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Same. Mainly because I love Jaime. If DC were competent him or Static could’ve been their Spider-Man.

I can see it taking Garfield’s spot and Garfield moving to Holiday 2024.

Any hopes for some 2024 release dates?

Now this is just crazy talk and doomposting. Yes, the theoretical low for Guardians is horrendously bad but they’re not getting rid of Disney’s golden goose. It’s likely they’ll continue the steps of course correcting they are already like reducing output or more of a focus on quality.

I’m sorry but out of curiosity, did you have this same energy for JL? Not saying Guardians will be as bad or even do as less but if Guardians did the same amount how would you react?

Even if Guardians underperforms, I don’t think it’s a doom-all for the MCU. By no means is it a good thing but if quality is constant this year like Guardians, Secret Invasion, Loki and The Marvels are all hits with the GA, I think they’ll be able to rebound come New World Order/Thunderbolts. It seems likely Marvel is probably course correcting as they’re working on decreasing output yearly or at least putting the actions in place for a while. That said, Phase 1-2 numbers are likely going to be the norm for most MCU films going forward with the exception of Deadpool, Spider-Man and the Avengers, which shouldn’t be a problem so long as budgets are more in 150m range than the 200m+ the majority have been but that can be somewhat due to Covid. That said, if these next slew of projects have Phase 4/Quantumania reception, then I would panic as the GA are very fickle even if a franchise is consistent with a huge library, it doesn’t take much to ruin brand image. Guardians: 125/315/700 The Marvels: 105/260/625 New World Order: 90/235/600 Thunderbolts: 65/190/450 Blade: 80/210/440 Deadpool: 145/370/800 F4: 100/275/650 Avengers: Kang Dynasty: 185/420/1b

Not really Mario wise. It’s doing far better than I would’ve predicted pre-pandemic. And unlike Quantumania, all three of them will be profitable and are liked by audiences. Also though admission is a problem, partially due to inflation 2022 has had more 100m+ openers than 2018/2019 despite having no 200m+ openers. Things are getting back to normal, and while there’s a chunk lost, 100m+ OW are still very common.

Judging by Quantumania’s release it seems so, but yeah a 4-5 month period and if Elemental and Wish get strong reception as Soul/Luca/TR/Encanto, they’ll be in full swing in time for Elio. It’s all new people for Pixar onward. Bird went to Skydance, Stanton is live action and Docter is too busy to run. However, I think Enrico Cassarosa (Luca), Domee Shi (Turning Red) and Adrian Molina (Coco co-director and Elio director) definitely have the potential to be the new big 3. Rosanna Sullivan (Kitbull) and Aphton Corbin (TwentySomething) have potential for their upcoming debuts.

Mars Need Moms, Lightyear, Strange World, Titan AE, Treasure Planet and the rest of the other sci-fi animations bombed because at best they were mediocre or barely good. The director helped shaped Coco and on top of that Wall-E was huge despite being a hard sci-fi with 1/3 of the movie without dialogue because it was damn good and had strong marketing from the jump. It also helps it’s less adventure and more comedic high jinks interactions with aliens.

I agree. I just think it’s an uphill battle that is going to take a minute as again the Plus has diluted both brands value. Just because I don’t think Elemental is likely going to be an omega hit, doesn’t mean I think it’s curtains or even budget cuts for Pixar (that said I do think they want a hit sooner over later in general). The turnaround in the 2010s didn’t happen overnight but rather a number of years. I think with strong reviews and an 11th hour marketing campaign, Elemental will likely do well enough. RN I’m over/under 150m domestic and 450m worldwide. I’m rooting and confident for a comeback but I’m also being realistic at the trek it it’ll take.

I am not sure about Across. On one hand, it doesn’t seem likely to be a KFP2/Dragon 2, came from a beloved first and definitely has the buzz and hype around it. However, it’s in a crowded summer, opens after a family film way bigger in almost every way than it the week before and we’ve yet to know if CBM fatigue is real or a fluke. Thinking 80/250 for it. 500m-ish WW as Lord/Miller stuff doesn’t do as well OS.

Because Illumination didn’t have their brand diminished through DTS releases and one of their films is not opening this summer.

However one advantage it does have is that I suspect it will likely be the family animation holdover of July as I don't expect Kraken to have any staying power and Across will likely be hit harder by the action tentpoles.

Indiana Jones - 165m five day/450m The Little Mermaid - 140m four day/400m Guardians - 125m/350m The Flash - 115m/325m Mission Impossible - 100m/285m Across the SpiderVerse - 75m/230m Elemental - 50m/185m Barbie - 45m/180m Fast X - 80m/175m Oppenheimer - 40m/140m

Tbh unrelated/related, it’s weird the conservacucks went after Lightyear and Marvel movies for a brief 1 minute of LGBTQ representation over Disney Channel whose shows are far more progressive than their tentpoles. Like Disney Channel kids show The Owl House has more representation with LGBTQ main leads as well as the first prominent lead LGBTQ couple in a Disney Channel cartoon than a PG-13 Marvel or Star Wars movie where we get an easily editable kiss and they haven’t bitched in that.

Honestly yes. You don’t got to spoil the whole thing or major twists but like most times spoilers don’t affect box office. It works imho for big event films like Endgame or TFA or even NWH, but not so much everything else.

Didn’t see the post above. Sorry.

I do agree that Mario isn’t the same quality (could’ve used better comparisons like the Ice Age movies or live action remakes) but my point still stands.

Emoji Movie should entertain families but is it a good movie? Quantumania and Shazam: Fury of the Gods do their job at entertaining but are they good? They’re literally dozens of better just fun kids movies that have come out within the past ten years with better reviews. I’m a lifelong Mario fan and I enjoyed it as a 3/5 or C-tier Dreamworks movie with some damn fun setpieces and fun enough time at the theaters but its plot and pacing aren’t really good (I also was hoping for it to be funnier considering the talent apart from Bowser) and the beats are generic. I can easily understand why critics aren’t over the moon and tbh I think in a situation if the same movie was all original idea, it probably wouldn’t have the same fervor in fans.

Every negative reviews I’ve read for Mario have said clearly the target audience and fans will enjoy it, just it’s not good, can we not do the critics hate fun shtick?

Yep. As long as it becomes inconvenient to wait even if the films underperform this year, it’ll bounce back next year. Because it’ll retrain the GA to expect theatrical from now on.

It seems Quantumania is not coming on the Plus this May. Good. Let it come out on June or better yet July. Now keep the same windows for all the films, and do maybe a six month window for every family film (TLM, Elemental, Wish).