Weekend Actuals (Jun 23 - 25) | 19.00M ATSV | 18.44M ELEMENTAL | 15.14M THE FLASH | 15.00M NO HARD FEELINGS

[JohnnyGossamer]

6 hours ago, IronJimbo & Sheldon's Son said:

1	(3)	Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse	Sony Pictures	$19,003,633	-30%	3,785	-88	$5,021	$316,754,279	4
2	(2)	Elemental	Walt Disney	$18,444,461	-38%	4,035	n/c	$4,571	$65,496,376	2
3	(1)	The Flash	Warner Bros.	$15,142,575	-72%	4,256	+22	$3,558	$87,521,078	2
4	N	No Hard Feelings	Sony Pictures	$15,002,770		3,208		$4,677	$15,002,770	1
5	(4)	Transformers: Rise of the Beasts	Paramount Pi…	$11,754,621	-43%	3,523	-157	$3,337	$123,102,332	3
6	(-)	Asteroid City	Focus Features	$9,053,551	+961%	1,675	+1,669	$5,405	$10,268,265	2
7	(5)	The Little Mermaid	Walt Disney	$8,553,073	-23%	3,275	-205	$2,612	$270,120,837	5
8	(-)	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3	Walt Disney	$3,466,415	-34%	2,010	-250	$1,725	$351,071,298	8
9	(6)	The Blackening	Lionsgate	$3,045,136	-49%	1,775	n/c	$1,716	$12,286,841	2
10	(-)	The Boogeyman	20th Century…	$2,554,538	-30%	1,640	-500	$1,558	$37,723,597	4
11	(-)	Past Lives	A24	$1,121,162	+51%	296	+211	$3,788	$3,563,702	4
12	(-)	Fast X	Universal	$1,086,570	-49%	1,063	-487	$1,022	$144,567,720	6
13	(-)	The Super Mario Bros. Movie	Universal	$380,705	-42%	616	-280	$618	$572,990,745	12
14	(-)	About My Father	Lionsgate	$138,626	-55%	186	-87	$745	$11,820,200	5
-	(-)	You Hurt My Feelings	A24	$97,065	-65%	151	-98	$643	$4,613,098	5
-	N	The Last Rider	Roadside Att…	$57,415		105		$547	$57,415	1
-	(-)	The Roundup: No Way Out	Capelight Pi…	$56,950	-39%	14	-5	$4,068	$778,357	4
-	(-)	It Ain’t Over	Sony Picture…	$26,608	-62%	97	n/c	$274	$630,968	7
-	(-)	Blue Jean	Magnolia Pic…	$16,102	-2%	35	+19	$460	$57,318	3
-	(-)	Somewhere in Queens	Roadside Att…	$9,462	+7%	19	n/c	$498	$1,784,495	10
-	N	Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Mi…	Zeitgeist	$8,734		3		$2,911	$11,534	1
-	(-)	Close to Vermeer	Kino Lorber	$8,722	-49%	14	-7	$623	$92,253	5
-	N	Loren and Rose		$8,255		3		$2,752	$8,255	1
-	N	Revoir Paris	Music Box Films	$7,682		2		$3,841	$7,682	1
-	(-)	Scarlet	Kino Lorber	$7,660	+5%	9	+2	$851	$48,154	3
-	(-)	Blackberry	IFC Films	$5,416	-63%	21	-3	$258	$2,408,455	7
-	(-)	The Wicker Man: The Final Cut	Rialto Pictures	$5,200		4		$1,300	$6,698	2,551
-	N	La maman et la putain	Janus Films	$5,135		1		$5,135	$5,135	1
-	(-)	Mending the Line	Blue Fox Ent…	$4,579	-81%	12	-55	$382	$377,942	3
-	(-)	Daliland	Magnolia Pic…	$3,947	-76%	15	-14	$263	$73,477	3
-	(-)	Master Gardener	Magnolia Pic…	$3,710	-40%	15	-9	$247	$656,687	6
-	(-)	Chile ‘76	Kino Lorber	$3,586	-66%	12	-6	$299	$145,781	8
-	(-)	Werckmeister Harmonies	Janus Films	$1,438	-53%	1	-2	$1,438	$36,032	5
-	(-)	Lynch/Oz	Janus Films	$944	-91%	7	-11	$135	$47,833	4
-	(-)	Monica	IFC Films	$886	-55%	9	-9	$98	$151,453	7
-	(-)	The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future	Kino Lorber	$859	+80%	4	+1	$215	$28,235	6
-	(-)	L'immensita	Music Box Films	$741	-69%	9	n/c	$82	$94,687	7
-	(-)	Other People’s Children	Music Box Films	$637	-70%	2	-3	$319	$77,643	10
-	(-)	Una vita difficile	Rialto Pictures	$257		1		$257	$71,257	21
-	(-)	Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman	Zeitgeist	$118	-83%	1	-1	$118	$48,135	11

I kinda think Elemental will be #2 this coming weekend. I think Indy will impact Spidey a little more. It'll will absolutely lose any PLF it got back this past weekend too. The main reason I hope this happens if even by dollar is because Elemental would be #2 three weekends in a row with three different movies at #1. 

[LegionWrex]

11 minutes ago, JohnnyGossamer said:

I kinda think Elemental will be #2 this coming weekend. I think Indy will impact Spidey a little more. It'll will absolutely lose any PLF it got back this past weekend too. The main reason I hope this happens if even by dollar is because Elemental would be #2 three weekends in a row with three different movies at #1. 

Elemental staying as the #2 for three weekends in a row would be actually be a really strong run considering how badly it seemed to be heading early in the month.

[BestPicturePlutoNash]

Nobody wants original star-driven theatrical releases for comedies more than me, but No Hard Feelings was Hard To Watch. And the 15m crevice seems to be as good as these things can get currently (Ticket To Paradise did like 16m). Maybe Strays can come closer to Cocaine Bear since it's more conceptual with an action-twist but that looks horrible. Wes Anderson is one of the only true name directors with draw power (alongside Cameron, Nolan, M Night and probably Peele) and he does it with star-studded comedy and spectacular visuals that demand the big screen--maybe studios can take a lesson from this.

 

Elemental was my least favorite Pixar movie, but I hope it can hang on well enough to persuade the higher-ups to forgo bullshit like Toy Story 7 and keep trucking along with the original movies

[ListenHunnyUrOver]

1 minute ago, BestPicturePlutoNash said:

Nobody wants original star-driven theatrical releases for comedies more than me, but No Hard Feelings was Hard To Watch. And the 15m crevice seems to be as good as these things can get currently (Ticket To Paradise did like 16m). Maybe Strays can come closer to Cocaine Bear since it's more conceptual with an action-twist but that looks horrible. Wes Anderson is one of the only true name directors with draw power (alongside Cameron, Nolan, M Night and probably Peele) and he does it with star-studded comedy and spectacular visuals that demand the big screen--maybe studios can take a lesson from this.

 

Elemental was my least favorite Pixar movie, but I hope it can hang on well enough to persuade the higher-ups to forgo bullshit like Toy Story 7 and keep trucking along with the original movies

Studios always seem to make comedies with super lame/predictable premises these days. I think the Hangover franchise ruined the more high concept comedies. 

[BestPicturePlutoNash]

2 minutes ago, ListenHunnyUrOver said:

Studios always seem to make comedies with super lame/predictable premises these days. I think the Hangover franchise ruined the more high concept comedies. 

Yeah, I theorized a few months ago that The Hangover is mostly what contributed to the downfall of the studio comedy lol. Of course when the theaters begin conceding to large blockbusters ala Marvel which also promise comedic elements, that doesnt help but Todd Phillips will pay for his crimes

 

Also No Hard Feelings was being advertised as this outrageously hard R raunchfest... and besides the nude scene, it's SO tame and lame. Could have just been PG-13?????

[Dominic Draper]

10 minutes ago, BestPicturePlutoNash said:

Nobody wants original star-driven theatrical releases for comedies more than me, but No Hard Feelings was Hard To Watch. And the 15m crevice seems to be as good as these things can get currently (Ticket To Paradise did like 16m). Maybe Strays can come closer to Cocaine Bear since it's more conceptual with an action-twist but that looks horrible. Wes Anderson is one of the only true name directors with draw power (alongside Cameron, Nolan, M Night and probably Peele) and he does it with star-studded comedy and spectacular visuals that demand the big screen--maybe studios can take a lesson from this.

 

Elemental was my least favorite Pixar movie, but I hope it can hang on well enough to persuade the higher-ups to forgo bullshit like Toy Story 7 and keep trucking along with the original movies

Not sure how you can say Wes Anderson has draw power. And he certainly does not belong in the same sentence as those other director's.

 

He has 1 film that has made over 100M.

[ringedmortality]

1 minute ago, BestPicturePlutoNash said:

Todd Phillips will pay for his crimes

 

Todd Phillips the GOAT.

[BestPicturePlutoNash]

Just now, ringedmortality said:

 

Todd Phillips the GOAT.

you forgot the funny

[ListenHunnyUrOver]

Just now, BestPicturePlutoNash said:

Yeah, I theorized a few months ago that The Hangover is mostly what contributed to the downfall of the studio comedy lol. Of course when the theaters begin conceding to large blockbusters ala Marvel which also promise comedic elements, that doesnt help but Todd Phillips will pay for his crimes

 

Also No Hard Feelings was being advertised as this outrageously hard R raunchfest... and besides the nude scene, it's SO tame and lame. Could have just been PG-13?????

I wish comedies were actually fun. I remember the second Hangover movie  being super dull and depressing. Give me Miss Congeniality, Legally Blonde or Everything Everywhere over NHF any day of the week. 

[Dominic Draper]

3 minutes ago, BestPicturePlutoNash said:

Yeah, I theorized a few months ago that The Hangover is mostly what contributed to the downfall of the studio comedy lol. Of course when the theaters begin conceding to large blockbusters ala Marvel which also promise comedic elements, that doesnt help but Todd Phillips will pay for his crimes

 

Also No Hard Feelings was being advertised as this outrageously hard R raunchfest... and besides the nude scene, it's SO tame and lame. Could have just been PG-13?????

Todd Phillips comedy films pretty consistently made money. 

 

The Hangover Pt. 2 alone made more money than Wes Andersons entire filmography combined.

[ringedmortality]

I was always a fan of The Hangover trilogy, but when Phillips made War Dogs I knew this guy was a real talented filmmaker. And I was proven right three years later when he came out with that sleeper hit.

[BestPicturePlutoNash]

5 minutes ago, Dominic Draper said:

Todd Phillips comedy films pretty consistently made money. 

 

The Hangover Pt. 2 alone made more money than Wes Andersons entire filmography combined.

Whats your Wes Anderson hate? Lol

 

You're comparing an arthouse director who is one of the very few to actually achieve mainstream commercial attention due to just his style despite the lack of major marketing and wide releases to a guy who has a franchise, a comic book movie, and WB studio backing

 

The fact that Wes Anderson has become a meme with a TikTok trend going viral based off his recognizable style says it all. Ever since Moonrise Kingdom, his films have done very well and generally more than the context surrounding him. (Wes consistently outgrosses his contemporaries and his films perform at the highest tier of the speciality studios releasing them. PTA is probably the greatest living filmmaker and he's never had a true hit.) He doesn't need to have a 100m film to be considered a draw

[Boxx93]

Todd Philips gave us Joker. That alone made me forgive him for those horrible Hangover sequels.

Edited June 27, 2023 by Boxx93

[WorkingonaName]

Hangover 3 is underrated.

[filmlover]

19 minutes ago, Dominic Draper said:

Not sure how you can say Wes Anderson has draw power. And he certainly does not belong in the same sentence as those other director's.

 

He has 1 film that has made over 100M.

He's generally an "acquired taste" filmmaker, and within those domains, his movies consistently make money. Even The French Dispatch didn't do so bad considering it came out during the height of COVID.

 

I saw Asteroid City yesterday with a packed audience made up of mostly older people, and I imagine a lot of that had to do with just how utterly starry it is (the cast being a mixture of A-listers, newer faces, and a whole bunch of notables who have earned their plaudits). Star power is still alive, in some capacity.

[ringedmortality]

5 minutes ago, WorkingonaName said:

Hangover 3 is underrated.

 

What I liked about 3 was that it was kind of a weird crime film. It was like the precursor to Joker with Phillips taking this franchise and just going in a whole different direction. That was also the start of Phillips using the camera in interesting ways.

[DAJK]

22 minutes ago, ringedmortality said:

I was always a fan of The Hangover trilogy, but when Phillips made War Dogs I knew this guy was a real talented filmmaker. And I was proven right three years later when he came out with that sleeper hit.

Agreed (but Hangover 2 and 3 suck lol). I remember reluctantly watching War Dogs because my friend wanted to and thinking wtf why is this so good?

[Dominic Draper]

34 minutes ago, BestPicturePlutoNash said:

Whats your Wes Anderson hate? Lol

 

You're comparing an arthouse director who is one of the very few to actually achieve mainstream commercial attention due to just his style despite the lack of major marketing and wide releases to a guy who has a franchise, a comic book movie, and WB studio backing

 

The fact that Wes Anderson has become a meme with a TikTok trend going viral based off his recognizable style says it all. Ever since Moonrise Kingdom, his films have done very well and generally more than the context surrounding him. (Wes consistently outgrosses his contemporaries and his films perform at the highest tier of the speciality studios releasing them. PTA is probably the greatest living filmmaker and he's never had a true hit.) He doesn't need to have a 100m film to be considered a draw

It's not hate. Just saying Wes Anderson is not a draw like that and doesn't belong in a sentence with people like Nolan.

 

He makes silly quirky comedies with all star casts, it's not likes he out here making polarizing art house stuff, he isnt Lars Von Trier or something.

 

And almost all of PTA's films are financial flops. The opposite of a draw. Being a critical darling doesn't mean you are a draw.

Edited June 27, 2023 by Dominic Draper

[Dominic Draper]

1 minute ago, DAJK said:

Agreed (but Hangover 2 and 3 suck lol). I remember reluctantly watching War Dogs because my friend wanted to and thinking wtf why is this so good?

Jonah Hill laugh in that cracks me up every time.

[ringedmortality]

2 minutes ago, DAJK said:

Agreed (but Hangover 2 and 3 suck lol). I remember reluctantly watching War Dogs because my friend wanted to and thinking wtf why is this so good?

 

I remember really being hyped for it from the trailer. I saw it at an advanced screening before reviews came out, I was actually shocked at how mixed the reception was. I thought it was phenomenal (and it was my wife's first movie so thank you Phillips).