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[Jonwo]

4 minutes ago, filmlover said:

For some movies it's not a big deal at all provided they sell themselves ala The Marvels or anything part of an established franchise. But I imagine for something like Dune the star appearances are part of the package deal, especially if one of the hooks is seeing Timothee/Zendaya/Butler/Pugh together on the red carpet. Zendaya's other fall movie is now being released well into next year because of that.

I do think Denis promoting Dune on his own is not ideal for the studios, he's no Nolan. 

 

17 minutes ago, filmlover said:

Twisters was in the middle of filming when the strike began so it's definitely not making next July unless the strike ends tomorrow. We might see more of what happened during the worst of COVID where some of Summer '24's tentpoles become Summer '25's as reshuffling occurs.

I don't think all the summer 2024 films will move to 2025, some might but not all. Twisters in November would do decent business, 2012 comes to mind which did very strong business.

 

 

[grim22]

8 minutes ago, filmlover said:

For some movies it's not a big deal at all provided they sell themselves ala The Marvels or anything part of an established franchise. But I imagine for something like Dune the star appearances are part of the package deal, especially if one of the hooks is seeing Timothee/Zendaya/Butler/Pugh together on the red carpet. Zendaya's other fall movie is now being released well into next year because of that.

Even for known franchises, it's definitely a help if something goes viral to remind people of the movie. There's been times when the Star doing press has genuinely helped a movie like Brad Pitt with WWZ and Tom Cruise with Rogue Nation.

 

The talk show circuit gets a lot of YouTube views, and going viral is a great way to remind people of a movie and promote future movies as well.

[XXRDJisDoctorDoom]

31 minutes ago, baumer said:

Yes but we do have rough estimates, both rth and Empire are saying the same thing.

Oh? What’re they saying? I’m in the middle of a 900 mile road trip so I haven’t been keeping up.

[Hatebox]

Just now, XXR Union Solidarity said:

Oh? What’re they saying? I’m in the middle of a 900 mile road trip so I haven’t been keeping up.

70m and 33m Fridays respectively if I’ve followed correctly.

[Michael Gary Scott]

20 minutes ago, Hatebox said:

Is the actors not being able to do promo really that big a deal if the movie’s already in the can? Clearly studios knows more about it than I do if it’s even being debated.

Yes part of the reason Barbie has exploded so much is because I've been seeing the cast on various tik toks for the last two weeks without the actors to promote it probably doesn't open as big

[ringedmortality]

Pre-pandemic cast interviews reminded me when certain movies would be coming out. It’s also just fun seeing all of them and all the compilations people make.

[Grebacio]

 

 

 

[Ezen Baklattan]

70

55

47

 

33

27

23

 

$172M for Barbie, $83M for Oppenheimer.

 

We're so fucking back

[wildphantom]

18 minutes ago, filmlover said:

For some movies it's not a big deal at all provided they sell themselves ala The Marvels or anything part of an established franchise. But I imagine for something like Dune the star appearances are part of the package deal, especially if one of the hooks is seeing Timothee/Zendaya/Butler/Pugh together on the red carpet. Zendaya's other fall movie is now being released well into next year because of that.

I just can’t imagine anybody who is going to see Dune needs to see them on a press tour to want to go to the movie. It’s the second half of a two-film epic that people are either already invested in, or they’re not.
 

If it was the first film, then yeah - I would understand a potential delay. But the first film’s success has already sold the second one in my eyes. Awareness is substantial enough for them to surely not even question releasing it in the fall?? 
 

Cinemas need movies and we’re on a roll now. The last thing studios should be doing is moving films that are ready. Especially ones that sell themselves. Momentum is everything 

[Dephira]

Mission Impossible deserved way higher numbers too 

[charlie Jatinder]

 

[IronJimbo & Sheldon's Son]

-	(2)	Mission: Impossible Dead …	Paramount Pi…	$5,560,000	+61%	-67%	4,321	$1,287	$104,813,469	10
-	(3)	Indiana Jones and the Dia…	Walt Disney	$1,900,000	+40%	-42%	2,885	$659	$154,218,862	22
-	(5)	Elemental	Walt Disney	$1,800,000	+55%	-30%	2,720	$662	$133,233,827	36
-	(7)	Transformers: Rise of the…	Paramount Pi…	$311,000	+13%	-68%	834	$373	$154,833,604	43
-	(8)	The Little Mermaid	Walt Disney	$200,000	-18%	-70%	620	$323	$295,612,596	57
-	(-)	Theater Camp	Searchlight …	$113,000	+590%	+2%	51	$2,216	$519,487	8
-	(-)	The Boogeyman	20th Century…	$6,000	-41%	-87%	125	$48	$43,216,277	50

[Issac Newton]

 

 

[Grebacio]

 

 

 

 

[ringedmortality]

I feel like Dune can be pretty easily promoted without the cast involved but they probably want Butler/Chalamet TikTok’s 

[YM!]

47 minutes ago, XXR Union Solidarity said:

Nearly 100 pages and we don’t even have firm Friday numbers yet. Nice job everyone 🔥

The movies are back and the forum is back.

[IronJimbo & Sheldon's Son]

2 minutes ago, Grebacio said:

 

 

 

 

150m is gigalocked if it's only gonna drop ~30% off Barbenheimer. Even $160m is probably lockable now.

[Deep Wang]

5 minutes ago, wildphantom said:

I just can’t imagine anybody who is going to see Dune needs to see them on a press tour to want to go to the movie. It’s the second half of a two-film epic that people are either already invested in, or they’re not.

 

You have to understand that there are absolutely people out there that saw the first but had no idea there was another one coming.  

[MrFanaticGuy34]

4 minutes ago, Dephira said:

Mission Impossible deserved way higher numbers too 

True. Though there’s always the chance that the next one will do much better. Part 2 just needs a better release date without any competition hurting it. And it needs to be marketed as the “final one”.

[filmlover]

3 minutes ago, wildphantom said:

I just can’t imagine anybody who is going to see Dune needs to see them on a press tour to want to go to the movie. It’s the second half of a two-film epic that people are either already invested in, or they’re not.
 

If it was the first film, then yeah - I would understand a potential delay. But the first film’s success has already sold the second one in my eyes. Awareness is substantial enough for them to surely not even question releasing it in the fall?? 
 

Cinemas need movies and we’re on a roll now. The last thing studios should be doing is moving films that are ready. Especially ones that sell themselves. Momentum is everything 

Studios are thinking more about the long term than anything else. The fact the studios are already delaying movies from this fall (including rumors about movies on the move) indicates that 1) they don't expect the strike to be resolved in the near future (their fault and no one else's but I digress) and 2) there's about to be a few holes in the schedule next year that will need to be filled due to a lot of movies being held up by the strike right now (and unlikely to make their dates because of it). It's all about finding that middle ground where everyone wins.

 

Besides, Dune is in a tough spot right now since it's set to lose all IMAX/PLF screens in Weekend 2. If they can find another, better spot where it can thrive, it wouldn't be the worst thing for it.