Meh, pretty weak explanation imo. Gets the causality backwards.
TSS isn’t going to get piled on if it does abysmal number because it’s “the forum’s new whipping boy.” It feels like it’s the forum’s new whipping boy precisely because it looks like it will do abysmal numbers.
If it can turn that around (which I hope for but am not the most optimistic at this point) then it won’t be 👍
New Zealand probably the least covid affected territory there. 78% despite PA looks quite impressive actually. Speaks to perhaps 550+ in normalcy imo (with a healthy Labor Day China gross).
As is, needing some late China release to pass Solo 😔
JC is pretty terrible financially. But at least not quite as terrible as it looked like a few weeks ago. Which is, you know, not really the result studios are looking for at the end of the day — but at least slightly beats out “terrible and even more terrible than it seemed like a few weeks ago.”
Could be, but also it is the first MAX movie with previews. Th is the only day/way to watch it before it’s free, so a lot of that dedicated fan energy should shift from Fri to Th. Maybe not previews as 36% of OD but north of 30 wouldn’t surprise me.
Awesome to see as always. These precise numbers would probably take it to ~29M, so definitely close enough that 30 should remain in play for a while longer.
I don’t think we’ve seen much to suggest a delta impact on Saturdays? In July Saturday’s have all been impacted by one or more of:
July 4th
streaming
bad reception
So it is admittedly a little hard to untangle.
Cruella is a pretty clear comp and increased 15% on Sat from TFri — of course the one issue there is it was only partial summer, so I do expect less here, maybe 0-5%
This will probably be a legs play in most markets. France is one where that has the best chance because it won’t be as affected by free streaming availability.
Seems like a classic case of negotiating through the press to me. They’ll probably reach some settlement and I wouldn’t assume any retribution/bad blood to follow.
From the details in the article this seems pretty open and shut — if the old contract guaranteed a window of exclusivity and they never had her sign a new one.