Legion Again

5.5*13 then

IM should be bit better than this I think. Obviously sequel will have much more % from previews but that is*quite* a lot more.

True. Move black Adam back 👀

That’s still going to be a very weak July. August will suck but that is par for the course, July up is usually huge.

Absolutely. Japan+SK underperformance kept us from passing TFA WW-C — but SK at least has a good excuse 😛

These last 16M are gonna take like 60 days if they don't do any kind of push

We needed JJK to hit 20M to save us from whatever is happening now 😂

I’m not sure what you’re arguing against. That is pretty much everyone’s take.

Could break to myself, XXR, Wombi, or datpepper depending on how jackass and scream come in… still unreported, that is how small they are this weekend 😆 For next weekend I’d hope to see something like: Lost City Batman RRR Uncharted JJK Dog NWH X Sing Nile I think that’s probably the top 10, barring a wild hold from Kashmir files or over performance from infinite storm.

“Always one bob there is, no more, no less”

Lizzie gonna finish this in 2023 with “Mouse of M”

Uncharted the main exception here. Really holding on nicely these last few weeks.

The sat is a bit weak tbh, could easily fall with actuals.

Totally aside from the question of which factors more accurately explain BO performance, the higher star driven success model seems kind of depressing to me. The greater a % of a movie’s performance is explained by a handful of famous people, the less credit goes to, you know, the actual important parts of the movie — premise, characters, plot, so on so on. I know a lot of people lamented the end of the 90s/00s in this regard, but I think it was great.

So it will be a good test of the “no one cares about stars” theory 👀

So, exactly as advertised then

Yeah I let myself get kind of hyped up by the noir mystery kind of chatter and it was sort of a let down on that front. Noir aesthetic vibes are no substitute for a good noir plot.

Yes, probably about 50/50.

Whatever floats your boat 🤷‍♂️

Yeah, sure, I think it's actually pretty clear by now that people don't really care. As long as he gave a similar quality performance I think we'd have pretty similar numbers -- and if he gave a worse one, similar OW but worse legs.

Because I don't think it's the empiricaly correct explanation based on how much star power (or rather, lack thereof) has been observed over the past half dozen years or so. Tbf I don't really know what is going on with Dog. I'm not really the demo, haven't seen that marketing for it, haven't seen it, makes it harder to comment on. But I think something more along the lines of pent up demand, receding omicron, and "people like dogs and vets and thought it was well-executed" than "people putting their butt in the seat so they can see Channing Tatum for 2 hours."

Eh. Could he be adding a couple mil compared to a total nobody? Sure, I'll believe that. But is his presence going to account for a serious chunk of sales? Very very skeptical

I don't recall this specifically, but I probably laughed at the idea that Lost City could open to 30+ because of Channing Tatum star power. I think 30+ is totally possible but it would do pretty similar with anyone else in the main male role.

Bit lower than I was hoping for, but it is a partial break Fri so not too bad.

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