Johnny Tran

I know it's all subjective but the majority of people who have seen them are saying 'Wicked' 'Gladiator II' and 'Moana 2' are good movies so I don't see how that can be bad in the long run. Well done family movies leading the way is a positive. Ridley Scott still being able to make the kind of movies he wants is also a positive.

There's been a lot of movies over the last 4 years that have underperformed sure but many of them were also critically panned and didn't have that great of legs. I'm not blind. The box office is maybe never going to fully recover but if you feed audiences well crafted movies, I still say they will show up more often than not. This is looking like a wonderful weekend.

That said, I'm slightly disappointed with the Saturday numbers only because they kept going down as new estimates came in.

That's one aspect, sure. Another part of it is the health of the overall box office. People who are fans of the theater experience and movie chains themselves can be happy with these numbers even if the studio went a little nuts on budget.

What is 'Gladiator II' reported budget?

What in the world is this Deadline writeup? Lol. Who are these people claiming 'Red One' isn't a giant bomb? If it's not a bomb and a failure of epic proportions, then nothing is.

I don't think Gunn lied about it. 'The Flash' was a fun movie for what it was and if we are being honest with ourselves, most comic book movies are not good. Some are terrible. Very few are excellent. The rest are middle of the pack ranging from meh/average to "that was fun" and that's where 'The Flash' falls. Looking forward and hoping for a trailer soon....

A man who is in his 80s, who has been interviewed a thousand times spanning decades isn't going to remember every little thing. He doesn't care. He's obviously not senile, he's still of sound mind. You have to be to do what he's doing. I was skeptical of 'Gladiator II' as a thought or idea but from everything I've seen, I'm excited for it.

'Venom' continues to overcome all obstacles. This is the franchise that nobody realizes they needed.

The 'Venom' franchise is impressive in that nobody that I've ever talked to (or even seen online) loves these movies, critics pretty much pan them and yet they always make money. Venom is a cool character and they are "fun" and inoffensive I suppose so maybe that's all it needs.

Looks like it has 'The Marvels' in it's scope.

We saw 'Smile 2' this weekend and loved it. I'd say it was on par with the first one. I'm a bit disappointed by these numbers overall for it. Yes, we will get a 3rd movie most likely but to me this had a perfect release date, great reviews, audiences like it, it was all there for a breakout. Naomie Scott is great and you all should give her EP for the movie a listen as well. It's good. What a talent.

I felt streaming would only help it. Maybe it's because it's been locked in on Paramount+ and not one of the major streamers like a Netflix. Everyone I've ever talked to loved 'Smile' as much as I did but my anecdotal evidence hasn't meant much for it's numbers.

I guess I'm crazy because I thought for sure 'Smile 2' would get close to $30M as of a few months ago when I saw the trailer. I was expecting a nice little bump from the first. That said, this will still end up making a good profit and I'll be interested to see what the hold is for next weekend that close to Halloween. We will be seeing it soon.

It won't lose $175M