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But no one watches a panned drama in theaters. It would be lucky to clear 10 million.

The good thing is that Neon "only" paid 15 mil for distribution rights and the movie got a theatrical run, otherwise STX would drop it on streaming.

Bird Box would be huge but the drama would struggle because of terrible reviews. That was a perfect streaming title.

Speaking of streaming titles, with how well Boys in the Boat is doing, I can only imagine how Midnight Sky would have done in theaters if released in this market.

It's like calling Saltburn a flop when it didn't recoup in theaters but was an absolute smash on Prime Video and even killed all of Netflix's big Christmas releases.

I dunno about Killers and Paramount but Napoleon made money for Sony considering it only had a distribution deal. And expecting streaming films to recoup in theaters is kinda dumb. They'll drive subscribers to Apple TV and that's their endgame qhen the green light was given.

Anyone But You will outgross No Hard Feelings and with no big star leading it. Quite the win for Sony. The Iron Claw will also easily enter the A24 top 6. I'm confident The Color Purple will have a healthy January and pass 100 mil too.

Remember when everyone was angry at Sony for not releasing ABY at Valentine's Day? Now they're laughing all the way to the bank...

So glad this is still popping a milli per day.

Don't forget TCP will have a nice MLK weekend boost and a barren January to still play. If it's lucky, it can even get an Oscar noms boost.

They used the theatrical window as actual promo for the streaming release and it paid off big time imo. Saltburn crushed any Netflix release this past week.

This week had all the signs of being terrible but people still showed up. I think 2024 will do just fine, folks will just have to look elsewhere to find worthy movies other than the Disney domination.

I'm glad Anyone But You and Iron Claw are finding an audience. While the results are not anywhere near stellar, they're much better than expected... Thrilled TCP managed the same number as Les Mis.

TCP and Boys on the Boat are coming for A+ Cinemascores.