actors as younger versions of Anna, Konstance, Omeir, Seymour and Zeno Logline: Tells the story of five different people in different timelines, all bound together by an ancient story called Cloud Cuckoo Land. Note: Thank you to @SLAM! for pre-reading this. Plot Summary: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14AKwZaxBBnkBdtu8-4cM3SuIMgqgUH8NEpR_BpPvpXg/edit?usp=sharing

That probably doesn't help. I'd say that it's an advantage in smaller markets (Centro/Alentejo/Algarve/island regions), but yeah, in the big metropolitan centers, won't cut it. Might get better now, though, with the June onslaught of Flash, Transformers, Elemental and Indy - even if I think some of those will bomb.

Our public has probably been overly accostumed to streaming in the last three years. Netflix, Prime, Disney+ and HBO have grown a lot, and other services have been introduced (like SkyShowtime, Globoplay and SIC's OPTO, even if I don't suspect they move big crowds). I do think it's still a very good sign of growth/recovery that the Little Mermaid and Fast have been doing strong.

Weird? I think it's weirder to think it's all that good. The only thing that really stands out is maybe Tom Holland and Zendaya's chemistry, and the end credits twist. It is so bland and uninspired.

Sure, but I would never want them to take the rights altogether.

I mean, Venom: Let There Be Carnage is probably not much worse than any of the MCU Spider-Man films except No Way Home.

I hope that never happens. Disney would never have done a Spider-Verse or a Raimi trilogy.

Updated with Memorial Day weekend 2023 estimates. EDIT: Updated with Memorial Day weekend 2023 actuals.

Specific to the decade we're currently living in - and believe it or not, having gone through pandemic, the first major war in Europe in quite a long time, and plenty of global uncertainty, it's crazy that 2020 has actually been three years ago. Sources used: Box Office Mojo for DOM numbers | A combination of Box Office Mojo, The Numbers, Deadline and BOT's @Issac Newton for OS/WW numbers --- Top DOM OW's of the 2020's: Top DOM Weekend PTA's of the 2020's: Top DOM Films of the 2020's: Top WW-US Films of the 2020's: Top WW Films of the 2020's: --- I'll try keeping this updated for as long as I can, which I'm not promising will be all the time lol.

Since this was Fast X opening weekend, here's how the top openings in NA go since the 2020's started: And here's the top DOM since 2020: Worldwide:

If we ever get multiple Fast & Furious movies the same year and they all have different surface but the same structure, we can talk.

@Ethan Hunt Could you please swap the release dates of MBW2 and Money Heist? With the January movie (MBW2) keeping the IMAX slot. It was not a very good idea to go against my original plan lol

@CayomMagazine A small set of shifts from Phoenix Fire: The Quest for Buster's Bones has been transferred from June 8 Y10 to September 11 of the same year, and is now in the hands of Phoenix Fire Artstyles, the more alternative Phoenix Fire animation studio. Buster's Bones is directed by Steve Moore (producer and writer on Open Season and Alpha and Omega) and stars Ving Rhames and Andy Richter. Taking the June 8 slot from PF Family Animation is Dualheart, directed by Lauren Faust (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Medusa) and Steven Clay Hunter (Out). It stars Jenna Ortega and tells the story of the seven Rainbow Guardians - specifically, Beckee, the Blue Guardian, who finds out that she can actually wield the powers of Blue and Pink as well, and struggles with the information, going on a quest to figure out what to do.