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It looks alright but I get the sense that they know it'll do well in China so they've done a half assed job

The Lamb is scheduled for December 2017 and Get Smurfy is March 2017. WB already has Ninjago for September 21st 2017 anyway. I imagine Scooby Doo will move to either October 2018 or February 2019.

It has a four day opening so unlikely.

I think the second weekend drop won't be as good as Skyfall's but I think £12-15m is doable especially as they're no competition

How has half term been for the holdovers? I imagine HT2 and Pan would have seen a boost

The thing is that the deal not surprisingly favours MGM and EON rather than the studio who funds and distributes. Universal I think will stick with the franchises that they own outright, WB I think with only Fantastic Beasts and DC would be willing to let MGM funds smaller tentpoles like a San Andreas or a Christopher Nolan film so they could get their hands on Bond. The only thing that might be an issue is that Warner Bros has Fantastic Beasts and Justice League slotted for the next few Novembers and I doubt Bond will become a summer franchise but then again studios can have big films co-exist

According to Deadline, EON is already preparing to shop the distribution rights for the next Bond films, WB seems to be the favourite but I can see Sony putting up a fight to retain it

If Judi Dench can win for appearing in a film for 8 minutes, I'm sure Meryl will get a nomination,

He's contracted for one more and I imagine whoever gets it whether it be Warner Bros, Sony again or whoever would want to keep him on. I think Mendes plans to direct Charlie and the Chocolate Factory on Broadway, it's been a hit in London and WB have just been waiting for Mendes to finish with Spectre before they can start preparing the transfer.

It's essentially a cameo, it's a great movie regardless though with top notch performances from Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham Carter and Anne Marie Duff,

I wonder if Craig returns for Bond 25, will Mendes be back? I think he'll want a break from another blockbuster, he directed Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and King Lear after he did Skyfall so I wouldn't be surprised if his next project is theatre related.

$30m

Suffragrette did the same despite the fact Meryl is only in it for 4 minutes.

Burnt has got terrible reviews, I wonder if TWC knew they had a stinker when they slotted on Halloween weekend?

Bale would have worked but I think Tom Cruise who looks more similar to Jobs would have been more interesting but given his Mission Impossible commitments, he was always unlikely

Having a name would have helped a little but i think going limited for two weeks really hurt the film, they should have gone wide on the 9th October first

By The Sea probably didn't cost much to make, Wikipedia say $10m so it'll make money even if it's a stinker

Given that both Alvin and Sherlock Holmes both did $200m against Avatar, I think The Revenant should be fine.

Steve Jobs will be fine, it's an inexpensive movie done for awards purposes. Universal won't be losing out since it'll do decently OS

It looks okay but i doubt it's a film that going to have high presales. I imagine BvS will be the next big film to have high presales although obviously not on the scale of Star Wars and Spectre

I expect Spectre will be £60-70m total.

MGM don't distribute anymore and can't afford to fully pay for movies themselves. The Hobbit was because they owned the rights to it but the other Tolkien elements belonged to New Line so they had to co-produce it with them and WB. Things like The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and the Jump Street films were incentives from Sony to get allow them to co-produce and co-finance Skyfall and Spectre.

Bond has always been expensive to shoot and the fact they have such a tight shooting schedule likely means the budget will increase. QoS shot without a finished script and it really shows. There's an interesting article in THR about Sony's involvement with Spectre and it does seem it's just as important to them to try and keep it as it would for MGM. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/how-sony-could-lose-james-833474

I reckon Spectre or Mockingjay.

I assume we're getting a trailer with Spectre?