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DL: MINECRAFT 100+ million (50 million Thursday/Friday) some rivals see 130+ notfabio Apr 04, 13:17

Chosen Part 2 is down $2 million from Part 1 last Friday according to DL {nm} TheWeekendWarrior Apr 04, 14:09

DL: Speaking at festival Storyhouse DaCosta revealed to the audience that Hedda Gabler was set to be released this October. (HEDAG) Godfather41 Apr 04, 13:14

Cryptic: The MISS8 trailer (likely the CinemaCon one) is next week (Antibody is right, the TRON trailer is for The Amateur) notfabio Apr 04, 13:06

NPN: Charlie Plummer is Being Eyed to Star as Haymitch in 'The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping' [HGAM6] Antibody Apr 04, 12:53

DRPK: Ralph Fiennes is reportedly in talks to play Coriolanus Snow Antibody Apr 04, 15:55

why not Kiefer Sutherland? Rishoutfield Apr 04, 16:22

Regal Cineworld C.E.O. : "it would not be in our best interest to play (Netflix's Narnia) " Peterlee Apr 04, 12:26

"I truly hope that Greta can convince Netflix to give it a longer window, and then we could play it." Peterlee Apr 04, 12:26

He also mentioned that "You have the new Hunger Games by Lionsgate. And they have an Imax commitment." Peterlee Apr 04, 12:29

btw, Neon C.E.O. Tom Quinn also told Puck that "Anora" wouldn't be the best picture winner if it only had 45 days window. (It had 70 days.) Peterlee Apr 04, 12:32

Sneider is teasing a news drop of some kind. notfabio Apr 04, 12:10

TRON:ARES trailer tomorrow (presumably the one shown at CinemaCon and will be in-theatres with THUNDERBOLTS*) notfabio Apr 04, 10:42

If it's online tomorrow, it'll be in theaters next weekend. nm Antibody Apr 04, 11:31

Disney usually does long lead trailer drops (at least 2 weeks out for major titles) {nm} notfabio Apr 04, 12:08

TBOLT is 4 weeks away. AMTUR is next weekend. nm Antibody Apr 04, 12:15

DL: The Sphere will screen an expanded version of the 1939 The Wizard of Oz starting August 28th and an IMAX style docu From The Edge/ notfabio Apr 04, 10:13

Save Arclight is actually going through with their in person protest event April 13th at 1 PM! notfabio Apr 04, 09:54

Official number from WB is $10.55m in Thursday previews for Minecraft {nm} TheWeekendWarrior Apr 04, 08:06

5 Nights at Freddy's was $10.3m and that ended up with $80m but that was also on Peacock TheWeekendWarrior Apr 04, 08:08

(Confirmed by The Numbers at link below) {nm} TheWeekendWarrior Apr 04, 08:08

Yeah, I don't think Empire's 130 is happening, but obviously WB was tightly managing expectations. {nm} notfabio Apr 04, 08:10

135 {nm} Godfather41 Apr 04, 08:12

Where did he say 130? {nm} Antibody Apr 04, 08:12

Charlie/Jatinder last night (see below) {nm} TheWeekendWarrior Apr 04, 08:12

Oh, Empire? No idea... at least Charlie/Jatinder was closer than DL on the preview projection. {nm} TheWeekendWarrior Apr 04, 08:13

They are two different people. {nm} Antibody Apr 04, 08:13

I mean, this guy who posts as Charlie under Jatinder's account. TheWeekendWarrior Apr 04, 08:14

I meant Empire and Charlie/Jat are two different people. {nm} Antibody Apr 04, 08:17

Oh, I know that... I was referring to Jat in my IM. Sorry for the confusion :) {nm} TheWeekendWarrior Apr 04, 08:19

WIth the way presales escalated and the pace at the end I think the IM will be quite large. Def more than 10x, maybe 12 or 13. {nm} MattW Apr 04, 08:45

TN: Hell of a Summer Thursday previews $215k TheWeekendWarrior Apr 04, 07:55

Gonna struggle to make $2m this weekend, methinks. {nm} TheWeekendWarrior Apr 04, 07:56

Are The Chosen "movies" doing Thursday previews? weird that they reported Thursdays for Chapter 1 but nothing for Chapter 2? TheWeekendWarrior Apr 04, 08:03

Yes, there are Thu previews. Part 1 didn't report them separately. {nm} Antibody Apr 04, 08:08

Belloni via Sneider: Guy Ritchie is in talks to direct ROAD HOUSE 2 for Amazon MGM. Antibody Apr 04, 07:49

hold out for theatr-- ah, never mind {nm} uncle michelle Apr 04, 08:24

Maybe the new Amazon MGM will put it in theaters... but Ritchie seems to be drifting further into streaming with each project. {nm} TheWeekendWarrior Apr 04, 09:52

4-4 poster for FANF2. No new trailer? Antibody Apr 04, 07:44

Rando claimed Cinemark employee claim Minecraft presales have outpaced Mario and inside Out 2 notfabio Apr 04, 07:06

Of course Minecraft would cater to an online buying crowd by far {nm} notfabio Apr 04, 07:07

Gunn: Alan Tudyk's mystery Superman role is as one of Superman's robots notfabio Apr 04, 06:10

Entertainment Tonight: Pugh and Harbour both say they haven't read a script for Avengers Doomsday yet notfabio Apr 04, 06:06

Paramount advising chains: stop with the prehow ads, minimal trailers, matinee pricing until 6p shows. fair trade for restoring the window uncle michelle Apr 03, 23:36

45 day windows are not going to makeup for the revenue loss of pre-show and paid studio trailer placement for the Big 3 {nm} notfabio Apr 04, 06:29

Indies and smaller chains without preshow contractual agreements and paid placement have some room there however notfabio Apr 04, 06:34

DL: Maika Monroe Joins ‘Place To Be’ [PLCTB] Antibody Apr 03, 22:38

DL: MINEC Previews tonight per sources are around $7M+ after starting at 3PM. Conservative projections have risen to $75M+, Antibody Apr 03, 22:26

This is such a BIG difference from this... VVV {nm} TheWeekendWarrior Apr 04, 05:19

Jat: $10M+ previews for #MinecraftMovie. Robust $40M+ pre-sales for the weekend, incredible momentum. Expecting $130M+ weekend. Godfather41 Apr 03, 20:38

Looks like it's going to be the biggest opening of the year by far. {nm} TheWeekendWarrior Apr 03, 21:02

Honestly 2 weeks ago it looked like 50M, Sales have grown at such a rate. Nobody could see 130M 2 weeks ago. {nm} Godfather41 Apr 03, 21:32

Huge number. Family films (looking at Mario) have killed it this calendar weekend {nm} JayPrimetown Apr 04, 05:20