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  • THE BOX OFFICE ABOUT TO BECOME A ‘LOUD PLACE’: HORROR SAVES THE THEATER!

    THE BOX OFFICE ABOUT TO BECOME A ‘LOUD PLACE’: HORROR SAVES THE THEATER!

    This could be the first $100 mil box office weekend I. A year..

    Heading into this Memorial Day weekend, more than 70% of theaters are open and Hollywood has two blockbuster releases: “Cruella” and “A Quiet Place Part II.”

    The last time the box office topped $100 million over the weekend was March 6, 2020. In non-pandemic times, Memorial Day weekend has averaged around $200 million in ticket sales.

    It is very fitting that horror will bring back box office life again!

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    MEANWHILE

    BLOODY DISGUSTING INTERVIEWS:  INTERVIEWS‘A Quiet Place Part II’ Writer/Director John Krasinski on Why Horror is the Best Storytelling Medium

    Meagan Navarro WRITES:

    Krasinski cites the movies that influenced both A Quiet Place and A Quiet Place Part II, how that journey transformed him into a major horror fan, and why he now believes horror is the best medium for storytelling. “Following the deadly events at home, the Abbott family (Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe) must now face the terrors of the outside world as they continue their fight for survival in silence. Forced to venture into the unknown, they quickly realize that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats that lurk beyond the sand path.”

  • Cinema disaster 2020: Regal closing all theaters for foreseeable future

    Cinema disaster 2020: Regal closing all theaters for foreseeable future

    Cineworld is shuttering all 543 of its Regal Cinema venues in the U.S. and 128 of its cinemas across the U.K. and Ireland this coming week, just days after James Bond film “No Time to Die” was pushed to April 2021.

    Regal is the second-largest theater chain in the United States behind AMC Theatres and as of now, it’s unclear when the company plans to reopen the locations both stateside and abroad.

    The closures are expected to impact at least 5,500 employees in the United Kingdom and upwards of 28,000 employees in the United States.

    According to a Variety report, the chains could be closed until next year at the earliest.

    This is a disaster for film and for the economy .

  • TENET LEADS IN A WORLD OF BOX OFFICE PAIN

    TENET LEADS IN A WORLD OF BOX OFFICE PAIN

    THE BOX OFFICE IS HURTING! CHRISTOPHER NOLAN’S TENET’ STRUGGLES DURING ITS SECOND WEEK.. And the box office is stumbling into the autumn..

    Tenet made only $6.7 million during its second Friday-to-Sunday, which calculates to a 66.5 percent drop from weekend to weekend.. the film cost $200 mil to make.

    This movie have done huge numbers in any other year, besides a 2020 cursed release.. There has been a particular focus on Tenet‘s release given the fact was set up to be a guinea pig of sorts for the industry to get a grasp on the potential of releasing a big blockbuster movie during the on-going pandemic, and thus far the reaction hasn’t exactly been positive..

    These numbers showcase the true world of hurt that movie chains and studios are in right now.. 70% of theaters in America are open right now, but major cities like LA and NYC are keeping theirs closed. And even of the buildings open, there are stringent rules for social distancing with mostly empty theater rooms..

    This is also the reason why several films, including WONDER WOMAN 1984 have delayed October releases.. Just a few more weeks.. just a few more hopes. And maybe this will all get better.. Or maybe it won’t.

    Developing as we progress through a dire year..

  • ‘Halloween’ Earned A Record-Breaking $5.5M On Halloween

    ‘Halloween’ Earned A Record-Breaking $5.5M On Halloween

  • THE ROCK BEATS THE JEDI! INSIDOUS not far behind

    THE ROCK BEATS THE JEDI! INSIDOUS not far behind

    STAR WARS Episode VIII is being beaten by Sony’s Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle in first place with a stellar $35.8M third weekend in a row!

    The unexpected hit starring Jack Black, the ROCK, and Madison Iseman is creating a stir of various demographics. Most who see it love it.. even those who expected to be lukewarm end up completely diving into the strange and amazing world that JUMANJI has to offer..
    INSIDIOUS THE LAST KEY is holding its own, as well! Bolstered by the continuous creep down of STAR WARS, the horror flick has enough cash to finish second place this weekend..
    INTERNAL INDUSTRY ESTIMATES for this weekend now revealed:
    1. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle  (SONY), 3,801 theaters (+36) / $10.7M Fri (-39%)/3-day: $35.8M (-28%)/Total:$244.1M/ Wk 3
    2. Insidious: The Last Key (UNI), 3,116 theaters (0)/ $12.7M  Fri/3-day: $25.9M/ Wk 1
    3. Star Wars: The Last Jedi(DIS), 4,232 theaters (0)/ $6.7M  Fri (-65%)/3-day: $23.6M  (-55%)/Total:$572.5M/ Wk 4
    4. The Greatest Showman  (FOX), 3,342 theaters (+26) / $4.1M Fri (-22%) / 3-day: $14.1M (-9%)/Total: $77.2M/Wk 3
    5. Pitch Perfect 3  (UNI), 3,458 theaters (-10)/ $3.3M  Fri (-50%)/3-day: $10.5M (-37%)/Total: $86.2M/ Wk 3

    Roger Friedman is noting the amount of a drop LAST JEDI has had — along with that a joke that Blumhouse must be feeding their actors now.. that joke because normally horror flicks from the company are budgeted at $5 mil.. INSIDIOUS was $10..

  • mother! just scored Jennifer Lawrence the worst box office opening of her career..

    mother! just scored Jennifer Lawrence the worst box office opening of her career..

    The reviews were awful.
    The critics panned..
    The citizens revolted and were revulsed.

    Babies were not harmed in the filming, but everyone’s eyes who watched an infant be eaten were..

    This movie may have been the worst scored movie in years… An “F” with CinemaScore.. some of the worst and most sarcastic reviews and comments on ROTTEN TOMATOES..

    Today Jennifer Lawrence is suffering the worst wide box office opening of her career..

    FROM THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER:

    Darren Aronofsky’s mother! stalled in its domestic box office debut, earning an estimated $7.5 million from 2,368 theaters after receiving a rare F CinemaScore and facing competition from blockbuster It.
    mother!, an elevated psychological horror-thriller, supplants The House at the End of the Street($12.3 million) to mark the lowest nationwide launch of Jennifer Lawrence’s career. The Paramount title, costing $30 million to produce, came in No. 3 for the weekend behind It and new offering American Assassin. (In a sign that summer is over, all three titles are rated R.)
    Warner Bros. and New Line’s It continued to make history in its second weekend, declining a scant 51 percent to $60 million from 4,103 theaters, the biggest sophomore outing ever for a horror title.

  • Confused and angered by mother! while ‘IT’ breaks new records

    Confused and angered by mother! while ‘IT’ breaks new records

    We talked about MOTHER! earlier today.. 

     

    But now we know: The movie is a FLOP..

    Mother is ‘dying’ in box offices with a “F” cinemaScore and only $7.8 mil .. it has been been a tremendous failure to Jennifer Lawrence.. And increasingly lampooned online as being a holier than thou-premised film with a scene where a baby literally gets eaten..

    A few reviews from ROTTEN TOMATOES from the non-paid reviewers.. those I trust more.

    DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME AND MONEY!!!! WTH is this trash? I have never seen such a bad movie. Do not tell me this is “art”. This movie demonstrates all that is wrong with movies today. Hey, lets kill babies….seriously? Oh just symbiotically art….BLAH BLAH BLAH.

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    After seeing this you will fill in the title “Mother!” With and additional expletive. WARNING DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY! I am your average move goer so trust me. who likes a good scare, a good laugh, great story and action. The fact is this movie, has no story, and after an hour you will be screaming “Mother..F***** ” what a waste of time and money…probably the worst movie released with such hype in 10 years!

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    Got up early in order to see this today, and now I want to go back in time and get the extra sleep. The trailer was purposefully ambiguous because the average viewer won’t glean anything from it, and maybe that was the intent: to draw in an audience to find out what is going on. I had no idea what was going on, and found myself getting angrier and angrier as my questions were never answered. The conclusion/reveal didn’t do anything for me, and made no sense to me as a whole.

    DEADLINE is writing,

    Last weekend, Paramount had a custom in-theater trailer for Mother! on It telling moviegoers. “In one week, in this theater, one movie will mess you up for life…You will never forget where you were the first time you saw Mother! After the movie, visit the box office to get your tickets.” One rival marketing head told Deadline, “If I was a horror fan and then went to see Mother! I’d be pretty pissed because it’s not your run of the mill Screen Gems film.” What could Paramount do? How else could they sell this movie? Mother! begins as a quiet movie and then gets really gonzo toward the end and goes off the rails. Lawrence and Aronofsky say it’s all allegory. There is a gripping, ‘WTF is going on now?’ sensibility to the film, and in that sense, the quick clip, suspenseful marketing arguably didn’t betray.

    MEANWHILE: ‘IT’ appears to be the big winner again this weekend.. and even talk about the movie on social media has increased over 30% since last week…  This weekend IT will now become the biggest September release ever when it reaches $218 million cumulative..

    And mother!? … ugh.

  • FRIDAY THE 13TH: JASON TAKES NOTHING

    FRIDAY THE 13TH: JASON TAKES NOTHING

    Once again, hopes for a new FRIDAY THE 13TH film went down the tank as it was revealed that Paramount pulled previews and the film from their 2017 release schedule.

    Which makes perfect sense. The film doesn’t have a director, a script, or a cast.. It just this nameless *but not faceless* film that continues being bantered around with fanfare but no fruition.

    Interesting note, WORLD WAR Z’s sequel has also been pulled..

    FRIDAY THE 13TH was set to begin shooting in less than 6 weeks.. I suppose there are groundhogs in Paramount that saw Jason’s shadow..

    There are SOME reports that Paramount reconsidered a reboot of the 80s slasher flick after their disastrous film RINGS did so poorly at this past weekend’s box office.

    I have written about RINGS before, and how the concept seemed to just be clumsy.. Not only are the days of VHS appreciation long gone, but the entire RING concept was overdone and then over-parodied by the SCARY MOVIE series. Nothing was left behind to remain scary.. Besides the atrocious box office numbers showcasing that peo
    ple just weren’t interested.

    And sorry to say FRIDAY fans, but for the most part the days of Jason Vorhees being a hit power player in the horror world are ending. Even this year’s big announcement that Robert Englund is ‘returning as Freddy’ neglects to mention it’s a documentary of NIGHTMARE and potentially the swan song of the character. The FREDDY reboot certainly failed a few years back, too.. as did the FREDDY VS JASON flicks 13 years ago.. *13 years, people* ..

    This may be a hint of things to come for the HALLOWEEN remake too.. Time will tell . The only savings grace that movie has is the involvement of John Carpenter..

  • 2016 RECORD: BIGGEST BOX OFFICE PREVIEW NIGHT OF THE YEAR FOR THE BOX OFFICE RETURN OF DARTH VADER

    2016 RECORD: BIGGEST BOX OFFICE PREVIEW NIGHT OF THE YEAR FOR THE BOX OFFICE RETURN OF DARTH VADER

    Rogue One: A Star Wars Story scored roughly $29 million in its pre-opening Thursday night showings, marking the biggest preview night box office of 2016!

    More! Disney CEO Bob Iger doesn’t expect Rogue One to match The Force Awakens‘ record box-office run, but the new movie is forecasted to make as much as $150 million overall in its domestic opening. A global opening of up to $300 million in worldwide ticket sales could also be attainable for Rogue One…

    DEVELOPING THIS WEEKEND

  • LIGHTS OUT review wrap

    LIGHTS OUT review wrap

    LIGHTS OUT is out .. the long awaited movie based off the short film that became a hit online a few years ago about a monster in a hallway. It is a James Wan production..

    A few reviews worth noting on a notable horror 2016 summer film..

    ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY gives a B-  but also laments: “Suffice it to say that the mental health aspect of the story is not treated with respect, but rather as a simple plot device, to be used and discarded like so many shattered lightbulbs. In a culture that already doesn’t do well by victims of mental illness, it’s disappointing, and takes a lot of wind from Lights Out’s sails”

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    Chicago SUN TIMES (always miss Roger Ebert when I see Roeper) opines:  “Awards committees rarely honor work in this genre, but Maria Bello deserves supporting actress consideration for her work as Sophie, the mother of a grown daughter named Rebecca (Teresa Palmer in a stellar performance) and Rebecca’s 10-year-old stepbrother, Martin (good work by Gabriel Bateman).”  A four star review

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    LA TIMES approves: Mercifully, this isn’t a movie about moving into the sort of dubious piece of real estate that might as well have a “Beware of Ghost” sign hanging out front. It’s about what happens when our most cherished and familiar spaces no longer feel safe — not just because of the evil that has moved in but also because of the good that has long since vacated the premises.

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    The film is currently receiving a 82% rating on ROTTEN TOMATOES.. Already before the movie even hits Friday night, there is chatter galore of a potential sequel..

    LIGHTS OUT will be featured under the darkened lights of 2818 theaters.

    But it also goes against ICE AGE COLLISION COURSE on almost 4000 screens..  As does STAR TREK. A big weekend for movies as the mid summer slumber sets in..

    Depending on when In get to the movies and with who, either I will see LIGHTS OUT this weekend or my son will win the battle by default and we will be watching ICE AGE..