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The Box Office Buzz, Tracking, and Pre-Sale Thread
TwoMisfits replied to Shawn Robbins's topic in Box Office Discussion
You know, I feel like Porthos when there's a TMobile/Atom deal...I look at my MTC2's in my area, which is on spring break, and I say, "Self, does this looking like a $70M opener in presales right now", and I have to say no. But I don't doubt strength elsewhere...it's just not at an MTC 2 spring break area...ie - this is not drawing families, at least here. Almost all sales for Thurs/Fri are evening only... PS - This is fun to watch, even as I play no part. PPS - Okay, I'll play a little part - my PLF local isn't even giving Godzilla all PLF - it's splitting with Ghostbusters (did I mention we're on spring break here)... -
The Disney Thread | Iger will be with us until 2026
TwoMisfits replied to A Marvel Fanboy's topic in Box Office Discussion
Seems like Iger wanted this issue out of the way, b/c Disney got almost nothing out of the settlement. But now it's over, so it's a done issue. -
Another option on Ghostbusters is they carried some of the Atom $5 ticket juice forward (ala Sound of Freedom with the prebought tickets) and as they get used (b/c I could have bought all the way through Easter weekend), the days will all just be a tiny bit lower...
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Did you consider theater buyouts for kid birthday parties for the weekend? They wouldn't show in your Ghostbusters numbers, right? It's like the 2020 problem when we were tracking movies that allowed theater buyouts vs ticket sales that now really only affects new kid/family movie releases b/c they are so infrequent, you get a pile all booking the same movie for the same Sat/Sun showings...maybe?
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The Box Office Buzz, Tracking, and Pre-Sale Thread
TwoMisfits replied to Shawn Robbins's topic in Box Office Discussion
There aren't any now. No TMobile/Atom deal, and last week's B2G1 free Fandango deal ended Sunday night. I'll look if anything later has popped up last minute... -
Only a few movies can make money at a time. I think religious movies can only support 1 every 3 months or so. I think family movies can only support 1 every 2 months or so, except in summer, when 1 a month is doable. I think only 1 uber-big blockbuster a month can be supported, except in summer and at Christmas. It's just the way it currently is. There is a movie subscriber base that will see most things each and every week (save family, international, religious. and bad movies) and give a floor to many movies, but also a pretty hard ceiling. And there's a GA that will go 2-5 times a year and sky 1-2 movies/year and help a few other movies go big, especially with reduced ticket price options or summer set ups (aka summer camp viewing). But, only a few... And that's where we are.
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Nah, it just opened as a $35M family movie with $25M in older teen money. So, it's gonna go 4x+ that family money + the OW teen money (which didn't catch on post the weekend, like Minions did), or exactly where it should have ended up. It wasn't really a "family opener" in the traditional sense, but more a hybrid, so a lower leg multiplier...
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So, we saw Ghostbusters:). It has the same problem as Eternals, but to a lesser degree...TOO MANY characters. Just too many. I mean, it had the advantage of having them all introduced before, but it just doesn't help enough, especially when they do continue to introduce new characters. So, the movie struggles all movie juggling the cast and their purpose, giving them spotlight time, hitting nostalgia points, getting through plot exposition, etc. Like Eternals, the movie just feels way longer than it is b/c of trying to fit in too many folks. That said, it was still an enjoyable movie. My 2 youngest boys (tween and teen) loved it, while my older teen girl was not thrilled. Spouse and I were happy, but not amazed. For the grades, spouse and I gave it a B-. He also said it was 2 written drafts and some character pruning from being a home run. Boys gave it an A-. Teen girl wouldn't grade, but was happy she saw a movie. The best times of the movie were with Bill Murray on screen - damn, he still has it. The worst parts were where the 2 teen girls shared a scene b/c my own teen girl said that "looking lifeless" was not supposed to be what both were doing, and they couldn't decide what they wanted their screen emoting to be, so you have this deadness on screen. Also, going to the (audience asks, why would she do that - answer "b/c she's a teen and the movie plot needs it") trope over and over was a bit...much...