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Could have sworn the first Avengers was 60/40.

Oh shit, forgot about that. Yep, it did! Considering The Marvels is more women heavy then the first film (three female leads, female director, marketing is emphasizing the more playful tone) I think we will see a split more similar to Wakanda Forever then the first film tbh

It was 57% male, which is around the same as most MCU fare albeit skewing a little lower then usual (the lowest being the first GOTG, which was 55% male).

Yeah Thunderbolts is there right now, but I don't know if Paramount is willing to give up Sonic 3's current date cause that's still scheduled for Christmas.

Paramount already has Sonic 3 in that spot which they are clearly banking on hard.

The Gentleminions return in full force and are suddenly also Cruiseheads.

Barbie 7/21 9:40PM, Regular Sold Out Trailers: The Marvels Trolls Band Together The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes Wonka Audience had a blast. Laughing constantly with Ryan Gosling, Michael Cera, and Kate McKinnon being the clear favourites with the crowd. Dude in the audience lost his mind when Gosling first showed up which also got some laughs. Audience was buzzing afterwards. Great crowd!

Oppenheimer 7/21 6:00PM, IMAX Sold Out Trailers: Gran Turismo Killers of the Flower Moon Dune: Part Two The Exorcist: Believer Audience was quiet throughout but it was clear that it was out of being engrossed rather then a lack of interest. Matt Damon's character got most of the laughs in his wittier lines. Trinity test had a gasp. People leaving the theater seemed enthusiastic, particularly a group of teen girls who seemed shocked they liked it as much as they did (glad they did!).

Holy cow, I loved this! What a delightful movie. Greta Gerwig's touches are all over this, from the way her dialogue flows to her focus on mother/daughter relationships and womanhood, and she feels completely unleashed here. She's so clearly having fun with the way that the characters move and how the world works (or doesn't, it's clearly running on dream logic) that's it's infectious. Each scene is a treasure trove of hilarious wordplay, great sight gags, and both Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling absolutely killing it performance wise. Gosling in particular is amazing here - a deeply unserious performance that also manages to be one of the best comedic roles for any actor in a very long time. But I was mostly impressed by how poignant it actually is; it actually has a ton to say about feminism, patriarchy, gender roles/identity, capitalism, mortality, and just the general idea of "being human". It's easily one of the best IP films of the past little bit and I think it's going to impact the industry in a big way, and let's hope it's for the better. Fantastic, one of my favourites of the year!

Anybody who thinks that DR2 is going to be executively hacked to pieces is a moron. Cruise and McQuarrie are the lead fucking producers on these things, it's going to be fine.

I don't know how apt this comparison is but I've already seen some people describe the reactions to Oppenheimer and the general praise surrounding it as very similar to Schindler's List, another historical film about a very important period of history with difficult subject matter that made a ton of money at the box office. Obviously to two are very different films and shouldn't really be compared in actual material sense, but a part of me thinks that the way Oppenheimer is performing and being received in general feels like a repeat, aka a historical film that's seen as important and a must watch.

Been thinking about this one ever since it ended. It's a tremendous work; a film of such dense scale and theme that it's likely going to take several days and viewings to truly parse it all out. Out of the gate though, Nolan really outdid himself directing wise here, with pitch-perfect precise editing and incredible sound work that gets you into the headspace of Oppenheimer himself. I like how the movie seems to be almost about control and whether or not we can truly control everything around us. Oppenheimer has a need to control the atom and science itself, Strauss wants to control the Congress and weapons of mass destructions, even characters like Grove want to control Oppenheimer. It's a complicated film with a complicated lead subject and I think that's ultimately it's strength and why so many people are responding to it; it never gives an easy answer, hell I don't think it has answers. Instead it presents the life of an enigmatic man as is and asks a simple question - did we start the fire? One of my favourites of the year.

Ah shit you right. I assumed that it did cause Jurassic World beat it. I think if anything goes to show how massive JW was.

Both Jurassic World and Inside Out received A cinemascores, which this weekend is actually playing very similarly too ngl.

And there it is. Dual A cinemascores. The only way this gets better is if both of them get Best Picture nominations.

Yes, probably the most it's ever been at this point in it's lifetime.

Nolan's best non-Batman Cinemascore holy shit. Yep, $300M domestic, calling it now.

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He's a producer only I think. Would not be shocked if he takes over the director's chair though, they have yet to find a director for it.

It was a high opening but I think it's important to note that even at the time it was seen as not great cause of sheer budget Titanic had. Titanic was the most expensive movie ever made at the time (the first movie to cost $200M) and mainly got by due to sheer WOM. Obviously the fact it had that high of an opening in December (or at least high for the time) should have clued people in but the fear of it bombing was very, very real.

Here in Canada it got slapped with a 14A, but in the states it's PG-13 so families definitely went to see it in spite of all of that.

And I thought my $175M prediction for Barbie was ambitious. Now it might seem to be too conservative. What a debut for both films! Cinema is thriving! Ya love to see it.

Einstein, the long awaited spin-off to Oppenheimer and the continuation of the SCU (Scientist Cinematic Universe).

Gonna be interesting to see the response from them tbh. That being said, I found a shocking amount of younger folks who loved All Quiet on the Western Front from last year - a movie that I never expected to appeal to them and I don't think was trying to - so I fully expect a decent amount of teens unexpectedly loving it.