Weekend Thread | TAYLOR SWIFT $31M Estimate, KOTFM $23M

[Eric Prime]

Moderation

 

”Scorsese vs. Marvel” is so 2019. We don’t need to drudge up unnecessary topics like this again, so please don’t bring it up again. Thank you!

[CoolioD1]

3 minutes ago, wildphantom said:

I’m at the theatre now for KOTFM. It’s got an interval too, so curious if there’s a natural pause as an act ends or it feels like it’s just been stopped. 
 

Had one a few times before. Notably for Dances with Wolves in 1990, Wyatt Earp in 94 and Hateful Eight. It worked great in the latter as Tarantino designed it for one. 
 

anyways, here we go. Very hyped. 

The only time I've seen it happen in a UK cinema was when I saw King Kong. It was a little abrupt. 

 

I spent the summer in Malta in 2008 and every movie I saw had an intermission. Even Kung Fu Panda which is like 90 minutes.

[Mojoguy]

Disney just threw away $200M making that 3 hour Secret Invasion garbage show. Yet people are complaining about KOTF? Studio routinely piss away money, KOTF has to be better than Invasion, right?

 

Edit: Just saw Eric post, so won't mention Marvel again lol

Edited October 22, 2023 by Mojoguy

[JustLurking]

7 minutes ago, wildphantom said:

I’m at the theatre now for KOTFM. It’s got an interval too, so curious if there’s a natural pause as an act ends or it feels like it’s just been stopped. 
 

Had one a few times before. Notably for Dances with Wolves in 1990, Wyatt Earp in 94 and Hateful Eight. It worked great in the latter as Tarantino designed it for one. 
 

anyways, here we go. Very hyped. 

Don't think Scorsese planned for an intermission, but here in Italy we have them for every film so I'm used to somewhat abrupt 5min breaks.

[CoolioD1]

They were taking the piss when I saw flower moon. the usual fifteen minutes of adverts, then EIGHT trailers and then like ten more adverts. Wanted to make sure I was sat for the full 4 hours. some of the old people in the crowd probably got DVT.

[Eric Prime]

Intermissions for big movies is something I kind of get, though I don’t think you need to have it. But what is the point of an intermission for 90 minute movies? People can sit still for that long quite easily.

[VanillaSkies]

So… 

Are there, like, any weekend numbers in this thread?

[grim22]

29 minutes ago, Eric Mouse said:

Intermissions for big movies is something I kind of get, though I don’t think you need to have it. But what is the point of an intermission for 90 minute movies? People can sit still for that long quite easily.

Sell concessions. Theaters make bank on popcorn, drink and meal sales in India during the intermission. Every movie has one here, Hollywood movies are just stopped at a random moment.

[TwoMisfits]

15 minutes ago, VanillaSkies said:

So… 

Are there, like, any weekend numbers in this thread?

 

Low, low, lower, and lowest...looks like another under $100M DOM total at the BO for all movies, although it's close - Taylor probably is keeping theaters afloat...

 

Nightmare before Christmas's re-release being the biggest high point, so you know it wasn't great...

 

 

[AMC Theaters Enjoyer]

Interestingly, when I saw Flower Moon yesterday the theater did an intermission halfway through.

[Issac Newton]

 

 

[Issac Newton]

 

 

[Shawn Robbins]

10 hours ago, ZattMurdock said:

I can’t say anything about KotFM, but both Oppenheimer and Avengers: Endgame fly by as far as I’m concerned. Then there are films that drags. Peter Jackson’s King Kong as one of them, and I’d kinda argue Dune too.

I was a big Kong defender back in my youthful college days, but you're definitely not wrong about the pacing.

 

I need to watch Dune again. Loved it but only saw it once.

[Krissykins]

The Nun II retaining 75% of the audience for the first film is impressive. $85.3m domestic now. 

[WrathOfHan]

The thing with KOTFM is the only logical intermission point is right at the two hour mark. At that point you can survive another 80 minutes.

[titanic2187]

Just ok limited expansion for Anatomy of fall. Not that much different from sadness last year. Even with fantastic 93% verified audience score, I am not sure if this can hit 5m. Still an awesome number for a two-third non-English movie but I was hoping more because the American trailer or marketing mostly “hide” away its non-English dialogue. 

[Spidey Freak]

Millennials and Gen Z enjoying a Swift/Scorsese double bill

[abracadabra1998]

7 minutes ago, titanic2187 said:

Just ok limited expansion for Anatomy of fall. Not that much different from sadness last year. Even with fantastic 93% verified audience score, I am not sure if this can hit 5m. Still an awesome number for a two-third non-English movie but I was hoping more because the American trailer or marketing mostly “hide” away its non-English dialogue. 

 

These kinds of movies are tricky now; they need the good old Oscar bump (Triangle of Sadness would have surely gotten one, since it earned a Best Pic nom), but since the Oscars are now in March and everything is more dragged out, that's not really a thing anymore sadly. See: Women Talking last year. 

 

In short I think the Oscars need to go back to their February slot, noms announced in the beginning of January so that smaller movies can ride those noms and see some more meaningful bumps.

[TwoMisfits]

First weekend box office numbers from https://www.the-numbers.com/weekend-box-office-chart

Weekend Domestic Chart for October 20, 2023

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Chart Index

		Movie Title	Distributor	Gross	%LW	Theaters	Theaters Change	Per Theater	Total Gross	Weekends In Release
1	(8)	The Nun II	Warner Bros.	$887,000	-45%	1,364	-764	$650	$85,308,071	7
2	(-)	Dicks: The Musical	A24	$377,653	+299%	345	+330	$1,095	$826,388	3
3	(-)	Barbie	Warner Bros.	$260,000	-45%	417	-255	$624	$635,680,031	14
4	(-)	Anatomy of a Fall	Neon	$154,399	+31%	14	+9	$11,029	$333,891	2
5	(-)	Stop Making Sense	Cinecom	$61,915	-64%	89	-169	$696	$4,721,333	2,036
6	(-)	Talk To Me	A24	$30,829	-43%	25	-35	$1,233	$48,249,468	13
7	(-)	The Royal Hotel	Neon	$29,000	-78%	90	-183	$322	$766,453	3
8	(-)	Divinity	Utopia	$9,944	+94%	3	+2	$3,315	$16,170	2
9	N	Another Body	Utopia	$5,573		1		$5,573	$5,573	1

[Day and Date The Best]

3 hours ago, TomThomas said:

3-4 episode streaming series with at least twice lower budget and without DiCaprio ans De Niro. Cool.

Disagree, as a movie is how it showld be, its basically a Streaming service promo with this Box  Office but well... It's not Barbie or Oppenheimer. And never was meant to be maybe. 

Edited October 22, 2023 by Day and Date The Best