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I was in circuit mall last Sunday and checked the cinema out of curiosity in the early afternoon. Seats around half full for Partners in Crime and Deleter on an early afternoon. Labyu with an accent 1/4th full Nanahimik ang Gabi almost empty Anecdotal but In my social feeds Deleter is the one with the most buzz I feel Family Matters is the one I'm most interested in seeing. My brother in law and his family were planning to watch Avatar last Jan 1 but when they saw it wasn't showing asked me which MMFF entry would be nice to watch instead. I told him Avatar was coming back on January 8 and convinced to just wait instead. I'm so orry MMFF

I am really happy with that estimate

Yeah, I enjoyed the Novella and would have been more interested if they had shown some of the events after Earth left the Solar System.

I liked the first one but was confused by the trailer for part 2. Is it a prequel?

uhhhhmmm but it will make 2 Billion

Jim never gave a concrete number but I mean it makes sense that a majority would assume he was talking about the third highest grossing film today and not ten years ago. Also I won't blame a forum member for believing something that was reported in all the major trades. I won't hold Cameron blameless as well, He knows how the media is and how it would interpret his words. Anyway ten years ago Avengers was the third highest grossing film at 1.5 Billion so that number matches with what others here have computed.

Is the French law preventing theatrical movies from heading to streaming for 3 years already in effect? Has it had a positive impact on overall cinema attendance

Thanks a lot. Where are you able to see the numbers for local films

Yeah I know. Hopefully it can make another million in January

Nice 2 week total.

Will Smith from Pursuit of Happiness As for Jake Sully I found him more interesting as a character in the sequel compared to the first. I agree he makes some bad parenting decisions but I always felt he was genuinely doing what he thought was best and even had some doubts himself and was just trying to do the best he could. I think he benefited as well from having the spotlight moved to his kids.

Doing everything to get his boy a toy

Doesn't this happen every filmfest even pre pandemic? Heck I remember years ago I went to see an indie film on Friday night and it had already been yanked from cinemas. It opened on Wednesday. Just 2 days.

Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning

Ideally we would have data for Admits and gross for all movies in every country. Both are important. As to what matters more to you personally if for you its admits then great. If like me you care more about gross then that's great too

Don't they move it to Monday?

That's better than I expected. I'm sure cinemas will take it

But what about Rings of Power 😎

On the flip side I watched Top Gun Maverick on a better cinema and had a wonderful experience and when I went out the main feeling was an intense desire to watch a movie in the cinema again to relive that experience. Give people a good experience and they will come back for more.

I do agree a poor cinema experience can be a turn off. My first screening of Wakanda Forever I don't know if it was a projection or screen issue but it looked so dark. I could barely see anything during some evening scenes. Watching something in a bad cinema and then noticing that the image is clearer on a high end TV when they watch the movie again months later has discouraged some of my friends from returning to the cinema.

Pre Covid Star Cinema would have a lot of mainstream rom com hits anytime in the year. They debate a lot about whether cinemas are dead in the main forum because of Covid and streaming. So far it feels really true here in the Philippines. If this years MMFF earns money I will be happy. That may also help future releases.

I am interested in seeing Family Matters and actually think it may surprise and be number 2. Sadly I think the Philippines is one of the worst countries for box office enthusiasts for us. No site with a weekly top ten. Sometimes we need to wait until the studio announces the total gross. Numbers for flops hard to find. And even the MMFF remember a few years ago they made a new rule not to announce the box office gross so as to not create a bandwagon effect for the poor performers

I adored Superman 4 The Quest for Peace when I was a kid. I watched it again as an adult and I thought it was garbage.

Good point. Honestly I wasn't thinking of movies from different time periods when I wrote that as I was thinking of National Cinema day with all tickets being a dollar. Another thing though why I prefer gross. With admissions the records of classic movies will never be broken. But with gross you are always dreaming of the next biggest opening ever. You wonder when another all time grosser will appear. It's more exciting and fun haha