THR: Neill Blomkamp, District 10 is on hold indefinitely, not even sure he wants to make it. Aug 25, 14:53
Sharlto Copley seemed pretty angry about him jerking everyone around on D10 while he was doing BEAST press. Aug 25, 14:59
He already has AGC funding for his next movie THFUS {nm} Aug 25, 15:35
DL: Mostly non-A List cast showing up at Venice. Adam Driver, Mad Mikkelsen, Peter Sarsgaard are the biggest. Aug 25, 14:46
So that would be only $2.7M in true Friday and $3.9M in pre-Thursday previews {nm} Aug 25, 14:25
Retribution, is seeing $1M today {nm} Aug 25, 14:26
It might be 2nd behind JoyRide for biggest bomb of the year. {nm} Aug 25, 20:46
DL: National Cinema Day Sunday is outselling Saturday by 700% (at $4.00 a ticket) Aug 25, 13:15
DanielRPK via WOR: Disney wants Baz Luhrmann to direct their live-action remake of “Tangled,” Aug 25, 12:24
yesssss {nm} Aug 25, 12:44
TV Spot or Viral Online Spot, explaining who the heck The Creator is in The Creator Aug 25, 11:18
its neither, 15/30 sec spots are standard now in digital media Aug 25, 11:35
I think about this a lot - did SDCC really make the difference for D9 or was it other things? Aug 25, 11:57
I might have been skewed since I was actually in Hall H for Sony's D9 panel (didn't get into the screening at the Gaslamp) Aug 25, 12:25
Nice time. long lead Empire just came out with its DUNE2 issue Aug 25, 11:12
timing {nm} Aug 25, 11:12
poor folks tweeted about it the day before (or day of?) the date change announcement...lol {nm} Aug 25, 11:27
Empire tweeted I mean {nm} Aug 25, 11:28
It's looking like Bottoms will go nationwide on Sept 1 Aug 25, 10:36
Reddit: The 3 major chains are offering 1$ an hour to holiday pay for staff working National Cinema Day this year Aug 25, 10:30
Well, in defense of the theaters. . .they are only getting $4/patron so there's not a lot of money to go around! {nm} Aug 25, 12:46
JGUNN: This is the ****tiest fancast I’ve ever seen. Aug 25, 10:01
THR: Update on the LA Theatre Scene. Decurion declined to comment about Arclight Hollywood. But randos are doing well. Aug 25, 09:59
Property Owner for the current Regency formerly Mann Fox Village wants 17 million for it (Yikes!). {nm} Aug 25, 10:00
so far they’ve missed Maverick, Avatar 2, and Barbenheimer being dark. and nothing is happening with the property afaict {nm} Aug 25, 10:47
DL: GTURS $1.4M In Thursday Previews Aug 25, 08:04
Quorum: The Creator tracking behind MNFAL (comps uses BULTR(?) and NRTHM (?)) Aug 25, 07:45
Their comp database is limited since The Quorum is so new and... Aug 25, 08:14
take the Dune date at least {nm} Aug 25, 10:48
That would only give it a week before their own CMAAR2. {nm} Aug 25, 11:01
They should just move Marvels up to Nov 3. It's crazy not to have a wide release on that date. {nm} Aug 25, 11:26
What is this American Fiction thing? The highly-unreliable BOM has that going wide on 11/10 after an 11/3 limited {nm} Aug 25, 11:27
Jatinder: JAWAN crossed $200K pre-sales in North America for its first day... way ahead of PATHA Aug 25, 07:02
Jatinder last night: GTURS seems like $1.25M-ish previews. Not including the early shows which I heard did around $3M Aug 25, 07:00
Could be anywhere between $25 and 30 million... but those early previews might counter National Cinema Day {nm} Aug 25, 07:32
I dunno about an almost 18x multiplier. Wouldn't that be a record? {nm} Aug 25, 09:18
Good movie, saw it last night. 220 person theater and 6 people in it. {nm} Aug 25, 07:57
SaveArclight: Apparently the damaged IMAX print at the Chinese of OPPENHEIMER has been replaced with a new one. Aug 24, 16:26
Variety: Speaking of shanked, DUNE: PART 2 officially pushed to 2024. Aug 24, 15:02
Taking Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire's old date, that film pushed to April 12th, 2024 {nm} Aug 24, 15:04
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim was on that April 12th date, so that and possibly other titles moving... {nm} Aug 24, 15:05
LOTR gets (arguably) a much better date Dec. 13, 2024 against Karate Kid but has Thunderbolts the week after. {nm} Aug 24, 15:09
semi-related, Disney stock is now at its lowest price since 2014 apparently Aug 24, 15:11
its been on this decline since the effects of pandemic on entertainment became known, not because of the strikes {nm} Aug 24, 15:23
STARES INTO THE ABYSS {nm} Aug 24, 15:14
"If we make an effort today, we might be able to save Xmas" {nm} Aug 24, 15:22
TIFF is either going to be very interesting or a total wasteland {nm} Aug 24, 15:24
WB moves [DUNE2] to March 15, 2024. [KONG2] to April 12, 2024 [LOTR4] to Dec. 13, 2024 Aug 24, 15:33
had any tracking dropped for it yet? Aug 24, 17:59
No, but Napoleon should have no issues getting IMAX yet {nm} Aug 24, 18:13
I wish these West Coast based trades would stop posting stuff after 6pm EST. Is that too much to ask? :) {nm} Aug 24, 18:12
Yes it is. {nm} Aug 25, 12:41
Devastating.. :( {nm} Aug 24, 18:18
WB's 2023 Financials boosted enough by Barbie, 2024 might need help if the strike holds up much longer {nm} Aug 25, 09:37
Luiz Fernando: MISS7 is back baby +72 theatres this weekend for NCD, Haunted Mansion shanked down 550 Aug 24, 14:59
ERC: MARIO 1,451 this weekend Aug 24, 15:43
Tesla wins approval for a Drive-In Movie Supercharger in Hollywood (location used to be a Shakey's) Aug 24, 14:30
that lot is *tiny* Aug 24, 15:08
Allegedly 32! {nm} Aug 24, 15:15
Weak. Just what we need: Musk dipping his hands into the movie world. Wonderful. {nm} Aug 24, 16:52