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It really is annoying. Admissions in the US are way down since the peak in the early 2000's and still, the number of screens are way up. The experience of really sold out shows is getting rarer and rarer due to that fact. And even in the early 2002's, half of a LOTR copy ran through multiple screens, I don't get what their point is. Digital cinema made it easier, but that didn't stop them from doing the same 20 or 30 years ago when Multiplexes were on the rise.

From the big players (Opening to 75m+) outside of summer I would go with Zootopia. Had a 77% jump from true friday.

There have been a total of 7 movies opening to over 200 Mio. All of them are 4Q-Movies targeting the most important group of moviegoers in terms of ticket sales: Younger Males. All of those did huge business on the expensive premier format screens. Frozen didn't even stand a chance to open to 200m.

IMDB is rising steadily. Started wit 6,3 2 days ago, is now standing at 7,2. IMDB should get rid of it's Top 1000 voters btw. 32% of those having voted gave it a 1* rating. Why would you like to have those bots to represent your elite voters? I don't get it.

HTTYD3 did 3m/17,4m and that with 2,5m worth of special previews already being burned off. That's pretty much the same multiplier Frozen 2 would look at with 8,5/45. And still dragons jumped 60% from true friday. Paired with a soft 20% drop on Sun Frozen would be looking at 150m.

45m Friday would point to around $140m, so pretty much what presales looked like. TG will be the moment, this one will do the amazing stuff.

Aladdin turned it around with the official trailer, when they scored with "A Whole New World".

Schools were off in Bavaria, but no official holiday. It was a normal workday for parents, Maybe something like 210k Wed 120k Thur 200k Fri 450k Sat 400k Sun

Frozen 2 might be on its way to double the first ones opening. I hope this fall is able to change something in the heads of german audiences in the long run.

Kind of reminds me of Speed Racer. Visual Risk, that didn't connect with audiences.

I really don't understand, why they didn't go with "Memories" for this trailer, as it was the only selling point for the first and for the musical overall. Universal for sure didn't pull a Disney here. They turned it around with a stunning second trailer, where they threw in the main selling point: Jasmin and Aladdin on the carpet singing the Billion Dollar Song. Universal gave us 2 overweight cats doing jokes that worked in the 60s. And no one sang. In a Musical!

I always though November record would be where it's headed.

Maybe. The concept Art is pretty multicultural. Her hat looks located in asia, but the location setting looks like south america to me. https://www.slashfilm.com/raya-and-the-last-dragon-d23/

I guess Raya and the last Dragon would qualify as a Disney Princess, even though she's a warrior. It's up next for Disney Nov. 2020.

Sounds like a threat. To be fair, I saw the trailer on the big screen for the first time in a theater and it works better there. Still off, but not as awkwards as watching it on youtube. Another thing I thought: I really didn't like Jennifer Hudsons version of "Memories". The German version fits much better, even though it's usually the other way round.

It was a big enough hit to be everywhere all over media. Everybody talked about Skyfall, the Song built a hype and the movie blew up out of nowhere. There is no other explanation. Quantum of Solace being the last movie can't be the reason. I stick to it. Skyfall was worth at least $200m for Sony. Maybe even more.

Of course Titanic is the unfought Queen. But there are so many movies that made a lot of money due to radio promotion that more or less comes for free. And it's not only the song being on the radio, what's worth even more: A sucessful song airs 4,5 times a day and during every moderation, there will be hints to the movie it belongs to. It's just the perfect way to promote a movie. Armageddon, Pearl Harbor, The Bodyguard, Robin Hood, Sister Act, Men in Black, Dirty Dancing, Pretty Woman, The greatest Showman, you could go on and on.

Frozen got something, that Moana didn't have. While "How far I'll go" is a catchy song, "Let it Go" certainly is one of the Songs of the century in terms of cultural impact. Studios underestimate the Power of songs nowadays. It's the only explanation, why Skyfall blew up that way. It had Adele and the perfect Song.

The first one had about 6 years to grow into society, though.

I really hope they'll get rewarded for it. We live in a world, where forgivness gets less and less common and people get burned indefinetely for their mistakes. They learned and tried to make it better. That's how things should go. Paramount needs a hit. Urgently. I hope, they can turn this around with this effort.

Well, I guess they want to make sure that it is perfect after the first one was a disaster. There's still time to pull a "Aladdin".

Am I living in a parallel Universe? We are talking about a family movie with a popular movie going holiday after the weekend and we are talking about a bad situation here, because it's not selling like a Marvel-Movie for Previews? Calm down. This is doing huge numbers.

This should workt out pretty well and might be a great reboot of the Dark Universe.

Love Actually and The Holiday have 64% and 49% on RT. Also, The Greatest Showman sits at only 56%. Seriously, RT is worthless for womens movies, because most of male critics just lack the balls to confess they cried like a baby when everything was fine in the end.

Damn, I really thought Last Christmas might break out.