Day: October 8, 2023

No more true believers in the Exorcist franchise

Buyers remorse after a weak weekend release

Well…. It flopped.

Various sources this morning are lamenting a weak weekend release for THE EXORCIST. Despite some appealing early buzz, the movie seemingly lost its way. It will reportedly earn $27 mil this weekend in domestic runs. Keep in mind the studio purchased the rights for .. drumroll.. $400 million

Buyers remorse as the devil is in the details.

Reporting from DEADLINE with analysis of what went wrong:

Universal originally had the horror theatrical release date of Friday the 13th this month before AMC’s Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour landed on that date. However, going earlier really wasn’t the problem here for Exorcist: Believer. It was always in the execution.

Social media analytics firm RelishMix noticed online chatter that had many piling on the rhetorical issue of remakes, as they questioned, “Why re-paint the Mona Lisa of Horror?”

While horror has been bankable during the pandemic, and this opening for Exorcist: Believer (despite coming in under tracking’s $30M projection) in the wheelhouse of other genre openings, Evil Dead ($24.5M), Smile ($22.6M), The Black Phone ($23.6M) and Nun II‘s $32.6M, many still say that this actors’ strike, and performers’ unable to promote their wares is truly weighing down on ticket sales. A studio just can’t scream these movies from the hilltops in their promotions on social media, at premieres and festivals. Consider the fact that the phenomenal results for 2018’s Halloween began when Blumhouse blasted off the movie at TIFF’s Midnight Madness.

Daily Mail: How Biden’s tension with Secret Service goes back to his VP years when he skinny-dipped in front of female agents – and the dog biting has just made things worse

The skinny dipping corner VEEP now is Commander with a biter causing tension.

Joe Biden’s tension with his Secret Service detail goes back to his years as vice president when he skinny dipped in front of them but it’s gotten worse after his dogs bit several agents.
— Read on www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12598081/How-Bidens-tension-Secret-Service-goes-VP-years-skinny-dipped-female-agents-dog-biting-just-things-worse.html

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The Bidens’ relationship with the Secret Service is now ‘combustible,’ a source told CNN, citing the tensions with the first pets, constant schedule changes and other issues.

The Secret Service denied there were any problems.

‘On this I can say with firsthand knowledge that it is categorically false. There is an immense degree of trust and respect between the Secret Service and the first family and we know those feelings are mutual,’ Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi told DailyMail.com in a statement.

The tensions are said to have started during Biden’s time as vice president, and to have continued in his early days in the White House.

‘Agents say that, whether at the vice president’s residence or at his home in Delaware, Biden has a habit of swimming in his pool nude,’ Kessler wrote in his book, The First Family Detail: Secret Service Agents Reveal the Hidden Lives of the Presidents.

‘Female Secret Service agents find that offensive,’ he noted.

THE NEW MIDDLE EAST WAR, 2023

The world still at shock at the sudden developments in the Middle East. The war challenges global leaders, global economies, and global humanity..

FROM PRESS REPORTS:

Israeli soldiers battled Hamas fighters in the streets of southern Israel on Sunday and launched retaliation strikes that leveled buildings in Gaza, while in northern Israel a brief exchange of strikes with Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group raised fears of a broader conflict.

There was still some fighting underway more than 24 hours after an unprecedented surprise attack from Gaza, in which Hamas militants, backed by a volley of thousands of rockets, broke through Israel’s security barrier and rampaged through nearby communities. They took captives back into the coastal Gaza enclave, including women, children and the elderly, who they will likely try to trade for thousands of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel. Hundreds have been killed on both sides.

The high death toll, multiple captives and a slow response to the onslaught pointed to a major intelligence failure and undermined the long-held perception that Israel has eyes and ears everywhere in the small, densely populated territory it has controlled for decades.

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The world still at shock at the sudden developments in the Middle East. The war challenges global leaders, global prices, and global humanity..

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MORE COVERAGE

ISRAEL’S 9/11
HAMAS SURPRISE ATTACK
AT LEAST 600 KILLED; 2,040 WOUNDED

Unprecedented raids by land, sea, air…
Over 5,000 rockets fired… Tanks captured…
‘We are being slaughtered’…
MANY HOSTAGES TAKEN…
YOUNG AND OLD SNATCHED OFF STREET…
Naked woman paraded by jeering Hamas fighters…
11 Thai nationals abducted…
‘Historic failure’ for intel services…
Netanyahu vows: Revenge like ‘never known’…
Graphic scenes… World in shock…
Celebrations in London…
Saudi Arabia blames Israel…
UPDATES…

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FLASHBACK: HOW DID ISRAEL BECOME A NATION

Meanwhile horrid images of warfare and bloodshed continue to be shared on social media. Along with it, tremendous amounts of people proclaiming a new seal has been broken in a biblical war..

DEVELOPING..