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Perhaps, but that's only speculation. We can only judge based on what we were told happened, which in this case is that the role was cut before the events of October 7th. Anything else is hearsay.

What? How is that your conclusion??? Gunn absolutely did not edit the script mid-strike, though that does not prohibit him from having ideas for where he wanted to take the movie.

"By the time Gunn turned in his final shooting script post writers’ strike ending in late September, that role was cut. This was all before the tragic events of Oct. 7, 2023."

"We hear that Youssef taped an audition pre-actors strike for the role of Rumaan Harjadi. However, by the time Gunn turned in his final shooting script post writers’ strike ending in late September, that role was cut. This was all before the tragic events of Oct. 7, 2023. Hence per the Superman Legacy production source — no official ask was made to Youssef. Given that the actors strike was still ongoing in late September, and didn’t end until early November, no communication about Youssef obtaining or not obtaining the role would have been communicated to him." Per Deadline. Final script submitted late September, which is before Oct 7, not communicated until November, after the Piers Morgan interview.

Yes it does.

What are you even talking about? You said that the script was most likely changed because of October 7th when Bassem himself communicated that wasn't the case. And you're allowed to remove a role in your mind during a strike where you aren't allowed to write. After the writers' strike ended, that's when Gunn actually removed the character from the script. Unfortunately though, they couldn't communicate that to Bassem due to the actors strike being ongoing and thus communication of roles being forbidden. Bassem himself admitted the timing was terrible which was where the confusion stemmed.

What? That's not what it sounds like at all. They literally confirmed that the script was changed before but it wasn't communicated to him until after. Literacy is dead I swear

It's raining green on the Warner Bros lot

Superman may be a damaged brand, but Fantastic Four is even more damaged imo. Both will face uphill battles, but if I were a betting man, I'd say Superman takes the win here.

I definitely think One Love gets into the double digits. Doubt it has much staying power though.

Madame Web Wednesday Opening T-1 Tickets Sold: 289 (+73) Growth: 34% % PLF: 25% 5 theaters/25 showtimes Comps: (1.482x) of Mean Girls - $4.82 Million (1.074x) of Aquaman 2 - $4.8 Million (3.959x) of Argylle - $6.73 Million COMPS AVG - $5.45 Million Meh final day. Fell against all comps. Should land around $5M +/- $0.25M, could go higher or lower depending on walkups.

Sure, I feel bad for Sasha, but I'm happier that Milly got the role.

I see Bob Marley opening to ~$8M on Valentine's Day, which is actually quite sublime for a film of its kind. Obviously it will be very frontloaded, but I can't say this hasn't been an interesting one to track.

Madame Web Wednesday Opening T-2 Tickets Sold: 216 (+43) Growth: 25% % PLF: 31% 5 theaters/21 showtimes Comps: (1.649x) of Mean Girls - $5.36 Million (1.113x) of Aquaman 2 - $5 Million (4.154x) of Argylle - $7.06 Million COMPS AVG - $5.81 Million This is actually doing solid, or at least solid in comparison to my low expectations. Should land around $5M when all is said and done.

It isn't?

Madame Web Wednesday Opening T-3 Tickets Sold: 173 (+29) Growth: 20% % PLF: 32% 5 theaters/21 showtimes Comps: (1.454x) of Mean Girls - $4.73 Million (1.055x) of Aquaman 2 - $4.75 Million (3.761x) of Argylle - $6.39 Million COMPS AVG - $5.29 Million Sorry for being away for a few days. Been busy and haven't had time to post any updates. Madame Web is doing quite well though. I definitely think $5-6M OD is where it lands at the moment. No Bob Marley comps anymore since my TCP comps got erased for some reason. Still think that goes pretty high though.

Where is Aquaman's OS gross?

Yeah clearly the negative reviews did not affect ticket sales at all, at least in my area. Might not bode well in terms of legs, but legs are something this movie wasn't going to have regardless.

Bob Marley: One Love Wednesday Opening T-6 Tickets Sold: 197 (+36) Growth: 22% % PLF: 0% 5 theaters/18 showtimes Comps: (0.220x) of The Color Purple - $3.96 Million Really great growth today. Still no great comps though, the only one I have is TCP, which it continues to rise against. I can see this reaching $6M+ on OD. Will likely collapse afterwards though.

Madame Web Wednesday Opening T-6 Tickets Sold: 114 (+17) Growth: 18% % PLF: 36% 5 theaters/21 showtimes Comps: (1.701x) of Mean Girls - $5.53 Million (0.726x) of Aquaman 2 - $3.27 Million (4.385x) of Argylle - $7.45 Million (0.128x) of The Color Purple - $2.3 Million COMPS AVG - $4.64 Million Falling behind pace here. Should still be good for $5M, but will it go much higher? Im not certain. Will continue to update.

Personally, I think Dune 2 will have a lot more pull with younger audiences than the first did mostly due to the rise in popularity of Timothee Chalamet, Zendaya, Florence Pugh, and Austin Butler.

It's Deadline so the $65M is definitely a lowball. I think $75-80M is more likely, but maybe I'm too optimistic.

Lisa Frankenstein Thursday Previews T-1 Tickets Sold: 26 (+11) Growth: 73% % PLF: 0% 5 theaters/12 showtimes Comps: (0.113x) of Mean Girls - $0.42 Million Yeesh. Really terrible numbers all things considered. Will likely find a cult audience later on but it definitely won't be a box office hit. Definitely won't open even in the teens.

Moana 2 is releasing this November. Biggest movie of the year and it won't be close.

Biggest movie of the year locked.