Ms Lady Hawk

They’re probably trolling. It’s so ridiculous that I didn’t even bother with that post. Almost every season of American Idol or The Voice has at least a few come on and attempt to sing a Whitney song. I never hear anyone sing Fantasy or whatever else they mentioned in the post. Everyone is entitled to their opinion so there’s that.

Well her other movies mostly targeted black audiences, so I’m not sure they would appeal internationally. Cinderella was a mega hit on tv and has withstood the test of time. I didn’t see Kevin anywhere near that project. Not taking anything away from Kevin. I love him. However, remember he wanted Whitney and only Whitney for The Bodyguard. He waited a whole year for her to finish her tour when he could have easily gone with another actress or star.

Britney Spears was famous but Whitney was a transcendent talent. She is one of few artists with COUNT THEM… THREE DIAMOND albums. I think Britney has two. Whitney is the only black artist with that honor. She is the only artist with seven consecutive number one hits. Some diminish her accomplishments because of her later years. She appealed to many, and has the top selling gospel album of all time. Plus she made movies. She produced and starred in Cinderella which was at one point the most watched movie on the ABC network. Whitney crossed over and appealed to the white audience and international audiences. Correct me if I am wrong but I don’t think Britney ever appealed to black audiences.

Oh yeah I can do this. Favorite Whitney songs: 1. You Give Good Love- from Whitney Houston album 2. I’m Every Woman- from The Bodyguard 3. Don’t Cry For Me. I first heard this on the night she died. 4. If You Say My Eyes Are Beautiful- from her Greatest Hits 5. Try It On My Own- from just Whitney

This is not true. Didn’t Elvis also have a spiral? How about Judy Garland? What was so spectacularly unusual about Whitney’s? The fact that there’s been so much content in a short period of time is the better explanation in my opinion.

That’s a pretty rough day for I Wanna Dance. It dropped against all comps. I was hoping it would be a break out hit.

Based on these numbers, if they come to fruition, how much can we expect for these two for the Friday to Sunday and then for the Friday to Monday?

Bobby was a terrible husband to Whitney. No one in her family ever accused him of introducing her to drugs. The public assumed it. He was so insecure and jealous of her fame. I remember reading that she had to change the name of her production company to Brownhouse because of his insecurity. He abused her both physically and emotionally. Stop defending him. With that said, I hope there is more concentration on her music and voice rather than the salacious stuff. She truly had the best voice I’ve ever heard. I can’t wait to see this movie. Whitney had a one time sexual encounter with Robyn Crawford- according to her book. That encounter happened before she was famous. To our knowledge there were never any other women. So I think out of respect for Whitney, people shouldn’t categorize her sexuality for better or for worse. Best to just tell the story and let people take what they will from it. I do believe Whitney was abused by her cousin. I think most girls growing up on the late 80s and 90s were fans of hers and I am no exception.

https://deadline.com/2022/07/box-office-thor-love-and-thunder-paws-of-fury-where-the-crawdads-sing-2-1235064783/ Deadline’s wrap up for the weekend!

So happy for Minions. My son loves those little guys. Somehow he can sometimes make out what they’re saying. We’re going to see it this weekend. Clearly, Universal made the right call holding off on its release. This is vindication that Gru and his minions are still a huge draw.

Gross %YD %LW Thr Per Thr Total Gross D 1 (1) Spider-Man: No Way Home $2,242,906 -20% -49% 4,012 $559 $675,813,257 2

I just saw this. Rentals, dvd sales and subscriptions probably made WB very happy with their decision, even though most fans were unhappy with the day and date. Bravo! At least Variety have WW84 part of the headline. https://variety.com/2022/film/global/james-bond-wonder-woman-uk-home-entertainment-2021-1235147026/amp/

I think Spider-Man’s numbers are fine. At this point, does its dailies even matter? It’s already a massive/top ten grossing film of all time. Fantastic run!!! With that said, I’ve had disagreements with Legion too. But I know that he is here just having fun and providing his interesting perspective per usual. No need to name call. We don’t want to derail this thread.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all. I’m very saddened by the Matrix’s box office but I realize that it’s been sacrificed at the alter of steaming. If HBOMAX gets more subscribers then Warner is more than willing to make that trade. 32.5 million cow NWH would be quite an outstanding boost from the estimated 30.1 for today. Considering Zack in the tracking thread informed us that at Alpha, the walkups were excellent yesterday, then today was even better. Maybe there’s hope yet for tomorrow to reach well over 20 million.

When?

Well damn, finally a movie that all BOT can agree met or exceeded expectations during and pre-COVID. There’s never been a time where Far From Home’s performance would not be considered absolutely spectacular. Congrats to Sony and the MCU. Congrats to the fans who believed. I was not one who believed this was possible. Happy to eat crow and admit that I was wrong. My favorite Spider-Man movie is Spider Man 2 with Tobey McGuire. Can’t wait to see this one with my son.

Which MTC chain is AMC? Is it 1 or 2. Maybe can extrapolate previews from that?

What’s the difference in how the data is interpreted? How come Charlie gets 48m from 930-950 and Keyser 52m from 915-925? Either way, these are bonkers numbers.

Wow! Even I have to say that based on what our trackers are seeing, Deadline is really low. Don’t they have experts who can see the same data? Maybe they’re predicting that the movie will be extremely presales heavy due to the pandemic. I think some like baumer think the same thing. We’ll just have to wait and see. Will be exciting to see how things develop.

Would you say 50 million preview has over 50% chance of happening? I think a movie doing that amount in previews during these pandemic times is absolutely incredible. If the numbers are huge, this may snowball and maybe blunt the frontloadedness some are seeing in the presales. People love to jump on the latest craze and there are some who will go to the movies just to see what all the hub-bub is about.

The people who thought the trailer views and presales translated to ow bigger than or equal to Endgame.

It’s going to pass the first one domestically.

Didn’t Endgame make almost 100 million on its first true Friday? How can anyone expect this movie to come anywhere near that? That is setting yourself up for disappointment. So far, the experts on this board like Porthos, keyser, Charlie, etc… have provided realistic data. If anyone wants to dream up bigger numbers, then that’s on them and not the movie. As it stands now, I am surprised/shocked that we could see an o/u 250 million opening week for a movie during the pandemic. That’s incredible.

Thank you! I know we need to wait for a bit more data, but this is exciting. Still committed to my 135 opening week prediction. Spider Man movies seem to always start very very strong in pre-sales.

Exciting times. We all knew there would be a rush to buy. Will be interesting to watch how the trend plays out. How huge will this be?