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It’s not January without horror films! Will this Screen Gems horror film do well? We’ll see!
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4 hours ago, Claire of Themyscira said:
I'm sad as well!
Sadly, I have a very time-consuming job, I'd hate to be a crutch on anyone's team.
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(I will confirm, I used a Spin The Wheel app to randomly pick the player for banishment, it really was a random choice 👀)
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@YM! @Morieris @Reddroast @DAJK @Gokai Red @Shanks @Goldenhour36 @Ethan Hunt @The Eric King @M37 @Agafin @AN9815 @Cap @Fancyarcher @The Dark Alfred @ZeeSoh @NannerManCan
I decided to post the first episode of Survivor: Pandora one day early! 🥳
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SLAM! stands in the middle of the military base’s airfield.
SLAM!: Seventeen players. One winner. A perilous location. Welcome to Survivor: Pandora!
Four airships fly over the vast jungles of the planet Pandora. Each airships contains a group of this season’s competitors!
YM!, Morris, Reddroast, DAJK, and Gokai Red talk in Airship #1.
Reddroast: Looks like we’re almost there, guys!
Morieris: Sheesh! Look at that vast forest! There’s so much in the distance! It’s incredible!
Gokai Red: Any airbenders around?
Reddroast: Oh ho ho! Nice one, Gokai!
YM!: I don’t get it. SLAM! spends billions of dollars to shuttle seventeen people all the way to a planet that’s light years away from Earth. I mean, it’s a nice gesture, but it’s…
DAJK: Awesome, right? It’s AWESOME! We traveled through SPACE!
YM!: …We no longer finish each other’s sentences, pal.
DAJK: What? What do you mean?
(YM! pops headphones in, hanging DAJK out to dry. DAJK looks confused.)
Morieris: What’s up with those guys?
Reddroast: Drama from season six, I take it.
Gokai Red: (shakes his head) This season just started and there’s already drama. Incredible.
Confessional—YM!: DAJK got me voted out last season. And what’s more, he lied about it snakey-boy style. So you know I have trust issues. It’s only logical.
Confessional—DAJK: We used to be a showmance, but now YM! doesn’t like me. And I guess I might have made moves against him, but… I don’t remember doing that! I don’t remember any of what happened last season! So I don’t know why we’re not friends anymore…
Ethan Hunt, Agafin, Cap, and Goldenhour36 talk in Airship #2.
Cap: Okay. So I was one of the hosts last season, and let me just say… Goldenhour36, right? You better buckle up. Cuz this show’s one heck of a ride.
Goldenhour36: What’s the worst that could happen? Just some difficult challenges and suspenseful tribal councils, right? It can’t be too bad.
Cap: Trust me, buddy. You don’t know the half of it.
(Goldenhour36 sees Agafin sitting alone in the corner. Goldenhour36 gets up from his seat.)
Cap: Be careful Golden, the seatbelt sign’s on.
(Goldenhour36 successfully sits close to Agafin.)
Goldenhour36: Hey. What’s up?
Agafin: Just a little shy is all…
Goldenhour36: Don’t be. We’re here to have fun, right?
(Agafin smiles.)
Ethan Hunt: Don’t get too attached, newbies. You might find yourselves voting out each other.
(Everyone stares at Ethan Hunt.)
Confessional—Ethan Hunt: Listen. If they don’t realize the cutthroat nature of this game, that’s their problem. But hey—their loss is my gain! 🤷♂️
Eric!, NannerManCan, M37, and ZeeSoh talk in Airship #3.
NannerManCan: I haven’t been in a vehicle this cool since the forklift I drive for work.
M37: We were just in a space shuttle, though…
ZeeSoh: You know who that reminds me of? Ryo Hazuki from Shenmue.
NannerManCan: You know Shenmue? Wow! That game inspired me to be a forklift driver!
ZeeSoh: No shit! Tell me more…
(ZeeSoh and NannerManCan bond over Shenmue. Meanwhile, Eric! leans over to M37, and they whisper to each other.)
Eric!: You see that ZeeSoh guy? He won last season.
M37: For real?
Eric!: Yeah. And he knows exactly what he’s doing, getting all social and buddy-buddy with a new player like NannerManCan.
M37: I see.
Eric!: Don’t tell anyone I told you this, but ZeeSoh’s my target this season.
M37: Gotcha. Your secret’s safe with me!
(Eric! licks his lips and rubs his hands together. NannerManCan didn’t hear the whispering, but he notices Eric!’s shady mannerisms…)
Confessional—NannerManCan: I can tell this show will reveal some people’s “true colors…”
The Dark Alfred, Fancyarcher, AN9815, and Shanks talk in Airship #4.
The Dark Alfred: Dude. DUDE. We’re on Survivor, man!
AN9815: I never thought I’d be selected to play! This is so exciting!
Fancyarcher: Ugh, I need a shower, I already feel dirty… (slumps dramatically)
Shanks: We’re not even on the planet yet.
Fancyarcher: I KNOW that, but there’s a 95.6% chance that I’ll be tainted by one of Pandora’s foreign substances, like its soil or its no-see-um type insect bugs as soon as I exit the airship!
The Dark Alfred: Relax, dude; you just gotta go with the flow, man!
AN9815: As a scientist, I’d say there’s joy in discovering another planet’s elements!
Fancyarcher: Bleghgughghghghghh… (slumps further)
Shanks: (crosses his arms) …Hmph.
Confessional—The Dark Alfred: Don’t tell SLAM! cuz he could kick me out, but… (holds a bag up to the camera) …I brought this marijuana, man! A couple good whiffs of this stuff, and I’ll have my head in the game four-twenty-seven! Calabunga, muchachos!
All the airships land on the airfield of the military base. The contestants put on their oxygen masks and step out to face SLAM!.
SLAM!: Welcome to Pandora, where this season, you’ll all compete to be the last one standing!
Reddroast: (cracks knuckles) Bring it on!
Shanks: Wait… What are we competing for?
SLAM!: Bragging rights. No cash prize or anything.
Shanks: …Hmph.
SLAM!: Oh, uh. Before we announce the team divisions, I have two announcements. Firstly…
SLAM! reaches to his oxygen mask.
Goldenhour36: (gasps)
Cap: Wait! Don’t do that!
YM!: Stop! The air’s poisonous!
SLAM! takes off the oxygen mask. Everyone stands in shock and waits for something bad to happen.
SLAM!: That’s right. This military base is protected by an air bubble, so none of us need to wear a cumbersome oxygen mask unless we’re outside of the base!
Fancyarcher faints. Ethan Hunt does an eyeroll.
SLAM!: Okay, so the second announcement has to do with our amount of players. There’s seventeen of you, but we need to keep the tribes even. So we’re going to banish one player for the first round. The banished player is granted immunity for week one, and they will join the tribe that votes in the first tribal council. Let’s see who’s getting banished by spinning a wheel!
Everyone holds their breath as SLAM! spins a wheel with seventeen names on it. The wheel lands on the following player:
SpoilerMORIERIS
Morieris: What? Me?
SLAM!: Please follow the officials, who will take you into our base. Inside, your consciousness will be linked with your very own Na’vi Avatar. You will then spend twenty-four hours in a safely secured wilderness area as your Na’vi Avatar!
Morieris: …You’ve got to be kidding me.
(The officials take Morieris away.)
Confessional—Morieris: I’m going to miss out on getting to know these players… I can’t make any first impressions or start building bonds with other players… This sucks…
Confessional—Cap: So there’s already only two female players on this season, including myself, and one of them’s already been banished. Nice going there, SLAM!...
That’s out of the way. So now. Let’s get to the tribe divisions! Starting out, there’s two tribes with eight players apiece. The tribes, partially determined by factors including veteran or newcomer status, personality traits, and your selected number from one and twenty-five, are:
TRIBE ONE
SpoilerTHE WEEPING WILLOWS
Cap
DAJK
Eric!
Ethan Hunt
Gokai Red
Goldenhour36
M37
NannerManCan
M37: Weeping? Nah, man. We’ll be winning!
Eric!: We meet again, Ethan Hunt.
Ethan Hunt: Be careful, Eric. If you cross me, Creech from Monster Trucks won’t be able to save you this time!
Gokai Red: Talk about some Drama Llamas…
TRIBE TWO
SpoilerTHE ANGRY ARNOLDS
Agafin
AN9815
The Dark Alfred
Fancyarcher
Reddroast
Shanks
YM!
ZeeSoh
YM!: I think SLAM!’s referencing the wrong James Cameron movie with our tribe name…
Reddroast: That’s okay. No one cares about Avatar.
AN9815: Take that back! Avatar’s a good movie!
Agafin: Uh… What’s-his-name’s still unconscious…
Shanks: …Hmph.
SLAM! rubs his hands together.
SLAM!: Here’s what’s in store for round one!
Important Weekend Challenge Information
SpoilerEveryone in the Weeping Willows or Angry Arnolds tribes will predict three-day weekend grosses for the following films:
Avatar (re-release)
Barbarian
Bullet Train
Don’t Worry Darling
On the Come Up
The Railway Children Return
Top Gun: Maverick
The Woman King
Please send me these weekend predictions by Thursday Sept. 22nd around 11:59 PM PST (or at least before the announcement of Thursday preview numbers).
(Those numbers for the Sept. 16–18 weekend were for practice; percentage scores for those grosses will be sent to players individually. Last weekend may have been optional, but sending in predictions for next weekend is mandatory! Good luck!)
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OUTWIT. OUTPLAY. OUTLAST.
WELCOME TO SURVIVOR SEASON SEVEN!
a.k.a. Survivor Pandora
THE STORY
17 contestants. One mysterious planet. One grand prize.
Players must outwit and outlast each other to win competitions and avoid elimination. Be friends or back-stab, play dumb or play fast, whatever you think will make you win!
Through this game, players will participate in a variety of challenge that call on your box office skills, film trivia, and wits. These challenges are framed through an original story involving your characters, as you build - or destroy - relationships and alliances with other players. The story will be based on your posts and discussions in the threads, along with the personality indicated at the start of the game, so the more you play into your personality, the more fun things will be!
HOW IT WORKS
There will be TWO teams! In terms of how this makes elimination work, look below!
The two teams with the highest prediction average at the end of each weekend will earn immunity. The lowest team must then go to the tribal council, where players vote off a contestant on their team. The highest predictor on the losing team is immune, however. Additionally, there will often be a second immunity prediction challenge to secure immunity for another player on the team. Whoever gets the most votes is eliminated from survivor, if they did not win second immunity. In the event of a tie, whoever had the lowest tribal challenge prediction score will be eliminated.
Failing to predict in two weekend challenges will result in automatic elimination.
There will be several twists and turns throughout the season, though, so be prepared!
THE CONCESSION STAND
THE TUCK SHOP has been rebranded as THE CONCESSION STAND. Here, players can spend points earned by performing awesome feats, including:
- Being on the winning team (this is an added bonus for first place, beyond immunity.)
- Being the highest predictor for the week, either overall or for your team
- Winning second immunity and getting saved from elimination
- and more!
Coins can be spent in the following ways, for example. Do beware, prices vary by week:
- POPCORN BUCKET: Doubles your vote in the tribal council
- BLUE RASPBERRY ICEE: Gives you a small percentage increase. (weekend challenges only)
- CACTUS ICEE: Gives another player a small percentage decrease. (can be used for both weekend challenges and tribal councils)
- HOT DOG WITH BUN: You walk away from tribal before voting begins.
- WHITE CASTLE SLIDERS: You make your percentage score the same as a player's of your choice.
- WATER BOTTLE: Gives someone, potentially you, immunity for the week. (used at tribal councils)
- NOT YO NACHOS: Nullifies another player's power. Limited supply, one purchase per player. An item which can be wasted by misuse.
Note that you need not necessarily buy these items with coins. You can win these items through twists and turns as well! Do keep in mind, once four contestants are left, the shop closes, and all items expire.
Get ready for an exciting season!!!
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The Railway Children Return to theaters on September 23rd, 2022.
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@The Eric King Can you or another moderator lock this thread and remove it from the box office discussion subforum? The period for signing up to play Survivor has passed, so this thread is no longer necessary to keep around. Thanks in advance! 😉
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APPLICATIONS ARE CLOSED
I got 17 applicants, so everyone who signed up has been cast for Survivor Pandora!
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Something crazy about the upcoming weekend...
There's going to be a lot of new movies coming out this weekend. Depending on where you are, you may get up to seven new releases:
- Clerks III (Regal Cinemas special showings)
- Moonage Daydream
- Pearl
- Running the Bases (Christian baseball film)
- See How They Run
- The Silent Twins
- The Woman King
I list these out to say that all of these films coming in means that a lot of films are essentially being pushed out the door. Just with the theater I'm working at, there's a huge list of films being cut this weekend including:
- Elvis
- Minions: The Rise of Gru
- Thor: Love and Thunder
- Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero
- Beast
- Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
- Gigi & Nate
- Jaws (reissue)
- Beautiful Blue Eyes (Regal special event)
- Medieval
And I still have to see if any of
- DC League of Super-Pets
- Lifemark
- Where the Crawdads Sing
might also be leaving the theater. So I see some harsh drops in theater counts happening across the board this weekend!
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4 hours ago, Quigley said:
Of course the presence of the question is the problem. No such thing as "preferred pronouns" exists, just like "preferred adjectives" or "preferred prepositions" don't exist. Pronouns, just like any other part of grammar, exist to describe the objective reality. Pronouns are not a matter of preference. No singular person can or should be described with plural pronouns, unless his sex is unknown. But the very point of the question is to specify one's pronouns, i.e. they become known and so plural pronouns don't apply.
P.S. I don't know why you had to bring up Jesus in this discussion. I don't think religion is necessary or relevant to this discussion. But since you did bring it up, I'd like to point out that the Bible only mentions two sexes, male and female. No more, no less.
Well, the point of the inclusion is that there’s people we’ll come across in our lives who prefer certain pronouns. We can get into nitty gritty technicalities if we want, but those people exist.The Bible also mentions how Pharisees were the ones who liked excluding people, while Jesus included everyone in his salvation promise when dying on the cross. So I was trying to include rather than exclude. I know exactly how many genders are mentioned in the Bible; and I also know that when Jesus died, he died for everyone, so that anyone can be saved. Therefore, I’m making it so that anyone could come as they are and play my Survivor game regardless of politics, religion, etc.
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1 hour ago, Quigley said:
LOL. I'm not filling out a form asking me what my pronouns are. Especially since one of the options is "they/them".
Why don't you ask me what my adjectives are instead? I only accept intelligent and handsome, thank you very much...
I will clarify why it asks for pronouns.
Box Office Survivor features brief skits featuring characterized versions of the players. Due to this, there may be times where I may have to include pronouns such as "he" or "she" in the dialogue and descriptions of the skits. Therefore, asking for pronouns is less about the players filling out the applications and more about the skits that I'm going to write. I need to be able to accommodate players and treat each character with respect, and I'm unsure if I can do that without at least offering "they/them" as an option.
The fact of the matter is, people who prefer certain sets of pronouns exist in the world. I'm not going to exclude certain subsects of players by not offering the choice, and I'm not going to be disrespectful by not offering any questions on gender, then going into the skits and getting players' information wrong. I'm going to offer that option in an effort to be like Jesus and love my neighbor as myself, because if someone wants to use certain pronouns, that's not something that's up to me or something I can change.
Now I thought the pronoun question would have been accepted as a glorified "what's your gender" question, but I guess not. 🤷♂️
I do in fact have an adjective question at the bottom of the form where you can put "intelligent" and "handsome" if you want to. You also have the option of skipping the pronoun question by writing "skip" in the "Other" box; the "Other" box is there so that no one is forced to click one of the options. Of course, if the presence of the question is the problem, then I suppose you don't have to apply, and you don't have to play Survivor Pandora... 🤷♂️
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Please apply for Box Office Survivor! This is the last day I'm accepting applications!
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The Good Nurse starts at a 100% Rotten Tomatoes score with seven reviews so far, with Chastain and Redmayne both getting praise. Unfortunately one of the reviews says the screenplay is thin. We’re still searching for answers as to what’s happening to Adapted Screenplay but it seems like this might not be a contender there.
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(I’m having trouble getting the trailer to pop up.)
Focus Features once again takes advantage of their two week theatrical window deal with major theater chains to release a drama that will likely be criminally underseen by audiences.
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FYC (2012)
Best Costume Design
Best Hair and Makeup Design
Best Villain (Queen Ravenna)
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It sounds like Hugh Jackman may still be a factor for Best Actor since many critics are saying he’s the best part of the film. The performances by McGrath and Dern are divisive, with one critic saying that Kirby is underutilized. The film still benefits from being one of Sony Pictures Classics’ only films they can push this season besides Living and a handful of documentaries. It doesn’t look completely dead yet but Best Picture odds and it’s Adapted Screenplay winning odds have both taken a hit.
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Trailer for Beautiful Blue Eyes, Roy Scheider’s final movie; Regal is releasing this in select theater this weekend. -
Survivor Pandora: Breaking News
I've thought about it and made a decision about extending the deadline. I will extend the deadline, but in this way:
- September 5th is the Early Bird Deadline. Because of the meager amount of players applying (I've reached 13 as of now), I've decided that everyone who submits an application by the original September 5th deadline will be guaranteed to be on the cast this season. But if applications blow past 21 before this deadline then I'll do a first-come-first-serve deal and cast the first 21 applicants, with additional applicants being alternate stand-by players that could be added to the cast in case one of the other players drops out.
- September 12th is the Late Deadline. Players who apply between the 6th and the 12th might be on the season. If the Early Bird crowd undershoots my desired goal of 18-21 applicants, then the Early Bird crowd is in the season no matter what, and if Sept. 12th causes the total amount of applicants to be 22 or more then I'll pick the last spots between Late Deadline applicants.
- Also, I'm rescinding my "don't reveal that you're on the season rule," but don't try to pregame with the knowledge of who's on the cast (if you come across that knowledge) because that ruins the fun of Survivor.
- So if you've submitted an application, congrats on making it onto the cast! I will be sending you an official invitation via PM soon.
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17 hours ago, Krissykins said:
Ah that sucks. Seen it’s only going into 2,200 in the US aswell, maybe a dump.
I don’t know if Disney necessarily knows what to do with a horror film like this. If this becomes a sleeper hit with its audience then the amount of theaters will probably climb up over time. -
Watch out for a Netflix film that’s premiering at Telluride today. It’s The Wonder by Sebastián Lelio, who directed Gloria, Disobedience, A Fantastic Woman, and Gloria Bell. It’s a small-scale period piece but it’s in a position where if it’s any good it can become a bigger push for Netflix. Florence Pugh’s in the lead role.
Also with Netflix is The Swimmers, an inspiring refugee film opening Toronto that has lots of pundits hope-dicting it.
If things get really dicey for Netflix they can always just push Pinocchio really hard, hopefully make it the first animated Best Picture nominee since Toy Story 3, idk Netflix I’m just spitballing, your move 🤷♂️
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Two notes about this category.
- "I Ain't Worried" (Top Gun: Maverick) may be ineligible. I think the Academy made it so that songs with samples in it are ineligible. If "I Ain't Worried" is ineligible then that'll likely boost the chances "Hold My Hand" has at getting nominated.
- "Vegas" and other songs from Elvis will also be affected by ineligibility of songs with samples. In fact, if anything from the Elvis soundtrack doesn't have samples and it actually shows up on a submission list for Original Song, I'd keep an eye on it. Elvis is one of the biggest hits of the year and a song's attachment to the film could boost it.
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2 hours ago, BoxOfficeFangrl said:
This marketplace is so dead... Whoever thought that time War Room was #1 would be the good old days? Has there been a breakout "faith-based movie" in a while? I think they expected more from Father Stu. That Kurt Warner biopic from last Christmas could be crushing it right now.
Do you think any other 2021 movies could have been bigger hits this year? I never understood the rush with House of Gucci.
Fathom Events is about to release Lifemark in select theaters on September 9th. This is the next film from the Fireproof people. It’s different from their typical weekday events because it appears they’re debuting the film on the Friday and screening it for at least one full week. Keep an eye on it because it *might* do pretty well.-
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Plane | January 13, 2023
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Plane_(film)
Lionsgate is going through financial issues where they’re struggling to release their movies so we’ll see if this gets released in January. Based on the January field, this could do well in its current date.