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Variety: ComScore is going with 4.4 billion in estimated ticket sales for 2021, down 61% from 2019, up 91% from 2020. notfabio Dec 27, 12:57

IW: VOD Top Charts and unofficial Netflix Top 10. RESIDENT EVIL already hit PVOD. notfabio Dec 27, 12:47

Sandra Bullock's film knocked off top by DON'T LOOK UP, but she has library title PREMONITION in the Top 10 too. {nm} notfabio Dec 27, 12:48

BO: SING 2 $22.32M Weekend (Actual) / $39.55M Total Antibody Dec 27, 11:47

It did high 8s on Sunday. Matrix is coming down as it was mid3s and not 4+ {nm} ad48 Dec 27, 11:53

I thought Spidey would be around 20M today but its looking better than that and might go as high as 24M today if it holds {nm} ad48 Dec 27, 12:14

Should still be "well" over 600 for the 4 week {nm} ad48 Dec 27, 12:15

Licorice Pizza adjusted down to 1.911 (total 3.25M) from BoPro- thats a shame its so low (will it crack 10M)? {nm} ad48 Dec 27, 12:22

SING2 was really looking good 2 days before release. 10M + and then came in at 8.1M. I guess Omnicron had an effect. {nm} ad48 Dec 27, 12:27

It did not really explode over the weekend either.. For an animated A+ reviewed movie over Christmas its a little surprising. {nm} ad48 Dec 27, 12:28

SPID8 is also having an effect. SING didn't really have another family film compeititon. {nm} Antibody Dec 27, 12:35

We're probably still a few months out from the marketplace not cannibalizing closely released tentpoles (as great as October was) notfabio Dec 27, 13:15

Sony must love this. They barely release a movie for 18 months and then the first two big releases set pandemic records. TheWeekendWarrior Dec 27, 12:44

Good on SONY as they are committed to theatrical release only. {nm} ad48 Dec 27, 12:48

If it manages 50+ definitely they helped. Under 40, negligible. Under 30 get ready for "SUPERHERO FATIGUE!" to get trotted out {nm} notfabio Dec 27, 12:55

Matrrix Resurrections is the most pirated movie of the week... anyone surprised? {nm} TheWeekendWarrior Dec 27, 11:41

Also..."only" 2.8 million views according to SambaTV, 22% under GODZILLA VS KONG (ouch) notfabio Dec 27, 12:51

Also 1 MILLION less than MORTAL KOMBAT (double ouch) {nm} notfabio Dec 27, 12:52

MK numbers remain top notch for Summer. Impressive on those streaming #'s {nm} VictorY Dec 27, 15:20

Huge Weaving, Fishburne needed to be in it for starters (should have waited for HW to be available) {nm} ad48 Dec 27, 15:54

The Per Theater Averages of JFJOR, West Side Story, Nightmare Alley, are pretty dreadful. These movies all have lots of screens. goodvibe61 Dec 27, 10:51

The "good" news for the underperformers, January is awfully quiet, only SCREAM & MORBIUS and SING 2 has a clear run until March {nm} notfabio Dec 27, 11:03

(Hopefully THE 355 does at least 3.55 million OW, but not expecting 10+) {nm} notfabio Dec 27, 11:08

Could also be $355/screen the way things are headed {nm} Tallwonder Dec 27, 11:27

Looks like 355 will be getting previews on Jan 6 (Thur) and RRR will as well {nm} ad48 Dec 27, 11:56

355 at 3.55M OW sounds about right as mentioned above (just guessing) {nm} ad48 Dec 27, 11:57

RRR opens on Jan 6. shoetimes starts in the morning at 10/11 am. {nm} Antibody Dec 27, 11:59

Lots of theatres will drop there screens for the underperformers and replacing them with Sing and Spidey. {nm} ad48 Dec 27, 11:58

Looks like Belle is getting previews on Jan 13 (why?) {nm} ad48 Dec 27, 11:58

Morbius tickets go on sale Jan 1 - lets see if Sony can tie in with Venom/Spidey to get a boost {nm} ad48 Dec 27, 12:00

Scream will also get previews and looks like it will have a lot of screens {nm} ad48 Dec 27, 12:02

BELE IMAX preview starts 1/12. Why not? {nm} Antibody Dec 27, 12:02

Theatre counts (at this stage and will change) Scream 3900, Belle 1200, RRR 2000 , 355 - 1800 {nm} ad48 Dec 27, 12:08

Where are you seeing 2000 for RRR? I don't recall any Bollywood film reaching HSX wide. {nm} Antibody Dec 27, 12:31

Sorry thats my mistake, its 2050 screens (so far). Just running some numbers and am making mistakes. That Thur Jan 6 has sold 1.25M so far. {nm} ad48 Dec 27, 12:46

RRR has no reviews. If its well received could get 15 OW if its not will be far less. {nm} ad48 Dec 27, 12:47

Partly due to IMAX underestimating Demon Slayer and dropping it after pre-opens for MORTAL KOMBAT (more) notfabio Dec 27, 12:17

But beyond that, Anime films have done well for Fathom Events and done reasonably well with COVID-19, so if IMAX can crack those/growth {nm} notfabio Dec 27, 12:19

I have not looked at ticket sales yet so will investigate and see {nm} ad48 Dec 27, 12:20

I'm not expecting anything huge, but the 12th preview show is doing well from what I see (13th almost nothing locally) {nm} notfabio Dec 27, 12:23

If its anything like other Anime it will be pre sale heavy and very frontloaded {nm} ad48 Dec 27, 12:25

Cant get all the data for Belle (just partial) so will have to wait {nm} ad48 Dec 27, 12:57

Variety: Adam McKay talks DON'T LOOK UP ending and post-credits endings used and unused (massive spoilers) notfabio Dec 27, 10:48

Not sure if this is the first Netflix produced film to have an after final end credits scene (I know a couple have mid-credits) {nm} notfabio Dec 27, 10:51

Was watching the movie end just 2min back & then saw your post Tallwonder Dec 27, 11:25

Spoiler tag just in case, McKay discusses that a little at links. Wanted to take the worst aspects from several Presidents/Suze Orman notfabio Dec 27, 11:35

Probably because Streep took a real-life photo with Clinton Antibody Dec 27, 11:55

And you'll never know cause it always jumps to something else :) {nm} TheWeekendWarrior Dec 27, 11:27

Might spur some more creative changes to The Last Policeman adaptation @ Fox with its ending (Spoilers) notfabio Dec 27, 11:53

New THE BATMAN trailer "THE BAT & THE CAT" quasi-leaked, it's official, but unlisted on Youtube. notfabio Dec 27, 09:31

Biggest takeaway is that I get hints of the Imperial March on the trailer's music... :) {nm} slappydavid Dec 27, 10:24

WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWw {nm} gogreenytd Dec 27, 10:39

Meh...if it was called The Batzan, it might be good. ;-) {nm} Catzan Dec 27, 12:04

Fandango Top Ten Most Anticipated 2022 Movies Antibody Dec 27, 09:04

I bet Dr. Strange would have placed at least 2nd if they did the poll after SPID8 came out {nm} TheWeekendWarrior Dec 27, 09:32

Top Gun is #9... who bet $1,000 in Vegas on it? {nm} TheWeekendWarrior Dec 27, 09:39

Interstingly, Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022 according to Chinese Douban film site: Antibody Dec 27, 09:35

Lot of studio heads gonna be kissing Chinese butt next year... TheWeekendWarrior Dec 27, 09:40

That would hint towards a mega glow-up OW for Spider-Verse 2, but the trailer also debuted RIGHT when they started surveying (December 5th) notfabio Dec 27, 09:47

HEY! What happened to The FLASH being #1 on this list?? Sheesh! {nm} Flash Dec 27, 09:49

Well, it doesn't open until November and they've yet to release a trailer... but I guess that's true about Avatar as well? {nm} TheWeekendWarrior Dec 27, 09:51

They released a trailer in October for DC Fandome 2 for THE FLASH. {nm} notfabio Dec 27, 09:57

Really? Did I miss it? (Must have) {nm} TheWeekendWarrior Dec 27, 09:59

Yep (link) though it was billed as "First Look" notfabio Dec 27, 10:02

Oh, right... I remember that non-trailers... but yeah, after SPID8, it's kind of underwhelming {nm} TheWeekendWarrior Dec 27, 11:18

But for lists like these, it's kind of like tracking having to adjust for sequel name recognition. {nm} notfabio Dec 27, 10:01

TN: Monday morning estimates SPID8 $84.53M, $470.36M Antibody Dec 27, 08:54

Gitesh: SPID8 actually made $84.5 mill this weekend, so down just 67.5%. TheWeekendWarrior Dec 27, 08:54

I have a feeling a lot of the Sunday #s are going to be underestimated... but we'll see. {nm} TheWeekendWarrior Dec 27, 08:54

American Underdog is less... $5.9m {nm} TheWeekendWarrior Dec 27, 09:42

Oh, I hit 14 billion... this is usually the time when dates start moving, stocks start crashing... TheWeekendWarrior Dec 27, 08:34

Very Nice - Congrats! {nm} joeoftexas Dec 27, 08:41

Thanks! {nm} TheWeekendWarrior Dec 27, 08:59

Well done! Making H$ is not as easy as it used to be before covid, even with the limit changes. slappydavid Dec 27, 08:42

Especially when I get so many OW derivatives wrong :) {nm} TheWeekendWarrior Dec 27, 08:53

Well done. I can only dream. {nm} Grunt Dec 27, 09:31

Always nice to add another BILLION...kudos!! {nm} Flash Dec 27, 09:46

congrats {nm} oneman Dec 27, 09:50

Nicely Done. Thx for all your Contributions. Thx for that Video Clip of your Bus Ride. RotoHockeyYTD2014 Dec 27, 10:00

That's a huge number! Congrats on that! {nm} goodvibe61 Dec 27, 10:16

Grab a brew! Don't cost nuthin'. {nm} SenJohnBlutarsky Dec 27, 10:18

Woot!! {nm} Buckee Dec 27, 11:02

Yippee-ki-yay Mr Falcon {nm} Initech Dec 27, 11:43

Congrats {nm} cj19 Dec 27, 12:01

Congratz! {nm} Catzan Dec 27, 12:04

Congrats - Very impressive! I was feeling happy that I just hit 1.5 billion {nm} bchicken Dec 27, 13:24

put it on the boarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrd, YES! {nm} journey Dec 27, 14:54

VNT {nm} sneak Dec 27, 16:20

Glaven!!! {nm} Professor Frink Dec 27, 17:08

Recode Podcast via IGN: The Batman will hit HBO Max on the 46th day after release, April 19th as currently scheduled notfabio Dec 27, 06:06

waugh waugh {nm} TheWeekendWarrior Dec 27, 07:04

Turns out that is a Tuesday so pretty normal home video release date. Unsure if it's also going to be PVOD, etc that date or just HBO Max {nm} notfabio Dec 27, 08:25

I have to imagine they'll want to keep some sort of HBO Max exclusive if they can. {nm} TheWeekendWarrior Dec 27, 08:31

Smack-Down Time For 15.2 Million Shares LONG Of (SING2.OW) At 37.15 & For 18.4 Million Shares LONG Of (MTRX4) At 28.52. WCHSTC. Captain Obvious Dec 27, 00:48

Make That (MTRX4.OW). {nm} Captain Obvious Dec 27, 02:07

Yeah, I flipped SING2 in the end to long, but at least I kept the rest short. Still, it's quite a missed opportunity to make a lot more H$. {nm} slappydavid Dec 27, 04:26

I think my wrongly-held OWs will even out with my correct ones... but yeah, no money made. {nm} TheWeekendWarrior Dec 27, 05:08

I'm a little surprised about the Sing2 number; it's a little more subdued than i thought it would be. {nm} goodvibe61 Dec 27, 10:41

KAIGEE: TOP 100 For The Week Ended December 21, 2021 - #1 +73.67 MILL. #100 +38.08 MILL. RotoHockeyYTD2014 Dec 26, 23:02

KAIGEE: TOP 100 For The Year 2021 - #1 +1,345.22 MILL. #100 +402.15 MILL. RotoHockeyYTD2014 Dec 26, 23:05

DL: Director Jean-Marc-Vallee has died at age 58 notfabio Dec 26, 21:00

Very sad news - RIP {nm} joeoftexas Dec 26, 22:31

New openers: Matrix had a really bad day today and did mid 3's {nm} ad48 Dec 26, 20:58

SING2 is under 10, Spidey did 31.5 (all approximates) {nm} ad48 Dec 26, 20:59

DL had Matrix at 4.65, 12M 3 day so that goes down by over 1M, SING2 was 10.1 so that will drop a little {nm} ad48 Dec 26, 21:00

DL had Spidey at 30 so that goes up 1 to 2M {nm} ad48 Dec 26, 21:01

I think as I said a few days ago Matrix 4 week looks like around 50 (maybe less), SING2 will still do well but more like 150-160 4 week(IMO) {nm} ad48 Dec 26, 21:02

Running totals Spidey 469M, Sing2 38M, Matrix 21.5 (yikes) {nm} ad48 Dec 26, 21:05

American Underdog looks like its going to hold ok, the rest have been slaughtered and the schedule has done them no favours, way to crowded {nm} ad48 Dec 26, 21:08

SING2 seems more like 130 to me {nm} bchicken Dec 26, 22:25

Agreed but after having an argument about it on here a few days when I said 170 was crazy I will just say 150-160 and leave it at that. {nm} ad48 Dec 26, 23:23

Is 4x realistic for Sing2? That is about what it’d need to break 150 cash out {nm} Sleprock Dec 27, 03:55

I would say Monday will tell the story sneak Dec 27, 05:58

Disney must be feeling grrrrreat about paying for three new Avatars after seeing that Matrix 4 take fat bernie Dec 26, 20:12

'I'm The King Of The World'. James Cameron Dec 26, 21:28

Im not getting the correlation here? Just the fact that they are existing IP with large gaps in between movies? {nm} MrSmee Dec 27, 03:26

T-was S-A-R-C-A-S-M. {nm} Captain Obvious Dec 27, 05:31

only slightly less time will have passed between Avatar's original release and the sequels and Matrix Revolutions {nm} fat bernie Dec 27, 08:22

Difference is AVATAR is coming off as the biggest earner ever, while MTRX3 was a huge bomb and disappointment. {nm} Antibody Dec 27, 08:59

I think the current state of 3D is one of the bigger issues it faces, they should do "James Cameron Returns" promo events through 2022. notfabio Dec 27, 09:22

On the upside it was generally equally well liked by critics and general audiences, but a comeback for 3D with reused glasses will be hard. notfabio Dec 27, 09:12

C interviews James McTeigue: HWEAV would've been in MTRX4 if not for scheduling/COVID. (I could tell LAWIL shot his scene separateley) Antibody Dec 26, 12:48

HWEAV's side of the story was he read the script, accepted, in negotiations it fell apart when he asked them to wait after his commitment. notfabio Dec 26, 14:44

Pretty similar to Matt Damon turning down Avatar because of his Bourne sequel commitments. {nm} notfabio Dec 26, 14:46

Eric Idle: Paramount loses rights to make a festure film version of Spamalot in 2 months notfabio Dec 26, 12:36

RREYN: First Look Spirited [SPRTD] Holidays 2022 Antibody Dec 26, 12:33