MSS: Kingo movie poster on the set of Loki S2 Jul 04, 14:56
Empire via /FILM: 20 to 30% less box office than Avatar 1 for Avatar 2 would be bad per James Cameron Jul 04, 12:49
20% would be Avatar needs to make at least 608 million domestically escape the bad place {nm} Jul 04, 12:52
Or in other words would have to at least have a similar run to Top Gun 2 {nm} Jul 04, 13:05
AVAT2 is going to be more similar to STAR7/8/9. {nm} Jul 04, 13:11
To do $600M+ these days, it's gonna have to open $150-200M. {nm} Jul 04, 13:44
TOPG2 is the exception. ;) {nm} Jul 04, 13:46
"You trusted me . . . . you ****ed up!" {nm} Jul 04, 14:31
Disinsider: Martin Klebba at Fan Expo Denver "I play Grumpy" in [SNWHT] "coming out late next year". Jul 04, 12:12
THR: The majority of the audience (34%) watching ‘Minions:The Rise Of Gru this weekend was between ages 13 and 17." Jul 04, 11:43
BBC: Some cinemas have banned young people wearing suits in the UK Jul 04, 11:55
DF doesn't understand the definition of majority (51%), which THR doesn't actually use. Jul 04, 11:46
"don't listen to what I say because I don't really know. " {nm} Jul 04, 11:34
I assume in the U.S. any further ones will be TV movies, yes? Maybe theaters elsewhere, but here? {nm} Jul 04, 11:40
Why TV movies in the US? {nm} Jul 04, 13:30
Because: who is going to make the commitment to pay and go see this in a movie theater here? {nm} Jul 04, 23:21
You read that right... the marathons start at 6 AM :) {nm} Jul 04, 11:19
They're doing it at AMC and Alamo here, but obviously not all the theaters. {nm} Jul 05, 05:42
Need For Speed total BO $43.5m, Gran Turismo (which is a 2nd attempt) 24 day expected BO IPO price $50m! Jul 04, 10:03
Racing is hot right now. F1 seeing a major push in the US {nm} Jul 04, 10:30
Need an IPO for the Brad Pitt / Joseph Kosinski F1 project!! {nm} Jul 04, 10:43
DM: First Look at Chris Hemsworth in blurry MMAX4 setpics along with his father and kids in costume as well Jul 04, 09:27
SB MMAX5 {nm} Jul 04, 10:15
So Who Saw What Last Week?...Modern Times (A)...Father of the Bride (2022) (B) {nm} Jul 04, 09:07
ma raneys black bottom d+(1 1/2 hours of arguing) trial of the chcago 7 b+ {nm} Jul 04, 09:11
Ma Rainey is a play adapted from stage to movie, if you're not one who likes theatre its not for you {nm} Jul 04, 10:06
The Apartment is A+++ {nm} Jul 04, 10:08
I like Black Book; i've seen it a couple times, including on screen at a TCM Fest. Period Noir. {nm} Jul 04, 10:10
Nightmare Alley 7.1, The Forgiven 6.7, Emergency 6.6 {nm} Jul 04, 09:52
Extra Ordinary (Ireland) B, City of God (Brazil 2002) A, Fruitvale Station B {nm} Jul 04, 10:24
Watcher: A; Black Sunday (Bava) B+; Def by Temptation; C. Thanks Joe Bob! {nm} Jul 04, 10:13
Stranger Things (who are we kidding, this was just a looong movie) (A), Blasted (B-), Jerry and Marge Go Large (B+) {nm} Jul 04, 10:28
The Big Sleep (1946) A+, Palm Springs (2020) B+, The Driver (1978) B, The Far Horizons (1955) B, Noises Off (1992) A+ {nm} Jul 04, 12:56
BOR: Updated 4-day weekend estimate for Minions: The Rise of Gru is $125.19M. Updated 3-day weekend estimate is $107.0M. Jul 04, 09:06
The third Clerks III (CLRK3) poster release of the week leading up to the first trailer drop on Wednesday, July 6th. Jul 04, 08:21
Empire: James Cameron Might Not Direct Avatar 4 And 5 Jul 04, 07:48
On AVATAR4 "I hope I get to make it" "depends on market forces" (he has filmed a little of i) {nm} Jul 04, 07:58
Seems like he's coming up with a backup plan should 4&5 get sent to streaming. {nm} Jul 04, 08:00
In other words he’s not gonna waste his time if it goes straight to streaming? {nm} Jul 04, 08:08
For them to even consider streaming would mean they believe that 2 and 3 have a chance at severely underperforming. Jul 04, 08:43
Also depends if Chapek and Kareem Daniel are still making key decisions end of this year/next (new contracts or not) Jul 04, 09:13
(make a decision early-Mid 2023 on #4) {nm} Jul 04, 09:14
DL: DUNE PART 2 starts pre-shooting in Italy as soon as tomorrow, formal production begins July 21st in Budapest Jul 03, 11:38
NYT feature on Waititi yesterday says he's "adapting a graphic novel by Alejandro Jodorowsky and Moebius for a feature film" Jul 03, 09:43
He says he's also working on " five other things that haven’t been reported on yet" {nm} Jul 03, 09:45
He's become the new Guillermo del Toro. {nm} Jul 03, 17:42
NOPE viral site Jul 03, 08:52
Weekend estimates: MNIO2 $108.51M/$127.9M, MLCLS $825K/$1.03M; ELVIS - 39%, BPHON - 48% Jul 03, 08:16
LIghtyear will have to make 3X what it made this weekend over its last six days in order to hit current price. {nm} Jul 03, 08:38
With Thor coming out next weekend it looks bleak for LY. Might get to 115 if its lucky. {nm} Jul 03, 17:04
Seems the meme factor boosted Friday quite a bit Jul 03, 08:59
i'm 99% sure this is the guy writing the Minions scripts for them Jul 03, 11:58
Monday also down more than estimates expected Jul 05, 13:01
any articles on Disney's or Pixar's response to the Lightyear disaster? {nm} Jul 03, 17:51
They said something about it being Despicable. {nm} Jul 03, 18:03
only that the board gave Chapek a new three-year contract {nm} Jul 03, 18:15
And his bonus goes to "infinity and beyond" {nm} Jul 03, 18:41
lol to all of the above {nm} Jul 03, 18:45
Tim Allen did eventually comment on it, saying he stayed out of it since it really wasn't related to his character. {nm} Jul 04, 07:34
the RDA has a whole set of Recoms, aka Recombinants – avatars embedded with the memories of human soldiers. {nm} Jul 03, 07:33
Why does the new Star Wars IPO have 90m shares vs the std big IPO 60m number for the past year or so? {nm} Jul 02, 23:55
time to dream big or to go home :) {nm} Jul 03, 00:30
Because it's Star Wars. There's no standard 60M. {nm} Jul 03, 07:30
But just to clarify FYI you can still only buy $/or short a limit of 150,000 shares. {nm} Jul 04, 19:24
I totallly forgot there was a Despicable Me 4 IPO {nm} Jul 02, 19:19
I had no idea (DESM4) existed before, so I greatly appreciate the tip. {nm} Jul 02, 21:13