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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 🤷‍♂️

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.

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.

I wonder if the John Boyega movie Breaking will be able to crack $1M total this weekend...

Survivor Pandora: Breaking News - The amount of applications has reached 10 players, which is great! But please keep sending those applications in! - If the application total comes short of 18, I think that the minimum amount of players I can design this Survivor season around would be 15 players. Conversely, there's also a maximum amount of players the season could handle, which would be between 18 and 22. So if the amount of applications is between is no more than 22, I'll just include every applicant. But be advised that the more players I have in the game, the more crazy multi elimination twists will be featured in the season. The reason is because the game's first round is the Avatar re-release weekend and its last round is the Avatar 2 weekend, yielding thirteen weeks of Survivor gameplay. - I'm toying with the idea of extending the application deadline one week to September 12th instead of September 5th. But if you're interested in playing this season, please make your application as soon as possible anyways!

Yeah; the fact that it’s getting decent “no August competition” type weekend holds and that it’s grossing past $10M total is already a win imo.

In my opinion, definitely. There’s so many people showing up to the theater where I work, and they have their whole crew wearing Dragon Ball merchandise. Everyone knows Goku; some might not be seeing this film because they haven’t seen Dragon Ball Super things, but if general audiences were given a chance to go see an entry-point live-action film, then it would definitely be a smash hit!

That’s kind of open to personal interpretation, but I also joined in 2015 and I would answer “long time.”

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Hi! So you would only have to predict on Tuesday if you’re going to Tribal Council; that’s if your team loses a challenge. Sometimes you’ll predict Tuesday grosses, and other times you’ll predict Tuesday Per Theater Averages (PTA); I might mix and match!

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@CayomMagazine There's some release date shake-ups going on over at Studio Groundswell: - Klonoa: Door to Phantomile has its release date moving up from September to April. "We saw that Luigi's Mansion was moving on into September, and we were like yikes," said a spokesperson. "We were initially a little concerned about Pac-Man's March position and Klonoa's April position butting heads since they're two Namco adaptations, but we've realized, hey, they'll probably feed into each other, and they're different enough as a live-action versus an animation." - Onimusha has been taken off the release schedule until further notice. "We're not sure if we're moving forward with it yet," said a spokesperson. - Conversely, Thunderhead, the Scythe sequel, is moving ahead for an August bow despite the middling reviews of the predecessor. - The Needles of Haystack County will release on July 3rd, Independence Day weekend! "While that's admittedly close to Scavenger Wars IV," said a spokesperson, "we see it as an opportunity cuz one film's a sci-fi and the other's a western, so it's like the 60s and 70s all over again, you know? It's a battle of cowboys and astronauts, of lasers and lassos. And no doubt you'll have plenty of folks wanting a look at both setting, both the Great Plains and Great Beyond. It'll make for an exciting balance this Summer!"

Aaaaaaaand updated!

Okay, I think I’m going with GREEN LANTERN CORPS: EVOLUTION and then I’ll also go with BARRACUDA

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SLAM's Predictions: Q4 **** Warmth (limited to wide) Oct. 3rd - $412k OW Oct. 10th - $2.5M weekend total Oct. 17th - $5M weekend total Oct. 24th - $7M weekend total Oct. 31st - $6M weekend total Domestic Total - $40M Worldwide Total - $69M **** OCTOBER Fore! - $7M OW || $18M DOM || $32M WW Mechamen - $31M OW || $122M DOM || $333M WW Sleepy Hollow - $40M OW || $141M DOM || $274M WW Guinea Pigger - $10M OW || $30M DOM || $110M WW Red Rabbit - $30M OW || $106M DOM || $151M WW #Spooked - $23M OW || $74M DOM || $101M WW Grace & Mercy - $8M OW || $27M DOM || $40M WW NOVEMBER Land of the Crescent - $105M OW || $283M DOM || $531M WW Mother Knows Better - $13M OW || $50M DOM || $67M WW Tongue Tied - $40M OW || $139M DOM || $300M WW Runaway Train - $20M OW || $114M DOM || $138M WW Inspector Gadget and Penny - $40M OW || $188M DOM || $398M WW Ultraman: Dark Future - $65M OW || $315M DOM || $641M WW DECEMBER Father III: All Hell Breaks Loose - $20M OW || $62M DOM || $104M WW The Baddest Of Them All - $9M OW || $26M DOM || $48M WW SSX - $28M OW || $80M DOM || $211M WW Dancing in the Doghouse - $28M OW || $126M DOM || $224M WW The Queen Who Never Was - $140M OW || $525M DOM || $1.2B WW Among Us - $51M OW || $149M DOM || $381M WW Vixen and the Castle of Doom - $37M OW || $130M DOM || $215M WW

SLAM's Predictions: Q3 JULY Heremias - $125M OW || $419M DOM || $1.1B WW War on Drugs: America's Modern Conflict - $7.5M OW || $25M DOM || $48M WW The Mirage - $24M OW || $105M DOM || $362M WW HOOOOOPs - $47M OW || $242M DOM || $377M WW Hearts of Fire: Vengeful Heart - $22M OW || $68M DOM || $133M WW AUGUST Dinosaucers - $35M OW || $127M DOM || $435M WW Gran Turismo - $29M OW || $111M DOM || $301M WW Someone's Grace - $19M OW || $50M DOM || $54M WW The Talons of the Hawk - $20M OW || $58M DOM || $121M WW The First Water War - $8M OW || $23M DOM || $38M WW Scythe - $39M OW || $87M DOM || $144M WW *** The Excursion (limited to wide) Aug. 15th - $116k OW Aug. 22nd - $393k weekend Aug. 29th - $1.5M weekend Domestic Total - $10M Worldwide Total - $51M *** SEPTEMBER Acne - $25M OW || $116M DOM || $203M WW Seals of Honor - $4M OW || $11M DOM || $31M WW Home Invasion: Part IV - Curtain Call - $15M OW || $55M DOM || $117M WW Tumbleweed - $987k OW || $3M DOM | $11M WW Raven Island - $21M OW || $73M DOM || $141M WW Invader Zim - $139M OW || $323M DOM || $714M WW

SLAM's Predictions: Q2 APRIL Bikini - $5M OW || $16M DOM || $33M WW Molly and Emmett - $10M OW || $28M DOM || $48M WW Heart of the Amazon - $2M OW || $7M DOM || $25M WW The Boy Who Hated Books - $25M OW || $70M DOM || $120M WW Devil Bean - $60M OW || $216M DOM || $502M WW Shadow of the Comet - $18M OW || $41M DOM || $101M WW MAY Martian Manhunter - $154M OW || $426M DOM || $1.0 B WW Kirby and the King's Caper - $91M OW || $369M DOM || $743M WW AeroMobil: The Future Is Now - $2.3M OW || $8M DOM || $15M WW The Man of the Jungle - $43M OW || $148M DOM || $427M WW Revenge Ex - $29M OW || $110M DOM || $176M WW Rocket Hero - $75M OW || $370M DOM || $773M WW Fatal Error - $18M OW || $47M DOM || $74M WW JUNE Matilda and the Night Children - $83M OW || $338M DOM || $602M WW Xenoblade Chronicles: Power of the Monado - $40M OW || $139M DOM || $381M WW The Next Good Day - $31M OW || $110M DOM || $275M WW Second Dimension: Last Hope - $126M OW || $400M DOM || $1.0B WW

SLAM's Predictions: Q1 JANUARY Winner Takes All - $15M OW || $36M DOM || $80 WW Socksucker - $6M OW || $13 DOM || $29M WW Interceptors - $35M OW || $115M DOM || $450M WW Super Monkey Ball - $30M OW || $104M DOM || $330M WW Go-Kart Gottlieb - $3M OW || $15M DOM || $51M WW By the Seaside - $11M OW || $40M DOM || $57M WW Grand Theft Auto -- $40M OW || $134M DOM || $230M WW FEBRUARY The Crummy Shindig - $21M OW || $105M DOM || $137M WW Landslide - $35M OW || $175M DOM || $425M WW Whinge & Cringe - $4M OW || $13M DOM || $41M WW Scales of Justice - $8M OW || $30M DOM || $55M WW Death is Not My Friend - $15M OW || $55M DOM || $118M WW MARCH Bugcatcer Boys - $15M OW || $42M DOM || $75M WW Deep Sixed - $32M OW || $109M DOM || $184M WW The Last Victim - $21M OW || $55M DOM || $87M WW Alakazam! - $48M OW || $138M DOM || $485M WW American Spy - $35M OW || $151M DOM || $238M WW

@CayomMagazine THIS FEBRUARY... Zazie Beetz stars as a woman... who's husband (Kid Cudi) is held hostage by a criminal organization [Jamie Foxx plays the kingpin]... She's gonna save her husband! In this original action film... She's going... THROUGH THE FIRE (featuring Chaka Khan's "Through the Fire" as the movie's theme song)

Slam! Movie Reviews Top 25 1 || The Queen Who Never Was 2 || American Spy 3 || Matilda and the Night Children 4 || Tongue Tied 5 || Runaway Train 6 || Heremias 7 || Kirby and the King's Caper 8 || Revenge Ex 9 || Invader Zim 10 || The Mirage 11 || Inspector Gadget and Penny 12 || Land of the Crescent 13 || Alakazam! 14 || The Boy Who Hated Books 15 || Second Dimension: Last Hope 16 || Mechamen 17 || Dancing in the Doghouse 18 || Acne 19 || The Crummy Shindig 20 || Warmth 21 || Raven Island 22 || Someone's Grace 23 || The Next Good Day 24 || HOOOOOPs 25 || Ultraman: Dark Future

@CayomMagazine Nacho Vigalondo (Fiesta Loca) will direct a feel-good music biopic titled Macarena where the Latin pop duo Los Del Rio creates one of the biggest one-hit wonders in music history. Javier Bardem and Antonio Banderas star as the two singers.

@CayomMagazine Studio Groundswell will release a live-action Pac-Man film in Y10. Miles Teller will star as a grocery store security guard who encounters Pac-Man and teams up with him to ward off four colorful ghosts who are haunting the store. Rob Letterman (Pokémon: Detective Pikachu) has been tapped to direct, with Rosie Perez guest-starring as the store's owner.

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@CayomMagazine Studio Groundswell is ready to announce some principal cast members of their upcoming satirical comedy Jesus Juice. Joe Keery as a naive entrepreneur Britt Robertson as a social media manager Christian Navarro as a laid-back treasurer Lee Pace as an eccentric farmer Kingsley Ben-Adir as a sharp journalist and Vince Vaughn as a shady televangelist