Hatred? Fanatics? Seriously try harder to justify your claim.
Mary Poppins gets the widest release ever with a load of other new blockbusters on and can't even go over 10 mill on its OW. Takes the entirety of Aquamans IMAX/4DX screens even though its laughably no where near as suitable. Its pretty simple, Mary Poppins underperformed.
You just dont give that many showings to a movie when Aquaman, Bumblebee and Spider-Verse are out (also the leftovers of Ralph 2, Beasts 2 and Grinch) if you aint insanely optimistic about the movie (especially after seeing the performances of musicals this year in the UK).
Not saying it was gonna do SW numbers, just saying that they gave Mary Poppins a stupid amount of shows and it doesnt even end up opening higher than Rhapsody. Not good at all.
And Im just saying, the Mary Poppins evening showings are absolutely terrible. UK cinemas thought this would play like SW/Avengers etc. and be packed but all of my 7pm+ screens are really not filling up at all.
Nah I dont see it, its even more sad for Bumblebee it aint gonna well at all. Its just silly giving IMAX and 4DX to Poppins tho imo, they should cut down on that (I've been searching for screens and the majority of the near full screens are 2D, the IMAX/4DX screens are near empty).
My local actually is decent in size so it can get some decent screens in for everyone
Poppins has 16 (20 including IMAX)
Aquaman has 7/8
Spider-Verse has 3/4
Mortal Engines has 1 (Looks like it wont be in cinemas chrsitmas eve anymore)
Ralph 2 has 5/6
Fantastic Beasts has 3/4
Bumblebee has 4/5
Grinch has 6
I do feel they're going stupidly high with Poppins and actually taking away the IMAX screens from Aquaman.
Bumblebee is getting hardly any showings at my local, compared to Poppins and Aquaman. Look at a few other locals and its the same, Paramount are just trying to milk it out with previews before Poppins releases. Not gonna do good business here.