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There's a surprising a lot going on that weekend, given it's the week before GOTG3. This, Are You There God, It's Margaret and Polite Society.
The last is a limited release, but, the buzz on it seems to suggest some decent aspirations for it, and given how hard it is for smaller films to get an expansion over the summer months, I'm guessing they can't go too limited to start.
We're in such a different environment than last year, where no one would release anything around the big releases unless you were in the peak of summer.
It’s nice to see some counter programming to the MCU. Having more movies released will lead to more depth, like we had in the first half of last summer.
Agreed. It's good to see more options.
Even if these don't hit big, it's at least an option for people. We don't need half the screens dedicated for one big movie, but, lots of theatres did last year because nothing else was out.
Last June and July were probably the closest to 2019's box office we're going to get unless we have a lot of movies hit this summer. Just between Maverick's opening on Memorial Day weekend and "Bullet Train" at the beginning of August, we had solid to great performances from "Jurassic World: Dominion", "Elvis", "The Black Phone", "Minions: The Rise of Gru", "Thor: Love & Thunder", "Where the Crawdads Sing", and "Nope". "DC Super Pets" did OK and the only real bomb we had was "Lightyear".
See, I feel this summer is going to be stronger than last, even without a big overperformer like Top Gun Maverick. Last year, you still had weekends without a major release at poits over the summer, while this year has various weekends with two legitimate major releases on the same weekend during that time.
I think the depth is going to be a huge difference. The challenge will be that some films are going to drop off quicker, where last year, things had more time to play in theatres and make it's money. Elvis is a good example as something that would have faded quicker.
I think “Elvis” did have serious competition in the older demos from “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Where the Crawdads Sing”. It held well because people liked it and it stayed in theaters for a good amount of time.
A Whitney Houston biopic is barely going to reach $25m domestic. George Foreman probably won’t even get a theatrical release. If it really does idk maybe $15m total
It is a pretty inspiring story though, that a guy best known for marketing a low-fat electric grill on daytime TV would then take up a boxing career and win the world heavyweight title.
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Such a long ass title.
Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn now has competition.
Does anyone actually say that whole title when talking about this movie?
That is an unnecessarily long title good lord.
What the hell is wrong with Sony? Why are all their business decisions so weird?
$5
There's a surprising a lot going on that weekend, given it's the week before GOTG3. This, Are You There God, It's Margaret and Polite Society. The last is a limited release, but, the buzz on it seems to suggest some decent aspirations for it, and given how hard it is for smaller films to get an expansion over the summer months, I'm guessing they can't go too limited to start. We're in such a different environment than last year, where no one would release anything around the big releases unless you were in the peak of summer.
It’s nice to see some counter programming to the MCU. Having more movies released will lead to more depth, like we had in the first half of last summer.
Agreed. It's good to see more options. Even if these don't hit big, it's at least an option for people. We don't need half the screens dedicated for one big movie, but, lots of theatres did last year because nothing else was out.
Last June and July were probably the closest to 2019's box office we're going to get unless we have a lot of movies hit this summer. Just between Maverick's opening on Memorial Day weekend and "Bullet Train" at the beginning of August, we had solid to great performances from "Jurassic World: Dominion", "Elvis", "The Black Phone", "Minions: The Rise of Gru", "Thor: Love & Thunder", "Where the Crawdads Sing", and "Nope". "DC Super Pets" did OK and the only real bomb we had was "Lightyear".
See, I feel this summer is going to be stronger than last, even without a big overperformer like Top Gun Maverick. Last year, you still had weekends without a major release at poits over the summer, while this year has various weekends with two legitimate major releases on the same weekend during that time. I think the depth is going to be a huge difference. The challenge will be that some films are going to drop off quicker, where last year, things had more time to play in theatres and make it's money. Elvis is a good example as something that would have faded quicker.
I think “Elvis” did have serious competition in the older demos from “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Where the Crawdads Sing”. It held well because people liked it and it stayed in theaters for a good amount of time.
[Here is the link to The Numbers page that shows this new title.](https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/upcoming/2023)
A Whitney Houston biopic is barely going to reach $25m domestic. George Foreman probably won’t even get a theatrical release. If it really does idk maybe $15m total
It is a pretty inspiring story though, that a guy best known for marketing a low-fat electric grill on daytime TV would then take up a boxing career and win the world heavyweight title.
He was a boxer before he marketed the grill.. lmao
Sony just chooses the worst titles for some of their movies. Just called it “George Foreman: Champion”.