Starphanluke
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I'm a '97 baby, too. I hate to break it to you, but we're definitely Gen Z. Maybe a bubble in the middle, but we've got a lot of Gen Z in us. Related: I have so. many. damn. friends. who haven't been to a movie in YEARS who are going for Barbie (and many for Oppenheimer, too, though that might be because I live in a 70mm city).
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I know a lot of people here find the meme dumb or tiring, but at this point it's hard to deny that the Barbenheimer meme is the secret sauce this weekend. Of course these movies would have both been successful on their own, but Barbenhemier elevated them to a cultural event. Did anyone turn on their local news this morning and see HOW MANY 2-anchor shows had one person dress in all pink, and the other in all black? It's insane. Now we wait for studios to try and awkwardly and forceably recreate the magic.
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Hopefully this is an okay discussion for this thread, but I'm glad to see another rock-solid hold for Transformers. It's another dent in the argument that people try to say putting a movie on PVOD "too early" kills its box office. Movie launched digitally (for purchase) on Tuesday. Obviously it's about balance. You don't want to do it after like 3 days. But I have a feeling it will play out nicely for Paramount here. New question is if TF can make a run to $160m. I feel dumb for saying it might not make it to $100m.
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https://twitter.com/BORReport/status/1679196129890811905?t=TcIygsUekBo6E48j89dKKA&s=19 Edit: apparently I can't figure out how to embed tweets lmao. Transformers $755k on Tuesday.
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So what's going on with Tuesday numbers this week? We normally see a bump for everything. Is it just because of MI?
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Hm, I expected a bit higher for MI. Still seems okay/fine. I really thought it'd have a late presales surge. I still don't understand why Transformers is the one that had the crazy surge. I keep expecting it to happen again and it never really does.
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Weekend Thread | July 7-9 | Weekend Estimates on Page 32
Starphanluke replied to baumer's topic in Numbers and Data
Gonna be funny when Transformers comes in just *over* $5m in actuals. Cool to see it continue to hold pretty well, btw. Starting next weekend I imagine it will get hit pretty hard, though. Should still hit $150m. And here I thought the numbers for it couldn't get any more depressing. -
Weekend Thread | July 7-9 | Weekend Estimates on Page 32
Starphanluke replied to baumer's topic in Numbers and Data
This has had pretty nice staying power. Isn't Sony usually one of the first with estimates? Curious to see where NHF and Spider-Verse landed. Holdovers all seem to be doing pretty well (Indy is questionable). -
Weekend Thread | July 7-9 | Weekend Estimates on Page 32
Starphanluke replied to baumer's topic in Numbers and Data
It's over RIP (probably just missing a couple zeros on the end or something) -
Oof
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Listen, we can debate about the legacy of the Sequels and the future of the franchise until we're blue in the face. But Rey is undeniably a massive character and well-liked. Anyone who says otherwise is massively our of touch. Her merchandise is consistently the best-selling for modern Star Wars stuff, she is a massive draw at the theme parks, and Ridely's performance consistently earned top marks. Anyone who says Rey was the issue with the Sequel Trilogy is way too influenced by chronically-online internet nerds.
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Yeah, but there's nuance in it. With Transformers, expectations come into play. Flash was expected to be one of the biggest movies of the year. It... is not. Many people here expected Transformers to bomb horribly. Instead, it's "just" a disappointment. I don't think anyone would claim its numbers are good. Especially internationally.
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Yeah so Indy is dead. Silver lining, I guess, it is was always meant to end a franchise, not start one. So much for going out on a high note, though. The story of the Flash continues to somehow get worse and worse each week. It's almost sad to watch now. Otherwise, really nothing remarkable going on. Transformers has quietly had better late legs than I would've expected. Not amazing, but solid. I think $150m might actually happen.