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Harper: Good evening, everyone. We're proud to announce the nominees for the Y8 Academy Awards. Scott: It really is amazing what you can do when people are anxious to seek out validation. Harper: It only took a few hours to finish those ties up. Scott: Those wait? Harper: Never mind. Scott: Anyway, we don't normally present at night. Figured it might be a fun experiment though. Let's give it a try and see what happens. We've even got some nice graphics. Scott: Some what? Harper: I fear we're on the same page more often than not. Please distract us before we spiral into existential horror. Scott: Let's start with Voice Acting. The nominees for Best Supporting Voice Performance are...

William Jackson Harper and Naomi Scott will be live to present the Academy Award nominations for CAYOM's eighth incredible year at 10:00pm EST.

The votes have been cast, and the nominees have been decided. Well, almost all of them. We've got a few tiebreakers to sort out. PM me your pick to break the ties below, ranking 1 for your first choice, 2 for your second, and so on. I will accept ballots up to Sunday, August 29th at 11:59AM EST. However, if I recieve all of them sooner, you'll get nominees sooner! I'll try to give at least 24 hours notice for the nominations announcement, though, so you can know when they're happening for sure. I know you're all excited, so I'll cut the formalities. Here are your Y8 Tiebreakers: If your films are on the cusp....good luck.

The Night House (34 total) Tracking Date Showtime Date Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats % Sold 8/18/2021 8/19/2021 0 2 18 316 5.70% 8/18/2021 8/20/2021 0 8 16 632 2.53% The Protégé (16 total) Tracking Date Showtime Date Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats % Sold 8/18/2021 8/19/2021 0 2 4 316 1.27% 8/18/2021 8/20/2021 0 8 12 632 1.90% Paw Patrol: The Movie Tracking Date Showtime Date Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats % Sold 8/18/2021 8/20/2021 0 13 314 1018 30.84% Reminiscence Tracking Date Showtime Date Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats % Sold 8/18/2021 8/20/2021 0 8 10 1084 0.92% Difference from Monday: The Protege: +220% The Night House: +127% Paw Patrol: +65% Reminiscence: 25% On Wednesday, here are some comps for sales here: Jungle Cruise - 447 In The Heights - 339 The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It - 314 The Boss Baby: Family Business - 267 Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway - 234 Old - 229 The Green Knight - 149 Spirit Untamed - 141 Snake Eyes - 134 Stillwater - 51 The Forever Purge - 34 Some of these numbers, especially Spirit and Peter Rabbit, definitely imply a bit of overindexing on family films in this area, so maybe don't read too much into those Paw Patrol numbers. The Night House is a bit ahead of The Forever Purge, and The Protege is looking like a nonstarter here. Reminiscence, though....jesus christ, there's no excuse for those numbers. It seemed like the exact kind of film people would watch on streaming, and it's about to pay the price big time.

The Tuesday show sold 45 tickets so far in a 100 seat auditorium.

The Night House Tracking Date Showtime Date Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats % Sold 8/16/2021 8/19/2021 0 2 8 316 2.53% 8/16/2021 8/20/2021 0 8 7 632 1.11% The Protégé Tracking Date Showtime Date Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats % Sold 8/16/2021 8/19/2021 0 2 3 316 0.95% 8/16/2021 8/20/2021 0 8 2 632 0.32% Paw Patrol: The Movie Tracking Date Showtime Date Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats % Sold 8/16/2021 8/20/2021 0 10 190 823 23.09% Reminiscence Tracking Date Showtime Date Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats % Sold 8/16/2021 8/20/2021 0 8 8 1084 0.74% Paw Patrol is only slightly behind Jungle Cruise Thursday+Friday so far, and that's with a single day! It's the kind of film to get big groups and draw pre sales, but lmfao at it doing this well so far. Comps are kinda out the window for this. Everything else...zip.

August 25th.

It's time to get the ball rolling on this! For new users, it's time to nominate films for the Y8 academy awards! The process is simple. Just select five (or three in categories with an asterisk - i.e. Best Animated Feature) nominees for each category and send your ballot to me in a private message! Refer to the FYC thread with any questions on individual film eligibilities. Of course, your options for votes are not limited to what's in that thread. Best Picture Best Animated Feature* Best Documentary Feature Best Director Best Ensemble Best Actor Best Actress Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Voice Actor/Actress in a Leading Role Best Voice Actor/Actress in a Supporting Role Best Original Screenplay Best Adapted Screenplay Best Original Score Best Original Song Best Cinematography Best Film Editing Best Production Design Best Costumes Best Makeup and Hairstyling Best Sound Mixing Best Sound Editing Best Visual Effects Best Use of Action *Due to limited competition, Best Animated Feature only has three nominees. All other categories have five. After all ballots are submitted, (there is no deadline at the moment, but I will say I'd like to wrap up the nomination process at least before the end of the month at the absolute latest. I will tabulate and run tiebreakers, where we will etch out what gets the final spot. More details shall follow once all ballots come in! For now, just get your ballot ready and we'll let the fun begin! Ballots are now being accepted. May the odds be ever in your favor.

I mean...The Green Knight is already doing far better than I expected a month ago. It's not like In The Heights where it seemed like a huge hit on paper. A few huge presales in major cities (where most of the target audience for such movies live) got our hopes up higher than they realistically should have been tbh. Hindsight's always 20/20 but that's a good number for TGK if not the huge breakout a few theaters hinted it might be.

Right on the money!!!

I mean, your comps could lead to around $2-2.5m for Thursday previews and $7.5-10m for Friday, just hope the ITH comp works best here.

Stillwater Tracking Date Showtime Date Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats % Sold 7/28/2021 7/29/2021 0 4 7 271 2.58% 7/28/2021 7/30/2021 0 8 44 460 9.57% Stillwater roughly doubled both days relative to Tuesday. accounts. Still not amazing but might be enough to get over $5m. The Green Knight Tracking Date Showtime Date Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats % Sold 7/28/2021 7/29/2021 0 6 71 364 19.51% 7/28/2021 7/30/2021 0 8 78 624 12.50% Up 36% for Thursday with two new shows added and 26% on Friday. With both days included, it's at 65% of Old and 112% of Snake Eyes. The primetime shows are near capacity on both days, but the late night and matinee screenings are still relatively empty. Jungle Cruise Tracking Date Showtime Date Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats % Sold 7/28/2021 7/29/2021 0 14 158 1567 10.08% 7/28/2021 7/30/2021 0 21 289 2763 10.46% Up 30% for Thursday and 47% for Friday. This isn't going to be too frontloaded so not surprised by this. With both days included its at 195% of Old, 167% of The Boss Baby 2, 191% of Peter Rabbit 2, 336% of Snake Eyes, 132% of In The Heights, and 142% of the Conjuring: TDMMDI. Averaging those comps gives us about a $12m Friday. That seems a bit optimistic, but it definitely is tracking well. I think it can get to high 20s for the weekend.

Stillwater Tracking Date Showtime Date Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats % Sold 7/27/2021 7/29/2021 0 4 2 271 0.74% 7/27/2021 7/30/2021 0 4 22 460 4.78% Stillwater had its first Thursday sales while Friday sales increased by 340% compared to yesterday. The Green Knight Tracking Date Showtime Date Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats % Sold 7/27/2021 7/29/2021 0 4 52 260 20.00% 7/27/2021 7/30/2021 0 8 62 624 9.94% The Green Knight saw Thursday increases of 93% on Thursday and 121% on Friday compared to yesterday. Jungle Cruise Tracking Date Showtime Date Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats % Sold 7/27/2021 7/29/2021 0 13 122 1517 8.04% 7/27/2021 7/30/2021 0 19 196 2763 7.09% Jungle Cruise sales increased 20% for Thursday and 44% for Friday. The total number so far is 30% higher than In The Heights and 108% higher than Peter Rabbit. Both films gained on JC this day. The Suicide Squad Tracking Date Showtime Date Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats % Sold 7/27/2021 8/5/2021 0 9 84 1234 6.81% 7/27/2021 8/6/2021 0 19 54 2568 2.10% Thursday previews are 18% higher, Friday is 13% higher.

Stillwater Tracking Date Showtime Date Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats % Sold 7/26/2021 7/29/2021 0 2 0 130 0.00% 7/26/2021 7/30/2021 0 4 5 260 1.92% The Green Knight Tracking Date Showtime Date Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats % Sold 7/26/2021 7/29/2021 0 3 27 221 12.22% 7/26/2021 7/30/2021 0 8 28 624 4.49% Jungle Cruise Tracking Date Showtime Date Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats % Sold 7/26/2021 7/29/2021 0 10 102 1334 7.65% 7/26/2021 7/30/2021 0 19 136 2568 5.30% Obviously Stillwater ain't gonna be a big presales movie but a flop seems inevitable. Most adult dramas released since things began to open up haven't fared all too well. The Green Knight, on the other hand, is actually off to a promising start here. It has more young adult/milennial appeal compared to Stillwater, undoubtedly tied to the studio distributing it, but I think it can actually outgross Stillwater over the weekend. I don't think Zola sold a fraction of the tickets at this point, and while showtimes were far more limited, it's actually ahead of Snake Eyes! (Thursday is 96% and Friday is 53% of where Old was on Monday!) Jungle Cruise is well ahead of everything else from last weekend and is continuing to build ticket sales nicely. Most sales are for XD showings, but standard screens aren't slacking that much. I don't have many good comps for this, but we all know it's going to readily win the weekend without much of a fight. (It could honestly win the weekend from its Friday number alone at this point!) Thursday/Friday combined: 138% of In The Heights 227% of Peter Rabbit 2 294% of Old The Suicide Squad Tracking Date Showtime Date Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats % Sold 7/26/2021 7/29/2021 0 9 71 1234 5.75% 7/26/2021 7/30/2021 0 19 48 1924 2.49% Most of these tickets are for XD. The standard 6:20, 8:40, and 9:30 Friday shows at one of the two theaters have yet to sell a SINGLE ticket. 9 were sold for evening XD shows. Compared to Jungle Cruise at the same point in time... Thursday: 71 for TSS, 36 for JC (97% higher) Friday: 48 for TSS, 42 for JC (14% higher) TOTAL: 119 for TSS, 78 for JC (53% higher) Maybe sales will spike once reviews get out if they're strong as GOTG, but....

Joe Bell Tracking Date Showtime Date Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats % Sold 7/22/2021 7/23/2021 0 5 10 750 1.33% Old Tracking Date Showtime Date Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats % Sold 7/22/2021 7/22/2021 0 8 101 885 11.41% 7/22/2021 7/23/2021 0 16 128 1862 6.87% Snake Eyes Tracking Date Showtime Date Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats % Sold 7/22/2021 7/22/2021 0 7 66 604 10.93% 7/22/2021 7/23/2021 0 14 67 1295 5.17% Based on these numbers, I'm willing to guess Old is more likely to win the weekend. It'll arguably be better with walkups being a horror oriented film, while Snake Eyes, even with the showtime mixup, has just been a nonstarter. Wouldn't be shocked with a low teens opening. Jungle Cruise Tracking Date Showtime Date Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats % Sold 7/22/2021 7/29/2021 0 10 49 1334 3.67% 7/22/2021 7/30/2021 0 8 49 2568 1.91% The Suicide Squad Tracking Date Showtime Date Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats % Sold 7/22/2021 8/5/2021 0 9 62 1234 5.02% 7/22/2021 8/6/2021 0 8 35 2568 1.36% JC is still one above Suicide Squad. Lol.

Old Tracking Date Showtime Date Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats % Sold 7/20/2021 7/22/2021 0 8 40 885 4.52% 7/20/2021 7/23/2021 0 6 78 992 7.86% Thursday up 43%, Friday up 47%. Snake Eyes Tracking Date Showtime Date Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats % Sold 7/20/2021 7/22/2021 0 6 26 554 4.69% 7/20/2021 7/23/2021 0 6 33 1295 2.55% With showtimes finally added for the other theater, sales are up 53% for Thursday and 200% for Friday. Still behind Old, but there's more potential to catch up.

Old Tracking Date Showtime Date Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats % Sold 7/19/2021 7/22/2021 0 4 28 542 5.17% 7/19/2021 7/23/2021 0 8 53 788 6.73% Snake Eyes Tracking Date Showtime Date Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats % Sold 7/19/2021 7/22/2021 0 1 17 93 18.28% 7/19/2021 7/23/2021 0 3 11 279 3.94% Jungle Cruise Tracking Date Showtime Date Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats % Sold 7/19/2021 7/29/2021 0 10 36 1334 2.70% 7/19/2021 7/30/2021 0 19 42 1924 2.18% The Suicide Squad Tracking Date Showtime Date Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats % Sold 7/19/2021 8/5/2021 0 9 45 1234 3.65% 7/19/2021 8/6/2021 0 19 32 1924 1.66% IMAX AT LOCAL AMC (1 show on Thursday, 2 on Friday for all films): Snake Eyes - 47 on Thursday, 4 on Friday Jungle Cruise - 2 on Thursday, 0 on Friday The Suicide Squad - 22 on Thursday, 10 on Friday DOLBY AT LOCAL AMC (1 show on Thursday, 2 on Friday for all films): Old - 23 on Thursday, 17 on Friday Jungle Cruise - 20 on Thursday, 11 on Friday The Suicide Squad - 34 on Thursday, 17 on Friday Okay soooo one theater straight up isn't reporting available tix for snake eyes yet, so take those numbers with a grain of salt. Old seems to be doing decenetly compared to past horror films, so will have to keep an eye out. Snake Eyes should have a bit more prowess once the other theater gets added. Snake Eyes sold well on the IMAX screen locally so keep an eye out. And yet...we have the other two films. Jungle Cruise has actually sold one more ticket than Suicide Squad so far at the two cinemarks, but I'll include the local IMAX/DOLBY screens at the biggest AMC in the area to give another opinion.

Congrats Numbers!

The Boss Baby: Family Business Tracking Date Showtime Date Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats % Sold 6/30/2021 7/1/2021 0 8 77 885 8.70% 6/30/2021 7/2/2021 0 14 190 1487 12.78% The Forever Purge Tracking Date Showtime Date Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats % Sold 6/30/2021 6/3/2021 0 5 23 375 6.13% 6/30/2021 6/4/2021 0 4 11 400 2.75% BB2 is performing fairly similarly to Peter Rabbit. Its Thursday previews are lower, but Friday is higher. The sum of both days is about 14% higher than Peter Rabbit., and 90% higher than Spirit. Both would suggest a weekend around $11-12m, but I think it can go a bit higher. Purge, though...is at 10% of the Conjuring. It'll obviously do better but yeah, don't expect anything close to a breakout with these numbers.

@CayomMagazine Singer Sara Bareilles will join the cast of Taika Waititi's THIS WASN'T SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN. Rumor has it she may also write an original song for the film.

Yeesh, at least hoped WOM would save it a little. Good mourning, Usnavi.

Christopher Nolan grug moment

My final thought is that so many movies go on to stand the test of time and find a beloved audience despite poor box office at the time. In The Heights is a wonderful film that will find a loving, lasting, audience, and these box office numbers don't have the final say on that.

Thursday Update: Location Movie Time Capacity Sold Robinson XD In the Heights 3:00 122 5 Robinson XD In the Heights 6:30 122 13 Robinson XD In the Heights 10:00 122 4 Robinson In the Heights 2:00 123 3 Robinson In the Heights 4:15 100 2 Robinson In the Heights 5:30 123 2 Robinson In the Heights 7:50 100 19 Robinson In the Heights 9:00 123 15 Robinson Peter Rabbit 2 4:00 100 35 Robinson Peter Rabbit 2 4:40 65 19 Robinson Peter Rabbit 2 5:50 59 8 Robinson Peter Rabbit 2 6:50 100 11 Robinson Peter Rabbit 2 7:35 65 19 Robinson Peter Rabbit 2 8:40 59 3 Robinson Peter Rabbit 2 9:30 100 0 Robinson Peter Rabbit 2 10:05 65 5 North Hills XD In the Heights 4:30 174 28 North Hills XD In the Heights 8:00 174 65 North Hills In the Heights 6:00 148 34 North Hills In the Heights 6:30 50 15 North Hills In the Heights 7:30 39 20 North Hills Peter Rabbit 2 4:00 93 60 North Hills Peter Rabbit 2 5:00 50 16 North Hills Peter Rabbit 2 6:40 93 42 North Hills Peter Rabbit 2 7:40 50 4 225 sold for In the Heights, 222 for Peter Rabbit. Tomorrow, we've sold 285 for Heights, 215 for Peter, and 71 for The Hitman's Bodyguard. I'm honestly wondering if the HBO release hurt this more than, say, Godzilla v. Kong or Mortal Kombat, which had more explicit characteristics of being a must see tentpole in theaters. It's not too far behind the Conjuring, though, and it's selling well in NYC, so I think $20m is still doable, and WOM will be very promising.

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