Giorno Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 Shawn says $2m previews for SawX - (1) The Nun II Warner Bros. $500,000 -19% -46% 3,536 $141 $72,084,196 21 - (-) Barbie Warner Bros. $210,000 -24% -34% 2,634 $80 $631,655,028 70 - (-) Blue Beetle Warner Bros. $70,000 -33% -48% 1,954 $36 $70,324,308 42 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorno Posted September 29, 2023 Author Share Posted September 29, 2023 $1.6m Creator 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinacolada Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Giorno said: $1.6m Creator Welp.... This is probably including the Wednesday previews too.... so double welp... Hopefully can still do well enough for like high teens (17m+) Edited September 29, 2023 by Pinacolada Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorno Posted September 29, 2023 Author Share Posted September 29, 2023 6PM previews for an original movie, IM should be quite high Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinacolada Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 4 minutes ago, Giorno said: 6PM previews for an original movie, IM should be quite high I'd be more optimistic if 1.6m is for pure Thursday. I'm assuming that 1.6m number is including the Wednesday previews as well, which was probably a solid 100k or so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonwo Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 Both Saw and Paw Patrol have low budgets so both will be very profitable although I suspect the latter doesn't really matter because the toy sales likely make up for any shortfall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cmasterclay Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 (edited) I don't know why they even bother opening up theaters every weekend anymore. Just go straight to the roadshow model and open once a month for Taylor Swift or Top Gun or whatever. It's just so fucking sad and disheartening. Top this one, CJohn. Edited September 29, 2023 by Cmasterclay 1 1 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 Just now, Cmasterclay said: I don't know why they even bother opening up theaters every weekend anymore. Just go straight to the roadshow model and open once a month for Taylor Swift or Top Gun or whatever. It's just so fucking sad and disheartening. Top this one, CJohn. This is good and actually true tbh. What is the point of September in general? Just cancel the whole thing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildphantom Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 I don’t know how any sci-fi fan worth their salt isn’t going to see The Creator this weekend. I mean, Christ. Very depressing preview number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonwo Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 I see the negative nellies are out of in force..Just need the cat to complete the trinity of pessimism... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WrathOfHan Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 That's fucking awful for The Creator with Early Access bundled in. The meh reviews clearly hurt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 I am guessing 16M for The Creator and 19M for Saw X. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 2 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said: That's fucking awful for The Creator with Early Access bundled in. The meh reviews clearly hurt it. I mean, it is still fresh with 68%. What is needed for people to go to theaters? Shiny Certified Fresh 90%+ scores for every movie? That is unsustainable and impossible, might as well close doors now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorno Posted September 29, 2023 Author Share Posted September 29, 2023 2 minutes ago, CJohn said: I mean, it is still fresh with 68%. What is needed for people to go to theaters? Shiny Certified Fresh 90%+ scores for every movie? That is unsustainable and impossible, might as well close doors now. brand recognition 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cmasterclay Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 My mom and my roommate both declined to see The Creator with me this weekend because it looks too generic and boring for them. And they love sci-fi and aren't like franchise fiends or anything like that. Just something about it clearly not connecting with audiences. Not fun enough, not dark enough, not cool enough, not dark enough. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Prime Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 2 minutes ago, CJohn said: I mean, it is still fresh with 68%. What is needed for people to go to theaters? Shiny Certified Fresh 90%+ scores for every movie? That is unsustainable and impossible, might as well close doors now. Simple. It has to be a nostalgic brand people recognize, but also a brand that isn’t nostalgic to only old white people at the same time. Not a lot of those out there sadly. And if you want to dare make something that isn’t based off a brand, you might as well just give up. People get mad at my pessimism, yet it’s harder every week to not feel pessimistic. Ohhhhhhhhh well. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cmasterclay Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 1 minute ago, Eric the Creator said: Simple. It has to be a nostalgic brand people recognize, but also a brand that isn’t nostalgic to only old white people at the same time. Not a lot of those out there sadly. And if you want to dare make something that isn’t based off a brand, you might as well just give up. People get mad at my pessimism, yet it’s harder every week to not feel pessimistic. Ohhhhhhhhh well. Frankly, I don't think you or even I are pessimistic enough. I'd say cascading series of collapse in theater industry due to inability to turn a profit is going to happen, and once the big structural dominoes fall, there won't be any coming back. I'd say around early next year we get an announcement of mass closures of 200+ AMC and Regals, which leads to a run on stock and then a total bankruptcy and collapse of the movie theater industry. That's my honest prediction for sometime in the near future - though I won't make any promises on exactly when. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valencia Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 6 minutes ago, CJohn said: I mean, it is still fresh with 68%. What is needed for people to go to theaters? Shiny Certified Fresh 90%+ scores for every movie? That is unsustainable and impossible, might as well close doors now. Nobody’s going to take a chance on mid films with 2023 ticket prices and concessions now. You can watch mid movies for free on streaming. If it’s not exceptional you can’t expect GA to turn out. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Prime Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 9 minutes ago, Cmasterclay said: My mom and my roommate both declined to see The Creator with me this weekend because it looks too generic and boring for them. And they love sci-fi and aren't like franchise fiends or anything like that. Just something about it clearly not connecting with audiences. Not fun enough, not dark enough, not cool enough, not dark enough. Cap brought up a good point earlier this week where having the movie being about protecting and saving an AI robot feels a little out of touch when so many of us are worried about AI replacing writers and actors and other sectors and industries. Which like…I don’t think that’s the main culprit, but it does kind of feel a tad awkward in hindsight, especially when the best, most successful sci-fi is designed to either be escapist or politically progressive. Or in some cases both. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorno Posted September 29, 2023 Author Share Posted September 29, 2023 1 minute ago, Valencia said: Nobody’s going to take a chance on mid films with 2023 ticket prices and concessions now. You can watch mid movies for free on streaming. If it’s not exceptional you can’t expect GA to turn out. has less to do with being "mid" and more with it not being based on anything that has a fanbase, mario got terrible reviews and made 200m in 5 days, even garbage like thor 4 and jwd made insane money despite poor-mediocre reviews Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
