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Yea, I referred to Hamilton to prove that politics can drive an audience, such as white Liberals making Hamilton huge because of its diversity, a show that wasn't accessible to racialized communities and minorities.

It's giving strong 2.3 on Letterboxd and I'm loving it.

I don't want to be misinterpreted, I personally don't even tolerate Democrat/liberal politics, as I don't see them as left enough. And I'm not really intersted in critiquing whatever efforts Disney makes in reaching a wider audience. If I want to critique Disney's business decisions, there's FAR MORE to get into and there's a lot of room for discussion on Disney's actual politics or even how they integrate and interract with politics when adveritising their films (just look at any Disney film that they claimed to have queer representation). Just wanted to point out that "humans rights are not a political issue" is not entirely correct and that just because it isn't, that doesn't mean inclusivity in film is political.

Gotta love Sony for this trashy campy Spidey rogues cinematic universe(?) but ATJ looks way too dressed.

I mean, human rights are formed and protected by the law and that has very obvious connection to politics. It is a political opinion and takes political power to want/be able to strip certain groups/communities of people off their rights or to simply hold power and privileges over them - a bigoted political opinion, but still. It is political to be turned off by black-led films. The thing is, inclusivity and representation in Hollywood aren't exactly political. Disney understands how much profit they can make off black audiences by having a black actress as their live action Ariel. They also know that decision can get white liberals/Democrat voters/left-leaning people AND other racialized communities to get interested in such film. Big Hollywood studios want money and diversity makes money; and the audience interest drive can be political. And that goes beyond film; ever wonder who made Hamilton huge?

The Flash is actually the only one that completely missed its tracking. We went from most of the industry expecting it to clear $70M easily and go even higher ($85M+) to Deadline spinning that this was their tracking for the 4-day weekend all along to the film failing to make $70M even on the four-day. Quantumania's tracking always had it at $100-105M 3-day and $120M 4-day until it dropped right before it opened and then the film opened in line with early industry tracking. Most people on BOT thought GotG was not selling well enough for $130M opening and even the trades had it dropped to $110M closer to release, to the point were $118M was seen as better than expected.

This weekend is giving Memorial Day 2016 X-Men Apocalypse & Alice Through the Looking Glass flashbacks.

I love BB as a character, but that one needs a strong promotion at Comic Con and real good WoM if they want to avoid Shazam numbers.

FTFY

Warner Bros. about to have four Dark Phoenixes this year with the DCEU.

With Blue Beetle and Aquaman, there's gonna be a total of ten (10!) films in the DCEU since Justice League flopping in 2017.

Unless it gets Quantumania-level reviews, The Marvels in 5 months.

These are top ten opening weekends in November. Where do you all think The Marvels will land? 1. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - $181,339,761 2. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - $158,074,286 3. The Twilight Saga: New Moon - $142,839,137 4. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 - $141,067,634 5. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 - $138,122,261 6. Frozen II - $130,263,358 7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 - $125,017,372 8. Thor: Ragnarok - $122,744,989 9. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 - $121,897,634 10. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - $102,685,961

I can see people down for a final Thor film in which he goes up against Hercules, coupled with the responsibilities of being a father himself, trying to avoid Odin's mistakes. It could do enough to set up Hercules' arc in the MCU, much like what Wakanda Forever did for Namor (regardless of what happens with Huerta). Don't know if I'd place it before or after Secret Wars though. Depends on whether they plan to kill him off or keep him alive for possible cameos in the next bunch of Avengers films.

Verified now at 92% with 100+ ratings. Still too small of a sample. Hope Deadline's $3.5M THU is accurate.

Just realized that The Marvels could have the worst sequel opening weekend drop in the MCU and still be the highest opening CBM this year.