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Godzilla: King of The Monsters 5/30/19 (9 before previews, 10 before release) North Shore Cinema Mequon, WI 4:00 - 4/301 7:15 - 34/301 10:30 - 3/301 58% ahead of Pikachu ($85.9M OW) 24% ahead of Venom ($99.3M OW) 52% behind Ant Man and The Wasp ($36.6M OW) Barring that Ant Man comparison, this is very good. Can see $55M-$70M OW.

Aladdin (4 Days before previews, 5 before release) 5/23/19 North Shore Cinema Mequon, WI 6:00 - 31/301 9:30 - 13/301 Comparisons: 57% ahead of Pikachu ($85.6M OW) 76% ahead of Hotel 3 ($77.4M OW) 100% ahead of Coco ($101.6M OW/$150M 5 Day (so maybe $125M 4 Day) It really pains me to say this but Aladdin is doing great here. Personally I like the Pikachu comparisons the best as I feel Coco and Hotel 3 was more younger skewing, but I think $90M-$120M 4 Day seems right.

Aladdin: $105M four day Brightburn: $10M four day Booksmart: $4M four day

I feel like anyone who seriously uses the term SJW has some serious bigoted skeletons in their closet.

So did I, just yesterday. Took a trip down nostalgia lane.

@cayommagazine Faith+1 From the sinners behind Pineapple Express and This Is The End, comes a comedy for the believers. In this satire about religion and faith stars Charlie Sanderson (Jay Baruchel), a down on his luck and rather neurotic screenwriter and his best friend Sydney Pod (Seth Rogen), a beloved yet leechourous Hollywood actor decide to make their own religion for profit, using Sydney’s fame, with the help of a few people key to helping the scam pay off (Charlize Theron, Daveed Diggs and Michael Cera). However as the two best friends plot for cash have negative consequences such as a radical group of followers with a devout leader (Danny McBride) and a woman who has become rather peculiar about the religion (Mindy Kaling) that Sydney finds himself attracted to. Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg will write, produce and direct the project as Infinite Studios will distribute. The project plans to open Y6/Y7.

OW tracking a few weeks ago was $70M-$90M 4 Day.

I’m thinking $100M 4 Day as of know had a major burst at my theater.

Duh. It was obvious when they put it, TS4 and TLK around the same timeframe it’d be thrown under the bus for the other two to succeed. Besides the big money was going to come from Europe and Japan.

I don’t think Scoob will have much Halloween elements for this one but yes they should move it to September. Most of them are placeholders Sony forgot to move. Neither do I, to be honest.

I agree it should move to September though it has no real threat until Pixar as I imagine Spongebob 3 will struggle towards $100M, they could move it to the weekend after Black Widow as I imagine it’ll likely do around Doctor Strange numbers. The Mitchells vs The Machines could take it’s spot too to give Sony Animation more time to market Vivo.

It depends on if it’s CG Animated which I think it is as they got film writers for this one.

WB should be fine, IT2 and Joker should be decent sized moneymakers, and the jury is open on Godzilla. Next year, WW1984 should claim the domestic crown of 2020 with Avatar 2 gone. GVK and Nolan has huge breakout potential, and I want to say good things about Scoob but now I’m doubting it’ll be huge but Smallfoot to TLM2 numbers should be good if they didn’t go insane with the budget. 2021 has The Batman, which I think should be pretty big not $1.5B big but $1B has a good shot, and Space Jam 2 is still a wildcard. Can see anywhere from $100M to $200M DOM for it.

I can’t spell and you know it.

1 word: Anachillaries.

I’m telling you space opera Green Lantern would be big. Have it mainly in space and focus on the relationship between Hal and Sinestro.

I don’t get how Shazam is being seen as an L, with it’s production budget of $100M, a $360M WW Gross is damn profitable.

Tom and Jerry is TAJ and the other two are correct.

The moral of the story is anything remotely family friendly dies with WB. Seriously don’t be surprised if Scoob barely does $100M, or SJ2 and TAJ do TLBM Numbers at best.

Did someone say juvenile behavior?

Mortal Kombat is a hard one to predict. I’m thinking more along the lines of what Rampage did but higher DOM, lesser China.

@cayommagazine Lesedi: The Phoenix Princess will be directed by Gina-Prince Bythewood (Perfect Match) with both Travis Knight and Noelle Stevenson producing the film as the latter will be executive producing from a script by Knight and Bythewood. The film is still on date for November 4th as it is Endless Entertainment’s number one priority on the live action side aside from Eyes as the plot and cast stay the same. Travis Knight stepped down from directing due to his hands being tied to both the Amulet franchise from Hollywood Animation Studios and Cookie Pictures Animation’s upcoming The Legend Of Zelda: Secret Of The Guardians. Xavier B. Irving, a Bajan American man talked the importance of diversity at the studio saying that it allows the fullest expression of ideals and opinions which is important for making unique and strong films. Endless Animation and Ava DuVernay’s The Music In Me, was pushed to October 14th, Y6, in order for better legs and for rival’s Shining Star Animation’s Duck Hunt which now opens Thanksgiving weekend. Although unorothodox, after seeing Academy Award winner Sylvarius, pull near $260M domestic in a August-September timeframe, the strength the Endless Entertainment and Endless Animation has in the family audience and success of A Star is Born in that timeframe, it may work. Both Lesedi: The Phoenix Princess and The Music In Me are very big in the film industry. The former is the first $200M+ budgeted film by an African American woman and the latter is the first major animated movie by an African American women. It is reported that Endless Entertainment hopes the benefit each other as Endless Entertainment has partnered with various companies for a massive marketing push for both of the tentpoles. On October 7th, Endless Entertainment will be dropping screenings The Music In Me at NYCC and the first 30 minutes of Lesedi and on October 14th, an event called #Octoberislit, Endless Entertainment will be funding a Comic Con style event for African American filmmakers as well as other filmmakers and actors of colors and sexuality with F. Gray Gray (Spark: Homeward, Green Lantern Corps), Jennifer Yuh Nelson (Spark: Beyond The Sky and Spark: A Hero’s Promise) and acclaimed actress Bex Taylor-Klaus (The Scavenger Wars Part II, Voltron: Legendary Defender) to discuss film as well as showcase some of the past works.

Move The Music In Me to October 14th. Gina Prince Bythewood will direct Lesedi

I’ll give it to Btyhewood and have Knight write the script as well as produce then.