[PAPA NOL∀N'S TENƎꓕ | August 26 internationally. September 2 "in select US cities" | 75% on RT after 228 reviews]

Some early press screening reactions (the owner of the blog is a Rotten Tomatoes critic - https://www.rottentomatoes.com/critic/jordan-ruimy/movies)

 

https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2020/8/9j7re4a3q83tj38crh0tfoa0spj7dk

 

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Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet” is only coming out in Europe/Canada in 11 days, but that hasn’t stopped Warner Bros. from screening the film for press in certain countries. One of those countries is Canada, where a highly secretive press screening took place in Toronto this past week. I was sent two reactions by journalists who were lucky enough to have attended a screening of the film, one in Toronto and the other in Europe, both of which had their theaters almost completely desolate, with the Toronto journalist saying his theater was 95% empty.

Given the secrecy of the plot, no spoilers will be posted here. In fact, I am refraining from reading anything about “Tenet” until I get to see it at a scheduled press screening. Regardless, here are the first two reactions I received:

This was clearly made for Nolan fans, through and through, they will love every single minute of it and it’s also his best movie since “Inception.” It’s akin to Scorsese going back to mob movies or John Ford making another Western. A sort of back-to-the-basics approach for Nolan after making “Dunkirk.” There are so many twists and turns in “Tenet,” it has a puzzle-like nature to its story and the weight of the action scenes is enormous. The 150 minutes just flew. Quite honestly, I still don’t fully grasp a few things within the story, a second viewing will help clear a few things up but it’s very much a time-travel movie done in the most deliberately complicated of ways. If Inception was about dreaming, then “Tenet” is about reversing time and righting the wrongs of the past. The locations are also stunning, this was shot on-location in many countries. This will probably make a boatload of money because it gives Nolan fans exactly what they want and the final scene does bring the need for multiple viewings.

The next person —

“Contrary to mainstream moviegoers, I am not an unabashed fan of Nolan’s movies. For example, I find his best work was actually “Dunkirk,” in that movie he tried to abstain from giving us his usual puzzle and just made this masterfully technical and minimalist vision of WWII. Other films of his I like are “Memento,” “Insomnia,” “The Prestige” and “The Dark Knight (up until the final 20 minutes). No, I don’t particularly love “Interstellar” and “Inception,” they felt like forced visions to me, as if he was trying to show off, purposely confusing us in the process, rather than just telling his story in coherent fashion. I also never thought he was that great at shooting action, he doesn't like lingering on a shot for too long, always cutting from shot-to-shot. Regardless, “Tenet” is not “Dunkirk,” but we already knew that would be the case, it is, however, far better than “Inception” and “Interstellar” because a) there isn’t as much exposition b) the actors actually act, especially a stellar John David Washington, I also loved Elizabeth Debicki’s role, Robert Pattinson is the cool and calm demeaned fella ala DiCaprio in Inception c) the reverse-engineering plot device is actually not that complicated, you can actually follow this movie and not get too lost. Yes, much like some of his other movies, “Tenet” plays a lot with time and fate, but it does so in refreshingly concise ways. The action scenes are also flat-out great, It feel like Nolan has learned a lot from his experience in “Dunkirk,” he’s now much more confident in the way he stages his action, there’s barely any overreaching, it all feels very effortless.

 

[PAPA NOL∀N'S TENƎꓕ | August 26 internationally. September 2 "in select US cities" | 75% on RT after 228 reviews]

 

[PAPA NOL∀N'S TENƎꓕ | August 26 internationally. September 2 "in select US cities" | 75% on RT after 228 reviews]

2 hours ago, Valonqar said:

Any trailer views numbers? 

4.7m on Twitter, 2.4m on WB Youtube channel, 1.6m on IGN Youtube channel.

[PAPA NOL∀N'S TENƎꓕ | August 26 internationally. September 2 "in select US cities" | 75% on RT after 228 reviews]

https://www.indiewire.com/2020/04/christopher-nolan-tenet-open-july-17-theaters-closed-1202226530/

[The Last Duel - Ridley Scott, Matt Damon & Adam Driver | October 15, 2021]

29 minutes ago, RealLyre said:

Driver & Jodie look great in this but Damon and Affleck looks so out of place its ridic. still keeping my prediction of this flopping at awards season. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is a photo of Jodie Comer from The White Princess, not from The Last Duel.

[The Last Duel - Ridley Scott, Matt Damon & Adam Driver | October 15, 2021]

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Daily Domestic Chart for Wednesday November 27, 2019

See also: Nov 27, 2018 Daily Chart - Nov 20, 2019 Daily Chart
 

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Chart Index

		Movie	Distr	Gross	%YD	%LW	Thr	Per Thr	Total Gross	D
1	(1)	Frozen II	Walt Disney	$23,779,000	+14%		4,440	$5,356	$187,605,344	6
-	(2)	Ford v. Ferrari	20th Century…	$2,938,000	+14%	+22%	3,585	$820	$64,945,779	13
-	(5)	Playing with Fire	Paramount Pi…	$1,030,000	-2%	+185%	2,679	$384	$34,213,808	20
-	(11)	Joker	Warner Bros.	$470,000	-2%	+6%	1,198	$392	$328,171,522	55
-	(9)	The Good Liar	Warner Bros.	$300,000	-46%	-52%	2,042	$147	$13,030,064	13
-	(12)	Maleficent: Mistress of Evil	Walt Disney	$279,000	-36%	n/c	1,090	$256	$109,974,957	41
-	(14)	Jojo Rabbit	Fox Searchlight	$275,000	+2%	+10%	730	$377	$16,907,635	41
-	(13)	Doctor Sleep	Warner Bros.	$200,000	-32%	-59%	1,003	$199	$29,494,545	20
-	(15)	Terminator: Dark Fate	Paramount Pi…	$167,000	-25%	-53%	782	$214	$60,127,256	27
-	(-)	Gemini Man	Paramount Pi…	$12,000	+15%	+9%	114	$105	$48,449,393	48
-	(-)	The Lion King	Walt Disney	$5,000	-1%	+45%	55	$91	$543,615,567	132
-	(-)	Toy Story 4	Walt Disney	$4,000	+1%	+144%	40	$100	$434,020,296	160
-	(-)	Ad Astra	20th Century…	$3,000	-29%	-34%	44	$68	$50,150,386	69
Totals		13		$29,462,000

[Tuesday 26/11/19]

Daily Domestic Chart for Tuesday November 26, 2019

See also: Nov 26, 2018 Daily Chart - Nov 19, 2019 Daily Chart
 

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Chart Index

		Movie	Distr	Gross	%YD	%LW	Thr	Per Thr	Total Gross	D
-	(3)	A Beautiful Day in the Ne…	Sony Pictures	$2,300,000	+55%		3,235	$711	$17,036,435	5
-	(7)	Charlie’s Angels	Sony Pictures	$587,000	+51%	-38%	3,452	$170	$14,977,564	12
-	(8)	The Good Liar	Warner Bros.	$560,000	+47%	-45%	2,454	$228	$12,731,832	12
-	(11)	Joker	Warner Bros.	$480,000	+31%	-21%	1,410	$340	$327,702,980	54
-	(13)	Doctor Sleep	Warner Bros.	$305,000	+22%	-59%	1,476	$207	$29,305,760	19
-	(-)	Zombieland: Double Tap	Sony Pictures	$92,000	+18%	-62%	455	$202	$71,712,201	40
-	(-)	Black and Blue	Sony Pictures	$51,000	+33%	-59%	257	$198	$21,484,266	33
Totals		7		$4,375,000

[TAQUILLA | Spain Boxoffice]

24 minutes ago, Omni said:

Why is Mientras dure la guerra a Disney movie?

 

The Walt Disney Company Iberia is its distributor.

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7818580/companycredits?ref_=tt_dt_co

[Monday Numbers: Joker passes $100M mark with $9.70M]

 

[The Box Office Buzz and Tracking Thread: Electric Boogaloo]

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/joker-bonanza-how-pic-overcame-a-hard-r-security-fears-1245753

 

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In North America, Joker played best in big cities, while underperforming in smaller cities and towns — not unusual for an R-rated title.

Eight of the top 10 theaters were in New York City and Los Angeles, and, expanding the list, 15 out of the top 20 (Joker is set in Gotham, a metropolis resembling New York the early 1980s). The four top-grossing locations were AMC Burbank, AMC Empire in Times Square, Arclight Hollywood and AMC Lincoln Square. Other strongholds included Chicago, San Francisco, Toronto and Montreal, where the fifth top-grossing theater was.

"People want to see good movies and won’t be deterred by possible threats," says media and entertainment Wall Street analyst Eric Handler of MKM Partners.

In N.Y, L.A. and Chicago, Joker over-indexed by 24 percent, according to those with access to grosses. Conversely, it under-indexed in mid-sized cities such as Salt Lake City.

 

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56 minutes ago, XO21 said:

Gone Girl had a B+, it's hard to score A with strong rated R movies.

 

Gone Girl had a B, not a B+.

[South Korea Box Office]

10 minutes ago, keysersoze123 said:

Any comparisons with recent dc flicks?

 

 

[Wonder Woman 1984 | Dec 16 2020 OS | Dec 25 2020 US and on HBO MAX]

5 hours ago, Manny G said:

That’s just his style.  He also allegedly never do second takes while filming which explains why he works with mostly established actors who have shared history with him.

 

That's not true. The Following was Nolan's only movie with just first or second takes and that was only because there wasn't enough time and money for more takes.

[Weekend Thread: Friday estimates - Shazam $6.37M | Little $5.37M | Hellboy $4.93M | Pet Sematary $2.93M | After $2.90M | Dumbo $2.27M]

https://deadline.com/2019/04/hellboy-shazam-weekend-box-office-1202594516/

 

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2nd Update, 12:32PM: As expected, New Line/DC’s Shazam! remains firm at No. 1 in its second go-round with an estimated $25M, -53% off a second Friday of $7M. By Sunday he won’t quite be at $100M yet with $94.7M based on these midday estimates.

Millennium’s $50M remake of Hellboystarring David Harbour in the title role is looking like $5.5M today for a 3-day of $13M-$14M.  There’s only 4% K-12 schools out and 1% colleges today per ComScore, but that number grows respectively on Monday to 20% and 5% and explodes on Good Friday to 74% and 29%. Everyone is trying to get as much business in heading into Easter, and especially before Avengers: Endgame takes away all the business.

 

Universal’s Little if it has a great Saturday from matinees could upset Hellboy. Right now the body swap comedy is seeing $5m today for a $14M third place.

Paramount’s Pet Sematary will take fourth in weekend 2 with $9.4M, -62% for a running total of $40.5M by Sunday.

Disney’s Dumbo owns 5th place in weekend 3 with an estimated $2M today and a 3-day of $8M for a running total of $88.8M by Sunday.

Other openers: UA/Laika’s Missing Link is looking at an estimated $2M today and $7M for the weekend while Aviron/Voltage’s After is seeing an estimated $2.5M and $6.5M weekend.

As we always say, these estimates can change greatly by tonight and into tomorrow.

 

[Weekend Thread | Actuals - The Other Captain Marvel 53.5 | The Secret Death of Pets 24.5 | Pachyderm Joker 18.2 | The Just-Us League 13.8 | Formerly Known as Ms. Marvel 12.4]

1 minute ago, TalismanRing said:

That and it's huge home video which was 50% higher than Thor domestic and about 15% less than IM2.

 

We probably wouldn't have got a sequel to Batman Begins without it's explosion on home video.   It earned less WW than Superman Returns

 

Superman Returns also had massive 270m budget. Batman Begins' budget was 150m.

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28 minutes ago, HouseOfTheSun said:

Some people’s refusal to acknowledge how far off this performance is for a well reviewed superhero movie is bewildering. 

 

Spider-verse says hello.

[Shazam! | April 5, 2019 | 21st Most Profitable Film of 2019]

1 hour ago, lorddemaxus said:

Both Aquaman and Wonder Woman are A-list superheroes though. The only reason they were predicted to flop was because of the seemingly toxic brand surrounding them. If the DCEU hadn't existed and these characters just had separate solo films, most people would have likely predicted much higher.

 

They were also predicted to flop because people expected them to face strong competition. But all their competing movies flopped or underperformed.

[Shazam! | April 5, 2019 | 21st Most Profitable Film of 2019]

40 minutes ago, lorddemaxus said:

It's going to play out like Spider-verse but with a bigger opening. DC now would have 4 movies with a great than 4x multiplier if that happens (Wonder Woman, Aquaman, and Batman 1989)

Batman Begins had 4.2 multiplier.

[Shazam! | April 5, 2019 | 21st Most Profitable Film of 2019]

 

[US WEEKEND THREAD: Record 70.25 OW (highest grossing OW for an original horror)]

https://deadline.com/2019/03/us-jordan-peele-weekend-box-office-1202580617/

 

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Does Us fall even more on Saturday? We’re not being nasty, but as we said all along, it’s a different type of social horror pic from Get Out, and audiences are polarized by the ending evident in Us’ B CinemaScore tonight and an overall 3 1/2 stars and 78% on PostTrak. While Bs are common, and even great for horror movies B.O. prospects on CinemaScore, these type of exits could indicate a greater decline tomorrow. Also understand, Get Out set the bar really high, so everyone is heading into Us with enormous expectations. Females under 25 (who are now fourth best demo showing up at 18%) gave the pic its highest definite recommend of 70% and positive score at 81%, in addition to African Americans who embraced the pic with a 67% definite recommend and an 80% positive score.

 

[PAPA NOL∀N'S TENƎꓕ | August 26 internationally. September 2 "in select US cities" | 75% on RT after 228 reviews]

From the Collider article:

 

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My understanding is that Pattinson and Washington (BlacKkKlansman) will play the two leads, and there will also be an age-appropriate female lead, as well as an older male co-star. I don’t know if there’s a love triangle in play here, or whether Pattinson and Washington will be friends or enemies, so just like all of you, I can’t wait to find out what Nolan’s next movie is actually about. There’s speculation that the film could be a sequel of sorts to Inception, and while I don’t expect that to be the case — outside of his Batman trilogy, Nolan has eschewed franchise fare, including sequels — I suppose anything is possible.

 

http://collider.com/robert-pattinson-christopher-nolan-movie-cast/

[PAPA NOL∀N'S TENƎꓕ | August 26 internationally. September 2 "in select US cities" | 75% on RT after 228 reviews]

 

[The Box Office Buzz and Tracking Thread: Electric Boogaloo]

Fandango Sales Past 24 Hours
Since: 2019-03-03 14:00:00 (US/Central - Chicago)

RANK	PERCENT	TICKETS	MOVIE
1	42.449%	9174	Captain Marvel (2019)
2	11.480%	2481	Captain Marvel
3	10.527%	2275	How to Train Your Dragon The Hidden World
4	07.227%	1562	Tyler Perrys A Madea Family Funeral
5	03.160%	683	The Lego Movie 2 The Second Part
6	02.934%	634	Alita Battle Angel

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12 hours ago, Firepower said:

I'd be really surprised if it's above D.

 

It's D+.