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ShirowShirow Dinosaur Hunter from Land of Maple Syrup (Old as dirt)
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#4376: Jul 26th 2023 at 8:32:36 PM

Rise of the Pink Ladies got removed from Paramount+ despite only being on there for a few months and getting nominated for an Emmy. Plus Paramount was the company that famously cut up a bunch of trees around the actors strike picketers.

Whether they're as bad as Zaslav right now is kind of a pointless question because they're bad. tongue

Remember when Disney pissed off their entire company and triggered a feud with a homophobic governor and somehow bumblefucked themselves into being the hero of the situation? [lol] I guess Paramount and Warner don't have the same combination of dumb luck, good will and adaptability.

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#4377: Jul 26th 2023 at 8:34:47 PM

You are right. I do agree they dont.

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#4378: Jul 27th 2023 at 6:42:50 AM

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Disney is hiring for AI development gigs. 180 K a year…

This is not gonna help the strike at all.

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#4379: Jul 27th 2023 at 7:48:42 AM

So they have given up on letting the strike end.

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#4380: Jul 27th 2023 at 8:09:35 AM

Yup. Feels like this is going to go worse than the 2008 strike.

We're gonna really feel its effects by next year in the Hollywood area.

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#4381: Jul 27th 2023 at 8:44:58 AM

"If people are gonna strike, then we’ll just replace them with not-people. Simple enough."

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#4382: Jul 27th 2023 at 8:47:00 AM

Anyway barbie passed 500 million. 750 million by the weekend. Hey seems Margot Robbie was right it would make a billion which is now locked.

Mission impossible 7 is dead though. It's unlikely to pass 500 million at the rate where going. Which is bad you know on a 295 million budget.

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#4383: Jul 27th 2023 at 8:48:13 AM

[up] Has it premiered in China yet?

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#4384: Jul 27th 2023 at 8:49:56 AM

Yep. Opened third. The Paramount and Skydance sequel opened to just $25.9 million from Friday to Sunday, a steep tumble from Mission: Impossible Fallout‘s $76 million opening back in 2018.

Wow. That's horrendous.

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#4385: Jul 27th 2023 at 8:51:52 AM

It picked a bad date to premiere against Barbie.

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#4386: Jul 27th 2023 at 8:52:47 AM

And Oppenheimer which took all its IMAX screens.....

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#4387: Jul 27th 2023 at 8:53:33 AM

Then TMNT really has to perform… and then Robbins has to have a word with whoever dates the films.

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#4388: Jul 27th 2023 at 8:54:35 AM

I'm baffled this happened three times in a row. (Dungeons, transformers and now mission impossible).

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#4389: Jul 27th 2023 at 10:57:30 AM

Yeah I'm shocked at how badly mission impossible is doing but it really should have moved.

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BigBadShadow25 With my last breath, I curse Zoidberg. from Basement at the Alamo (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: Desperate
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#4390: Jul 27th 2023 at 12:09:49 PM

How do things look for TMNT? It’s doing really good on Rotten Tomatoes, so that may help?

UPDATE: Box Office Pro is predicting $27-36 million for the three day, $39-55 million for the five day. How does that sound? Remember that the budget is $70-80 million and sequels have already been announced.

In the meantime, I bought a ticket to Haunted Mansion tonight. We will see how it compares to other versions. Maybe it’ll have good legs like Elemental.

Actually, how much will Haunted Mansion need to break even?

Edited by BigBadShadow25 on Jul 27th 2023 at 4:51:58 AM

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#4391: Jul 27th 2023 at 4:11:05 PM

If the strike keeps going, the irony that the US Release of Godzilla Minus One could be pretty damn good because the film industry can't promote anything else by the end of the year would make me chuckle.

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#4392: Jul 27th 2023 at 5:02:57 PM

Mission impossible dead reckoning is dead.

Tom Cruise's M:I-DEAD RECKONING PT 1 will lose -1,130 theaters in just its 3rd weekend. Becoming profitable is now an impossible mission for this flick.'

This is so bAffling they did put it here. It has an A cinema score, good word of mouth, a 90 on rotten tomatoes. And franchise goodwill. Which uh they blew on a bad air date.

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#4393: Jul 27th 2023 at 5:50:55 PM

Being another nearly $300 Million budgeted movie doesn’t help. Maybe once the strike is over, Hollywood tries to cap it at $200 mil.

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#4394: Jul 27th 2023 at 6:07:04 PM

As mentioned earlier in this thread, yeah, Barbie movie has grossed well past the safe break even point. Even 1 billion dollar mark doesn't seem impossible at this point.

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#4395: Jul 27th 2023 at 6:08:31 PM

With any luck, executives will start thinking about bringing back the mid-range budget movies.

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dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
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#4396: Jul 27th 2023 at 6:20:06 PM

God, I hope so. I really want more movies like Get Out! and The Invisible Man (2020), movies that managed to be a great box office hit despite having like budget of $5 million.

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InkDagger Since: Jul, 2014
#4397: Jul 27th 2023 at 6:23:45 PM

It might ultimately be a good thing for writers too; if budgets are capped, films will have to rely much heavier on having good writing rather than spectacle to get by. We might end up with a lot of works with stronger character development arcs.

ArthurEld Since: May, 2014
#4398: Jul 27th 2023 at 6:28:12 PM

[up][up]Well, that's just horror in general.

Horror movies are basically recession proof and were even largely COVID proof due to things like: small casts, often of unknown actors, few locations, practical effects, and very brief shoot times.

It's also, of course, why so many bad horror movies get made.

Edited by ArthurEld on Jul 27th 2023 at 6:28:25 AM

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#4399: Jul 27th 2023 at 6:31:25 PM

Ironically I think the constant blockbusters are hurting the industry more than bad horror movies ever could... or am I using Irony wrong.

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dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
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#4400: Jul 27th 2023 at 6:31:26 PM

[up][up] Fair enough points.

I guess that's why there are several blockbuster directors who debut/make their breaks with horror/thriller films, such as James Wan, Sam Raimi, Peter Jackson, and so many more.

Edited by dRoy on Jul 27th 2023 at 10:31:59 PM

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