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Don't screw this up, Gunn. Don't screw this up! Internet is exploding. People are so happy for this casting.

Lets just say they aren't terribly sad that they had to drop out.

Both Steven and Ayo are Emmy winners. When 1 Emmy winner (then nominee but favored to win) dropped out you could say well there's nothing sus about it, scheduling conflicts happen. When another Emmy winner dropped out right after winning than dropouts start to look deliberate on both parts. MCU hasn't been a career booster for years due to overproduction - everyone and their mother had it on their resume - and after The Marvels superbomb for the ages, if actors with prosperous careers are having second thoughts who could blame them?

yeah it's a win. a movie doesn't have to break out or to have amazing legs to be a win. Context matters.

They want that billion. I have no hope that Japan will go for it consideting the market's ADD (transaltion: love of anime) but we'll see.

Continues to be Plus One.

massive drops considering their studios called above 7M.

His movie is coming out in May. It kicks off the summer season. And yes, a combo of star power from Barbenheimer, interest in romcom and action should boost its boxoffice. @Krissykins Oh that explains it for sure. Also, the book is a metaphor for Scotland's emancipation/liberation from England so that could be another hinderance. I'm sure the Eeenglish don't like that.

I don't believe in 122M but it likely isn't 222M either. In any case it's going to outgross the first one by a lot.

It's doing better than just squeaking it out. The Power of Hutcherson. Strong holds show that people have a lot of offers they are taking but yes nothing so far has been gigantic nor was expected to be (save those who predicted Mean Girl to be a mini Barbie for some reason - not on this forum as far as I remember). Dune will be the first event movie of 2024.

Looks like it. The Favorite topped out at 34M dom and PT is outpacing it already. It seems to be doing better OS too save UK. So 100M is locked (that's 5M over TF).

It's nice to see social media becoming more vocal about the need for rom after years of campainging against it. It really bounced back considering it opened under The Marvels and looked like it would end the worst bomb of 2023 and in history. But good release date (holidays legs matter) and likable star (post-holidays legs) and it's a W relative to rock bottom expectations. the only thing that refuses to die are his cringe tweets.

Beekeeper with better PTA than all Oscar nominees but Zone. Oscars 2025 here we come!

I think it will be more than that. It's a straightforward revenge story with a folklore element that keeps it fresh. Action looks really great which is essential for an action movie. John Wick built itself over watercooler action scenes. Yo bro you must see ____(insert scene).

The Tide Is Turning quite literally discribes this movie. Tide turned against it and then it turned in favor of it. Fantastic legs all things considered, didn't become The Marvels/Morbius embarrassment. Even passed the The Flash which tested better than TDK

I know that sport is standing in the way of Beekeper's #1 but I'm rooting for it cause it has become the surprise of January. Mean Girls didn't break out so let the underdog continue its amazing run. ABY's legs are insane. With 51M WW already in the kitty, Poor Things has 100M WW in crosshairs. The Favorite made 96M and this is doing better.

This is 100% a franchise starter. Huge bonus that Patel is a real life black belt. Something Marvel should have thought of before signing Ali as Blade. Snipes being a real martial artist made a difference. Great trailer. Clear story, great action, enough levity (the attempted window jump lol), exortic location. It's gonna break out.

Exactly 20 years after ROTK sweep, this would be the first real blockbuster to win Picture and bonus for married couple Nolan and Thomas evoking Jackson and Walsh. Would be hella fitting and I can imagine ratings would jump too.

Unless BAFTA and PGA bring some shocks, there's no #2 lets be honest. People are too trained to expect splits but nothing feels right as an upset this year.

Mean Girls is not connecting. Beekeeper is a surprise of January so far.

Heh that's the thing. There's an agreement which movie is #1 in the running but there's no agreement which movie is #2 cause they all miss something. Also, the pecking order is based on what they are sure to win not on the number of nominations. So The Holdovers is more of #2 since it has Supporting Actress locked. The rest are 'what if' though Stone looks more likely as a winner than Gladstone (but not as locked as Randloph) and Barbie is the likeliest SAG Ensemble winner cause it got nominated in Stunts (big surprise there showing lots of support from AFTRA influences, DJs, etc). So I'd say based on what experts and amateur enthusiasists (who are better at this than experts) say, #2 is between The Holdovers (Supporting Actress locked, maybe Actor and Original Script), Anatomy (maybe Original Script), Poor Things (maybe Actress and some techs), American Fiction (maybe Adapated Script and SAG Ensemble) and Barbie (maybe SAG Ensemble,Adapted and some techs). Lots of maybes.

Fox aquisition saving Disney's face yet again, first AWOW now Poor Things.

DUNC Top 10 Markets in 2021: 1.China 39M 2.UK 28.8M 3.France 25.4M Russia 20.9M*can't count on due to war 4.Germany 20.9M 5.SK 14M 6.Oz 10.4M 7.Spain 9.3M 8.Italy 8.2M 9.Japan 6.7M 10.Netherlands 6.3M Europ and Oz are locked for jumps even with unfavorable exchange rate. Asia remains a question mark but SK shows promise. The movie has hot stars, romance and action and that's what the market likes.