Menor the Destroyer

I guess tonight will be the first indication of whether this film can live up to some of our expectations. Of course the initial reactions will be positive regardless but I think something can still be gleaned from their tone.

I saw a couple of those tweets but no point in paying attention. Wouldn't be surprised if it was the same people who thought SC was opening under 40.

He was definitely my favorite character in the film. Him or Killmonger, but he won't be returning either.

I think the benefit from summer even for an early May release is pretty minimal.

Yeah, but even without spoiler considerations, a simultaneous end of April release is just better for the box office. There's nothing special about the beginning of May that they have to delay the domestic release to there.

It makes no sense to even go back to the beginning of May release after how well the end of April worked out for IW/EG. Just claim that spot forever.

Rip. No Marvels in 2022. Was looking forward to that one especially connecting with Secret Invasion.

Dune MTC2 Thursday: Showtimes: 1128 Seats Sold: 17537/190081 Gross: 246639 Friday: Showtimes: 2110 Seats Sold: 20039/371967 Gross: 264491 Thursday is somewhat close to Bond at the same point. Friday is well below (around 80%). Eternals MTC2 Thursday: Showtimes: 1967 Seats Sold: 21050/320645 Added around 2300 in the past 2.5 days. Slowish pace but not a big deal this far out (it has kept around 70% of BW's pace consistently). First big test will be the reactions bump and how well it can keep that. Will post Fri tomorrow.

Beautiful.

My thoughts exactly. The first trailer just didn't have much that was fun or interesting about it, in fact I hardly even remember what happened in it. This one makes me want to see it opening weekend on a big screen and has several memorable action shots.

I like this aspect about the trailer actually. It makes Gotham feel like its own world with many villains that are just a part of the setting. I'm sure the Riddler will be the main star of the villains with the others just playing roles in the plot. I don't see Catwoman being an issue in overstuffing since she won't really be a villain anyway.

I personally consider it likely. There is some disagreement among the trackers though. After reactions bump this Monday and review bump next Monday, we should have a better sense.

Well the reactions are tomorrow night, so they won't help until Tuesday. I could see the world premiere having some effect on night sales but that won't matter for Denver since Inception posts these in the afternoon.

I didn't find the trailer too dark at all. Obviously it had a dark aesthetic but everything which needed to be seen was clear.

Well, that's annoying. That said, I think it has shown enough appeal in Europe so far that a sequel should happen. Surely they will take stuff like this into account.

I said this in Bond's weekend but let's wait a couple of years before assessing whether anything has permanently changed. I definitely think younger people were always going to be much quicker to come back regularly. Also, I think a lot of the mid-budget fare this year just hasn't looked that appealing compared to what we got in 2019. Just speaking for myself there haven't been any of those trailers that hooked me like Ford v Ferrari or 1917.

Just to be clear I'm not saying I want them to stop getting made. However, I think the trend for these types of films is unfortunately pretty clear if no changes are made. I am in favor of things like more dynamic pricing by film to see if that could draw more people to struggling genres.

This seems tangential to the original discussion. The point was that it isn't realistic to expect studios to put big budgets and marketing spending into adult-targeted films if people aren't showing up to make them successful.

My most hyped DC film. The first one had astounding visuals and action. Pair that with an improved story/script and it will be amazing.

I wouldn't go as far as some on here, but that was a damn good trailer. Feels like Gotham is being captured here in a way that I never felt like it was in previous Batman movies. This is coming from a place of the teaser not having done much for me. I wasn't expecting too much and was really impressed by this trailer.

I am traveling. Will update when I am home (tomorrow). I did take a run yesterday but forgot to post with Halloween taking up attention. It was 18720 for Thu and 12238 for Fri, so Thu is running about 70% of BW like the first day, and Fri is running about even with BW. As far as the final week discussion in this thread, BW's final week was not as bad as NTTD but the bumps and walkup trends were a lot worse than SC. I would expect Eternals to do closer to the latter since they are new characters, but we'll see.

I just hardly even remember the movie. I know I watched it in theaters and thought the fight with Zod was too long, but nothing else about it.

Looking at the ratios a bit more, Bond had 5.8 million between the 2 MTC, Halloween has probably ~6.5 million (with the vast majority of that advantage from MTC2). I don't know if MTC3 would be stronger for Bond or Halloween but with Bond getting 17m true Friday, I could see 18 for Halloween if MTC3 can cancel out Canada. Edit: nailed it at the last minute, lmao.

Not that similar imo. That said the MOS trailer is way better than I remembered. Maybe I should give it another watch.

HK was at 234747/691732, 2739177. Will probably hit 240-250k final. I guess 15m Friday, haven't looked too closely at the ratios.