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Have been waiting for this, thank you for bringing the derby back 🙂

I agree with the previous posts that Disney cares quite a bit about hitting $100m. Remember how they dragged A Wrinkle in Time over that mark back in 2018? They also tried to pull Christopher Robin across, but didn't quite manage to pull it off.

I Can Only Imagine and Love, Simon both opened on the same day and both got A+ scores, from what I recall.

Once again, I'm unsure if this is new information or not, but 355 and Scream showtimes are populating at some chains, with previews at the usual 7pm on the 6th and 13th, respectively. Assuming ticket sales will begin somewhat soon?

I'm fairly inexperienced when it comes to trailer view analytics, but is it true that it's kinda hard to compare YouTube views for a trailer today compared to even one from 3-4 years ago? Twitter and other social media sites seem to have risen more as places for trailers, I think views tend to be more scattered around now than centralized like it was before. Wouldn't mind input from someone more experienced with tracking this sort of thing.

Yeah, 2022 was free of day-and-date releases before this, with Matrix 4 looking like it was going to be the last one. Guess Universal is knocking the first domino over. Seems they're never gonna completely commit to as much of a regular marketplace as possible for recovery's sake. I fully expect Downton Abbey: A New Era to go day-and-date on Peacock as well now, given how reluctant the older demographic has been to return to theaters.

Trailer is ready to go, runs 2 minutes and 18 seconds. I'm assuming the TGA thing is for something game-related though, considering that back-and-forth is happening with the game account and not the movie account. However, Tyson Hesse on Twitter today posted a similar Jurassic Park gif to the one he posted the day before the re-design trailer drop in Nov 2019, so movie trailer might actually be tomorrow and new game trailer might be Thursday? Or I'm completely wrong.

Apparently Studio 666 tickets go on sale this Friday? It's a horror-comedy set for a 2,000+-theater nationwide release from Open Road Films, dated for Feb 25 and stars Foo Fighters. What is that, T-84?

I heard Tuesday. Don't quote me on it, though.

No idea if this is already known or not, but West Side Story showtimes are popping up at some chains, with start times at 5pm on Thur 12/9. Assuming it's going on sale soon.

That Kendrick Brothers' Christian doc (Show Me the Father, I think it was?) apparently also got an A+ based on one of their social media posts. So that makes two I suppose. I think American Underdog and/or Journal for Jordan could have a chance.

October 2023 will be a near-replica of this October title-wise. An untitled Sony/Marvel movie (likely Venom 3), a new David Gordon Green horror movie with Exorcist, and another Dune. Only thing missing is a new Bond movie.

The distance between Turning Red and this is a good space right now to avoid family competition, I don't know if they'd want to move closer to it. The current date also keeps a close proximity to the Easter holiday. Paramount already moved their own The Lost City up to that date, so they probably reached the same conclusion that this one should stay on the 8th.

There were Thursday previews at the Chicago theaters I checked.

Not to be too technical, but didn't The New Mutants beat both of them to that? 😏

Idk, not bold enough tbh. If someone starts a Sonic 2 dom > FB3 dom x2 I’m down. Half of the first film’s gross w/o covid cutting the legs would’ve been like.. $80-85m? If Sonic 2 does even somewhat similar business to the first and if FB3 crashes like Dark Phoenix or the later Terminator movies, it can be done.

If anything, I would've moved up King's Man. It would've been a nice title to have during this slow September period. Think it could've slotted into September 17 without hurting much, if any, of Shang-Chi's business.

I'm also noticing some surprisingly strong sales for Paw Patrol. In fact, it's selling better at the same point than Boss Baby 2 was around here. Am similarly thinking it'll be a double digit opening.

I felt Dalton ended on a strong note, even if unintentional and only the second of a 2-movie run. Licence to Kill is great.

Normally I would think so too, but they also pulled it from the TIFF lineup. If it was ready to go and still set to release on streaming, not sure why they would've put a stop to the TIFF premiere.

Yup. Completely anecdotal evidence, but I’ve talked with quite a few people that would be considered part of the GA who are absolutely wanting to go back to the movies, but they shrug and decide to wait after they see the mediocre lineup of movies playing. There really aren’t enough big, top-tier titles playing and coming out consistently.

Shouldn't additional costs for back-end deals also be considered here though? Given that's what HBO Max had to do, I'm assuming Disney's doing something similar. Also, doesn't Disney tend to get closer than 60% on a traditional theatrical release, as opposed to the 50% they're giving here (I believe I read from Deadline that's what Disney is doing as some sort of incentive for theaters to play a day-and-date title)? Additionally, as has been mentioned, the worldwide theatrical window isn't the only one hurt here, as the later home video windows are also damaged, so the differences in costs/revenue/profit probably aren't that clear. As has also been mentioned, that's just the extra money from opening weekend, which would likely translate into better legs and more revenue overall. Talent at the studio (including Feige) also like the theatrical window, and Disney still needs the exhibition businesses to support and play their titles, or they lose out on all the money their movies make in theaters. While multiplexes don't have a lot of leverage now, as other studios return to theatrical-only, they'll start to gain a bit more power in negotiations for windows (which Cinemark already began to play around with).

I don't think comments and posts on Reddit are indicative of what the general public thinks. Reddit tends to be a bit of a bubble, especially among the subs within it. Of course people on r/hometheater are gonna be more interested in Premier Access than a theatrical viewing, that just seems to be a biased source.

What I think Jat's trying to say (and he can correct me if I'm wrong) is that he views PA as truly a success only if it ends up grossing a bunch without hurting the home video windows down the line, thus that would result in increasing overall revenues instead of re-allocating or decreasing them.

The idea being that people who paid for BW on D+ for $30 would be less willing to pay for it again for the same experience at home, therefore potentially weakening the later home video windows of the title.