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We are in the world where the top 1% always reap the benefit of growth, hence the disparity.

March 22 means Sony will give full 14 weeks of theatre exclusive window for NWH, a very very welcoming gesture. The longer the better as always, and I bet the live action meme remake will contribute few more bucks for the movie.

The cast seem warrant a SAG ensemble nomination.

Oh ya all those attempts was made during 91st oscar. But turns out despite nothing changed in the end , that was one of the more enjoyable ceremony in recent memory. I actually quite enjoy 89th and 86th(when Ellen hosted) in particular.

So this year ceremony is like 92nd Oscar all over again. First we have Oscar fan favourite category like a tone down version of best popular movie and now this. Just like how they first attempt before 92nd Oscar. I wonder what next?

Definitely an improvement but we need more and we always need more

The weekend total come in at near 95m, the highest in a year but isn’t any closer to pre-pandemic figure. Guess we have to wait until batman weekend. I got this feeling maybe batman opening weekend is the only weekend we have above 100m weekend total for the first quarter.

I don’t like all these obligatory and widely promoted streaming date before the movie has even lifted its embargo. So far I think Disney have the best approach among all aside from their pathetic treatment to Pixar release . They are keeping streaming debut date in the dark until later stage and give flexible window according to their box office run, like 60 days for KM, about 70 days for eternals and SC. That being said, I hope every studio be like Sony.

So far none of the weekend since NWH made over 100m. I will take that as benchmark if weekend number are back to above 100m consistently(even during weekend without superhero opener), if not we are still in the world that pretty screwed by the pandemic or streaming like feature

The movie made 3.8m without single Oscar nomination. That is actually a lot even for some non English Oscar contender. And that number can be a lot higher if it wasn’t cut short by pandemic which disrupted their further expansion plan

Sometime I am really really impressed by the way neon handle non English film, from their historical win of parasite to the portrait of fire lady and this year worst person in the world and flee, they can hit quite impressive box office and award mark for a lot of their non English film . At this rate the worst person will beat DMC for sure despite not a major contender

I knew it! Girls are holding back box office rebound because they are staying rewatching Cinderella over and over again at home! on the related note, if nwh can’t win this open to public category, a best picture snub probably isn’t a big deal as some made it to be

I think universal is still doing their 17 days (sing2) or even day to date release. also the soft drop for NTTD and ghostbusters may likely due to lack of competition during their late run, instead of streaming posing no impact. Also NTTD did gross less than spectre, so the impact may very absorbed in the opening weekend or 2nd weekend. 2nd weekend drop is where you can see impact from streaming since second weekend audience are generally more causal and less enthusiastic but they’d still be interested in seeing the film. Unfortunately the second weekend hold for major film has been tepid since reopening.

Also, the past 40 reviews posted on RT, 8 of it are rotten which translate 80% fresh, it is a downward trend too since the average is 93%

That is why 45 days or 17 days window is total bullshit. I just can’t understand why rushing to streaming, a platform you got to stay forever? Hope for more flexible approach like between 45-60 days or even 75 for some mega grosser like NWH depending gross size or legs. Even if they have a streaming date, don’t announce it upfront so that potential audience will not have incentive to wait for streaming.

Any number that come higher than 108m (dune total) will put a smile face on me for batman since that is an instant mockery to WB for their stupid hbo max deal.

But if jackass , another moderate fan driven film can hit 14x from preview , 10x to 11x from 3.7m of preview should be in the range for uncharted, especially with inflated Sunday.

Is uncharted a fan driven material? 3.7m is a very good number and is becoming a jungle cruise or free guy level kind of surprise hit

This can’t be china, they don’t have age rating system

WB must have go back and check with their HBO max subscribers if they sign on because of Dune, if so they will go ahead and roll the monthly fees into box office. Way to go WB!

That would mean a 100 days exclusive theatrical window. Rare case in the post pandemic era, the movie will expand to another 60~75 locations this coming week

I was referring typical mainstream blockbusters, those many example you mention are already Oscar bait or drama fare that voters are born to watch and therefore message or not, there is no concern. For a mainstream movie to be considered, entertainment value or the quality are not really metrics. District 9, Mad max fury road or black panther certainly telling us just what academy will pay attention to. The pure flick that I can think of as a message-less best picture nominees in recent year include inception, the Martian and nothing else….

If no way home making 1.8bn during pandemic won’t change their mind, nothing will. The way they nominate drive my car as best picture means they care their selection of best picture nominees. Academy is a group made up of near 10k voter where they don’t really have a direct or contracted interest with Oscar rating. They won’t make extra bucks because of surge in Oscar rating. Therefore there is no incentive for them to pick a populist movie fanboy bait movie. if avatar 2 ever got nominated, it is likely due to its environmentalist message like the first. You can’t expect a straight pop corn fan fare in the best picture line up. They want message and social relevancy. This has been demonstrated year after year and no sign they are giving up on the “criteria requirements”

Dune further cement WB position as leader in producing a Oscar blockbuster spectacle. Inception, gravity, mad max fury road, joker, Dunkirk, American sniper and now dune.

I am quite confident in a alternate reality when covid never happened, licorice pizza box office can come in near 50m like lady bird, it is by far the most accessible film from Paul Thomas anderson. Despite some terrible jump after the expansion, the hold seem suggest a very solid word of mouth