THE BOX OFFICE BUZZ AND TRACKING THREAD
As we near 2500+ pages in The Box Office Buzz and Tracking Thread: Electric Boogaloo, the mods have decided to close that thread out and start anew. It's now PINNED in the Numbers & Data Sub-Forum located in the Speakeasy.
Also for Quick References to the Old Thread:
Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Page 359 to Page 387
Black Panther: Page 404 to Page 447
Avengers: Infinity War: Page 473 to Page 551
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While I do think ATSV suffered a bit from lack of capacity (thanks in large part to being underforecasted by trades & Sony), it really has more to do with those two titles - particularly TLM - playing weaker to "Middle America"; that a good number of white, middle aged folks outside of bigger markets just found them ... too "hip" or whatever [do not want to dive down that rabbit hole in this thread]
If you look at the market breakdown @rehpyc posted a few days ago, will find that