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[Marathon]

Not that it necessarily means much, but Lanthimos-directed films have lackluster audience scores on Rotten Tomatoes (from worst to best):

 

Alps 51%

The Favourite 60%

The Killing of a Sacred Deer 63%

The Lobster 64%

Dogtooth 75%

 

Ironically the most inaccessible/off-putting work of his (Dogtooth) has the best audience score so far. I personally have only seen The Lobster, so difficult to assess his overall strengths/weaknesses, but on the basis of that he needs to work on his scripts more. To make sure they can be coherent/consistent from start to finish, especially within the context of a 2 hour feature film. The Lobster's first half is brilliant, but the second half is not only much worse but also feels like a completely different movie. Perhaps Lanthimos' instincts would be better served in short(er) films without the need to have a certain runtime. But am still interested in The Favourite. Just don't know if it'll come into my small town's cinema.

 

 

 

 

[terrestrial]

Boxoffice‏ @BoxOffice 53s54 seconds ago

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THE FAVOURITE $2.60M Weekend (Actual) 441 Screens / $5,908 Avg. Weekend 4 / +73.2% Change $6.77M Total (North America)

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BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY $4.31M Weekend (Actual) 2,213 Screens / $1,949 Avg. Weekend 7 / -29.7% Change $180.61M Total (North America)

 

Boxoffice‏ @BoxOffice 4m4 minutes ago

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WIDOWS $1.26M Weekend (Actual) 1,228 Screens / $1,033 Avg. Weekend 5 / -59.7% Change $40.88M Total (North America)

[terrestrial]

NAACP Returns Facebook’s Donation, Organizes Weeklong #LogOut Protest

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One of the nation’s most prominent civil rights organizations is urging users to log out of Facebook and sister site, Instagram, to protest its role in spreading misinformation and disingenuous portrayals of the African American community.

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https://deadline.com/2018/12/naacp-returns-facebook-donation-organizes-weeklong-logout-protest-1202521570/

[terrestrial]

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December 14-16, 2018 Weekend

 

<<Last Weekend <Last Year	View Index: By Year | By Weekend
TW LW Title (click to view) Studio Weekend Gross % Change Theater Count / Change Average Total Gross Budget* Week # 1 N Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse Sony $35,363,376 - 3,813 - $9,274 $35,363,376 $90 1 2 N The Mule WB $17,509,431 - 2,588 - $6,766 $17,509,431 $50 1 3 2 Dr. Seuss' The Grinch (2018) Uni. $11,753,665 -21.8% 3,759 -82 $3,127 $239,463,375 $75 6 4 1 Ralph Breaks the Internet BV $9,274,018 -42.9% 3,575 -220 $2,594 $154,149,896 $175 4 5 N Mortal Engines Uni. $7,559,850 - 3,103 - $2,436 $7,559,850 $100 1 6 3 Creed II MGM $5,385,914 -46.0% 3,107 -645 $1,733 $104,870,060 $50 4 7 5 Bohemian Rhapsody Fox $4,314,179 -29.8% 2,213 -740 $1,949 $180,612,379 $52 7 8 6 Instant Family Par. $3,790,287 -34.2% 2,860 -566 $1,325 $60,288,341 $48 5 9 4 Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald WB $3,789,839 -45.5% 2,606 -845 $1,454 $151,793,249 $200 5 10 7 Green Book Uni. $2,774,630 -28.9% 1,215 +34 $2,284 $24,654,996 $23 5 11 N Once Upon a Deadpool Fox $2,683,200 - 1,566 - $1,713 $3,967,120 - 1 12 12 The Favourite FoxS $2,605,484 +73.3% 441 +350 $5,908 $6,775,387 - 4 13 10 Widows Fox $1,269,201 -59.7% 1,228 -933 $1,034 $40,884,857 $42 5 14 8 Robin Hood (2018) LG/S $1,216,031 -65.6% 1,720 -853 $707 $29,799,864 $100 4 15 9 The Possession of Hannah Grace SGem $1,184,814 -62.6% 1,307 -991 $907 $13,909,719 $9.5 3 16 11 A Star is Born (2018) WB $1,040,024 -57.6% 842 -789 $1,235 $199,178,098 $36 11 17 27 Mary Queen of Scots Focus $699,745 +259.3% 66 +62 $10,602 $962,580 - 2 18 13 The Nutcracker and the Four Realms BV $566,468 -48.6% 644 -526 $880 $53,668,267 $120 7 19 29 Vox Lux Neon $243,694 +56.5% 325 +319 $750 $432,905 - 2 20 N If Beale Street Could Talk Annapurna $224,476 - 4 - $56,119 $224,476 - 1 21 18 At Eternity's Gate CBS $191,642 -40.1% 178 +4 $1,077 $1,449,904 - 5 22 17 Kedarnath PackYourBag $181,108 -55.5% 99 -14 $1,829 $744,189 - 2 23 20 Racetime EOne $163,560 -39.7% 86 - $1,902 $489,619 - 2 24 38 Ben is Back RAtt. $141,680 +75.5% 29 +25 $4,886 $250,612 - 2 25 30 Anna and the Apocalypse Orion $138,038 -2.9% 138 +92 $1,000 $415,733 - 3 26 23 Can You Ever Forgive Me? FoxS $135,344 -47.1% 166 -99 $815 $7,251,204 - 9 27 19 Venom (2018) Sony $134,288 -56.3% 209 -179 $643 $212,969,264 $100 11 28 21 Free Solo NGE $132,020 -49.2% 100 -82 $1,320 $10,793,548 - 12 29 28 Smallfoot WB $118,930 -31.1% 218 -20 $546 $82,579,684 - 12 30 33 Shoplifters Magn. $113,386 +5.7% 43 +7 $2,637 $565,118 - 4

 

and the remaining over 50 titles in spoiler tags as the chart is really long

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31	16	Boy Erased	Focus	$87,475	-79.3%	173	-449	$506	$6,646,972	-	7
32	22	Nobody's Fool	Par.	$85,755	-66.8%	168	-200	$510	$31,668,693	$19	7
33	24	Overlord	Par.	$65,116	-74.5%	173	-218	$376	$21,665,871	$38	6
34	31	The Hate U Give	Fox	$64,508	-53.5%	130	-105	$496	$29,563,368	$23	11
35	37	Night School (2018)	Uni.	$52,545	-35.1%	97	-38	$542	$77,188,275	$29	12
36	36	The Old Man & the Gun	FoxS	$36,347	-58.0%	100	-36	$363	$11,134,906	-	12
37	35	Beautiful Boy (2018)	Amazon	$34,869	-65.7%	88	-108	$396	$7,522,075	-	10
38	N	The House That Jack Built	IFC	$34,091	-	32	-	$1,065	$34,091	-	1
39	45	The House With A Clock In Its Walls	Uni.	$31,500	-28.2%	96	-18	$328	$68,475,090	$42	13
40	39	First Man	Uni.	$30,500	-47.7%	72	-49	$424	$44,833,535	$59	10
41	34	Maria by Callas	SPC	$30,174	-70.8%	62	-87	$487	$1,141,365	-	7
42	N	Capernaum	SPC	$24,988	-	3	-	$8,329	$24,988	-	1
43	40	A Cool Fish	CL	$24,779	-56.0%	13	-21	$1,906	$516,472	-	5
44	44	Default	CJ	$24,523	-45.4%	23	+1	$1,066	$174,048	-	3
45	43	Halloween (2018)	Uni.	$22,035	-55.5%	68	-70	$324	$159,300,595	$10	9
46	25	The Wife	SPC	$21,632	-89.6%	67	-354	$323	$8,152,628	-	18
47	42	The Girl in the Spider's Web: A New Dragon Tattoo Story	Sony	$20,417	-60.8%	83	-69	$246	$14,828,555	$43	6
48	41	Border	Neon	$17,640	-67.2%	31	-43	$569	$727,151	-	8
49	47	A Private War	Aviron	$15,056	-37.3%	50	+15	$301	$1,598,931	-	7
50	50	Crazy Rich Asians	WB	$13,870	-38.3%	48	-30	$289	$174,008,431	$30	18
51	N	Heading Home: The Tale of Team Israel	Men.	$12,678	-	1	-	$12,678	$12,678	-	1
52	48	Suspiria	Amazon	$9,922	-58.4%	19	-14	$522	$2,474,044	-	8
53	N	Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki	GK	$9,899	-	4	-	$2,475	$69,270	-	1
54	32	The Front Runner	Sony	$9,887	-91.0%	53	-356	$187	$1,994,179	-	6
55	51	Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween	Sony	$9,740	-53.4%	40	-90	$244	$46,697,321	$35	10
56	49	Wildlife	IFC	$6,170	-72.7%	17	-33	$363	$993,014	-	9
57	55	Mid90s	A24	$5,651	-62.3%	16	-2	$353	$7,356,627	-	9
58	58	Becoming Astrid	MBox	$5,233	-47.9%	13	-2	$403	$66,126	-	4
59	74	Indivisible	PFR	$3,615	+106.5%	14	+7	$258	$3,500,413	-	8
60	N	The Quake	Magn.	$3,256	-	7	-	$465	$3,256	-	1
61	72	Wings of Desire (2018 re-release)	Jan.	$3,219	+53.3%	2	+1	$1,610	$109,353	-	9
62	67	The Sisters Brothers	Annapurna	$2,950	+11.4%	11	+2	$268	$3,140,267	-	13
63	63	The Charmer	FM	$2,922	-29.2%	1	-	$2,922	$10,992	-	2
64	26	Mirai	GK	$2,614	-98.7%	6	-9	$436	$682,617	-	3
65	70	Liyana	Abr.	$2,242	-6.4%	4	+3	$561	$23,090	-	10
66	68	Tea with the Dames	IFC	$2,063	-22.1%	7	-	$295	$858,897	-	13
67	57	Swimming with Men	IFC	$2,033	-80.3%	7	-24	$290	$19,616	-	2
68	79	Sicilian Ghost Story	Strand	$1,718	+75.5%	1	-	$1,718	$9,602	-	3
69	56	Tag Along: The Devil Fish	CL	$1,662	-84.9%	1	-7	$1,662	$18,870	-	2
70	52	Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes	Magn.	$1,362	-92.8%	5	-10	$272	$33,382	-	2
71	N	Guy (2018)	Distrib.	$1,319	-	2	-	$660	$1,319	-	1
72	-	Twiceland	CJ	$1,253	-	19	-	$66	$52,874	-	2
73	69	The Great Buster: A Celebration	Cohen	$1,244	-48.5%	4	-3	$311	$113,798	-	11
74	78	Detour (2018 re-release)	Jan.	$1,150	+14.1%	1	-	$1,150	$12,185	-	3
75	65	A tous ceux qui ne me lisent pas	EOne	$1,135	-59.8%	2	-2	$568	$33,874	-	4
76	61	Gosnell: The Trial of America's Biggest Serial Killer	GVN	$936	-78.9%	3	-8	$312	$3,679,653	-	10
77	60	Tyrel	Magn.	$857	-85.9%	3	-2	$286	$8,968	-	2
78	62	The Happy Prince	SPC	$686	-83.8%	2	-6	$343	$464,495	-	10
79	85	Weed the People	Abr.	$681	+40.7%	1	-	$681	$13,910	-	8
80	88	Senso (2018 re-release)	Rialto	$494	+32.1%	1	-	$494	$26,682	-	8
81	-	Matangi/Maya/M.I.A.	Abr.	$452	-	1	-	$452	$230,600	-	12
82	89	Narcissister Organ Player	FM	$174	-47.9%	3	+1	$58	$14,319	-	6
83	93	1945	Men.	$164	+156.3%	1	-	$164	$1,005,719	-	59
84	83	Henchmen	EOne	$116	-79.1%	2	-1	$58	$1,141	-	2

 

TOTAL (84 MOVIES):

$115,545,639

+35.3%

40,099

+188

$2,882

Edited December 17, 2018 by terrestrial

[WrathOfHan]

6 minutes ago, Marathon said:

Not that it necessarily means much, but Lanthimos-directed films have lackluster audience scores on Rotten Tomatoes (from worst to best):

 

Alps 51%

The Favourite 60%

The Killing of a Sacred Deer 63%

The Lobster 64%

Dogtooth 75%

 

Ironically the most inaccessible/off-putting work of his (Dogtooth) has the best audience score so far. I personally have only seen The Lobster, so difficult to assess his overall strengths/weaknesses, but on the basis of that he needs to work on his scripts more. To make sure they can be coherent/consistent from start to finish, especially within the context of a 2 hour feature film. The Lobster's first half is brilliant, but the second half is not only much worse but also feels like a completely different movie. Perhaps Lanthimos' instincts would be better served in short(er) films without the need to have a certain runtime. But am still interested in The Favourite. Just don't know if it'll come into my small town's cinema.

 

 

 

 

FWIW he didn't write The Favourite

[Krissykins]

Pasted charts look like crap on mobile. 

 

Just post the link, please.

[The Panda]

I’m not a huge Lanthimos fan, his movies never seem to really hit right with me (although I do appreciate them from a technical standpoint, but there’s never been one that’s excited me all that much) and I can definitely see why his movies don’t get glowing audience scores.

 

I’ll see the Favourite because of all the hype around it, but I’m trying to keep my personal expectations lower simply because it looks like it’ll be more of what I already know I didn’t care for too much.

[Marathon]

1 minute ago, WrathOfHan said:

FWIW he didn't write The Favourite

 

Thanks, I had forgotten that. He usually films his own scripts but has now made an exception with The Favourite. Which makes the film perhaps even more interesting to assess.

[Krissykins]

Spider Verse down slightly with actuals.

 

Can we expect a smaller Monday drop than usual animated films since most of its audience weren’t families?

[sfran43]

Est. / Act.		Diff	Movie Title (click to view)	Studio	Studio Est. / Actual		Diff	% Diff	Theaters	Est. Total	Actual	Wk
1	1	-	Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse	Sony	$35,400,000	$35,363,376	$-36,624	-0.1%	3,813	$35,400,000	$35,363,376	1
2	2	-	The Mule	WB	$17,210,000	$17,509,431	$+299,431	+1.7%	2,588	$17,210,000	$17,509,431	1
3	3	-	Dr. Seuss' The Grinch (2018)	Uni.	$11,580,000	$11,753,665	$+173,665	+1.5%	3,759	$239,288,710	$239,463,375	6
4	4	-	Ralph Breaks the Internet	BV	$9,589,000	$9,274,018	$-314,982	-3.3%	3,575	$154,464,878	$154,149,896	4
5	5	-	Mortal Engines	Uni.	$7,501,000	$7,559,850	$+58,850	+0.8%	3,103	$7,501,000	$7,559,850	1
6	6	-	Creed II	MGM	$5,398,830	$5,385,914	$-12,916	-0.2%	3,107	$104,882,976	$104,870,060	4
7	7	-	Bohemian Rhapsody	Fox	$4,125,000	$4,314,179	$+189,179	+4.6%	2,213	$180,423,200	$180,612,379	7
8	8	-	Instant Family	Par.	$3,720,000	$3,790,287	$+70,287	+1.9%	2,860	$60,218,054	$60,288,341	5
9	9	-	Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald	WB	$3,650,000	$3,789,839	$+139,839	+3.8%	2,606	$151,653,410	$151,793,249	5
10	10	-	Green Book	Uni.	$2,780,000	$2,774,630	$-5,370	-0.2%	1,215	$24,660,366	$24,654,996	5
11	11	-	Once Upon a Deadpool	Fox	$2,600,000	$2,683,200	$+83,200	+3.2%	1,566	$3,883,920	$3,967,120	1
12	12	-	The Favourite	FoxS	$2,570,000	$2,605,484	$+35,484	+1.4%	441	$6,739,903	$6,775,387	4
13	13	-	Widows	Fox	$1,200,000	$1,269,201	$+69,201	+5.8%	1,228	$40,815,656	$40,884,857	5
14	14	-	Robin Hood (2018)	LG/S	$1,187,000	$1,216,031	$+29,031	+2.4%	1,720	$29,771,833	$29,799,864	4
15	15	-	The Possession of Hannah Grace	SGem	$1,180,000	$1,184,814	$+4,814	+0.4%	1,307	$13,904,905	$13,909,719	3
16	16	-	A Star is Born (2018)	WB	$1,022,000	$1,040,024	$+18,024	+1.8%	842	$199,160,074	$199,178,098	11
17	17	-	Mary Queen of Scots	Focus	$700,000	$699,745	$-255	-0.0%	66	$961,835	$962,580	2
18	18	-	The Nutcracker and the Four Realms	BV	$545,000	$566,468	$+21,468	+3.9%	644	$53,646,799	$53,668,267	7
19	19	-	Vox Lux	Neon	$244,000	$243,694	$-306	-0.1%	325	$433,211	$432,905	2
20	20	-	If Beale Street Could Talk	Annapurna	$219,174	$224,476	$+5,302	+2.4%	4	$219,174	$224,476	1
21	21	-	At Eternity's Gate	CBS	$188,000	$191,642	$+3,642	+1.9%	178	$1,446,262	$1,449,904	5
22	24	+2	Ben is Back	RAtt.	$145,543	$141,680	$-3,863	-2.7%	29	$254,475	$250,612	2
22	26	+4	Can You Ever Forgive Me?	FoxS	$140,000	$135,344	$-4,656	-3.3%	166	$7,255,860	$7,251,204	9
26	38	+12	The House That Jack Built	IFC	$40,436	$34,091	$-6,345	-15.7%	32	$40,436	$34,091	1
27	37	+10	Beautiful Boy (2018)	Amazon	$32,896	$34,869	$+1,973	+6.0%	88	$7,520,102	$7,522,075	10
24	41	+17	Maria by Callas	SPC	$28,354	$30,174	$+1,820	+6.4%	62	$1,139,545	$1,141,365	7
25	42	+17	Capernaum	SPC	$27,588	$24,988	$-2,600	-9.4%	3	$27,588	$24,988	1
30	43	+13	A Cool Fish	CL	$23,000	$24,779	$+1,779	+7.7%	13	$514,693	$516,472	5
26	46	+20	The Wife	SPC	$21,928	$21,632	$-296	-1.3%	67	$8,152,924	$8,152,628	18
27	48	+21	Border	Neon	$16,358	$17,640	$+1,282	+7.8%	31	$725,870	$727,151	8
28	49	+21	A Private War	Aviron	$14,000	$15,056	$+1,056	+7.5%	50	$1,597,875	$1,598,931	7
34	52	+18	Suspiria	Amazon	$7,650	$9,922	$+2,272	+29.7%	19	$2,471,772	$2,474,044	8
35	56	+21	Wildlife	IFC	$7,641	$6,170	$-1,471	-19.3%	17	$993,744	$993,014	9
29	58	+29	Becoming Astrid	MBox	$3,900	$5,233	$+1,333	+34.2%	13	$64,793	$66,126	4
37	73	+36	The Great Buster: A Celebration	Cohen	$1,759	$1,244	$-515	-29.3%	4	$144,199	$113,798	11
38	69	+31	Tag Along: The Devil Fish	CL	$1,400	$1,662	$+262	+18.7%	1	$18,608	$18,870	2

[Plain Old Tele]

I personally disagree that he needs to work more on his scripts, but no question he likes to make choices that are either uncomfortable or off-putting to many audience-members.

[MrPink]

3 minutes ago, Krissykins said:

Spider Verse down slightly with actuals.

 

Can we expect a smaller Monday drop than usual animated films since most of its audience weren’t families?

 

Probably a good bet I think

[CoolioD1]

somehow "hmm i need to get my RT audience scores up" doesn't strike me as a thought that has ever crossed Lanthimos's mind.

[JB33]

Anyone miss having a huge Star Wars movie in December? Next weekend should be pretty fun but I already miss the anticipation in the preceding weeks where we would count the seats sold for a Star Wars movie and wonder just how big it's going to be.

 

Also, @sfran43 is @terrestrial taking your job??

[terrestrial]

15 minutes ago, JB33 said:

Also, @sfran43 is @terrestrial taking your job??

Aehm, I did it a few years back the same as what sfran43 does now.

 

Nope, no  interest, for the moment I try to update International and so on as long as I am here for now

I waited several times for a few minutes and when no update got posted I added the newly released datas

 

 

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[terrestrial]

Exhibitor Relations Co.‏ @ERCboxoffice 25m25 minutes ago

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And the most colossal, big-budget flop of 2018 goes to Universal's $100M+ MORTAL ENGINES...which rolled out w/ just $7,559,850 in North America. Pretty sure the only engines Universal wants to rev up from now on is more FAST & FURIOUS sequels.

20 minutes ago

Boxoffice‏ @BoxOffice 3 minutes ago

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New York’s @nitehawkcinema Announces Grand Opening Of Their Second Location https://pro.boxoffice.com/new-yorks-nitehawk-cinema-announces-grand-opening-second-location/ …

[terrestrial]

Gitesh Pandya‏ @GiteshPandya 12m12 minutes ago

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Foreign Language short list announced for #Oscars: Colombia, “Birds of Passage” Denmark, “The Guilty” Germany, “Never Look Away” Japan, “Shoplifters” Kazakhstan, “Ayka” Lebanon, “Capernaum” Mexico, “Roma” Poland, “Cold War” South Korea, “Burning”

[bangbingchan]

5 hours ago, terrestrial said:

Gitesh Pandya‏ @GiteshPandya 12m12 minutes ago

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Foreign Language short list announced for #Oscars: Colombia, “Birds of Passage” Denmark, “The Guilty” Germany, “Never Look Away” Japan, “Shoplifters” Kazakhstan, “Ayka” Lebanon, “Capernaum” Mexico, “Roma” Poland, “Cold War” South Korea, “Burning”

Foreign language Films are much better than Hollywood production This year.Burning,Cold War,Roma,Shoplifters are Great

[SLAM!]

2 hours ago, bangbingchan said:

Foreign language Films are much better than Hollywood production This year.Burning,Cold War,Roma,Shoplifters are Great

 

Maybe it's the factor of recency, but that list of nine really seems like one of the most notable foreign language shortlists I've seen; arrange any five (or any four + the guaranteed-a-nomination Roma), and you have what, in my opinion, looks like one of the most notable field of foreign language nominees in years. Even more notable than last year, which is saying something!

Edited December 18, 2018 by Slambros

[XO21]

The audience RT score is the "how dare you making something else than the usual sappy-feel good blockbustery ending" 

 

The Shape of Water has a very clear ending/plot and it has just 74%.

Edited December 18, 2018 by XO21