Yep. I can see both Black Widow and Wonder Woman vanishing from the schedules and, as you say, lots of closures. If this digs in for the long haul, and I think it probably will, I do wonder if they'll just sit on their movies indefinitely or if they'll release a few digitally in the meantime. The smaller movies could go that route. I can't ever see them throwing away box office movie by just chucking Black Widow up on Disney+.
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Closures will mean long term impact too, less screens will likely mean even less room for those smaller films so that tentpole domination will presumably hit home even faster than it already was. It really is at the point though were stuff that isn't likely to fare well like New Mutants should be eyeing up digital releases as this will crush any last chance they were already on.Comment
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There is no formal update this week by the looks, given the scale of closures so digging out results compared to last week:
Onward was only able to increase takings by a mere $2m helping to make clear the decision to launch the digital release
The Invisible Man rose by $1m
The other releases from last week haven't really moved at all. Further updates may come in delayed but likely we're already seeing how an industry has ground to a complete halt.Comment
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This looks likely to be the last little update for now and even then doesn't include any figures. The biggest or newest films such as Onward, The Invisible Man and Bloodshot seem to be making just enough from fringe countries that are still open to creep up around $1m per week in takings but we seem to have reached the point where the global cinema industry has completely ceased to operate. With each of those films seeing a VOD release roll out within the last week it looks set that those small takings will now come to end snuffing out the last embers of the industry and silencing the last projector.Comment
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The five biggest box office failures of 2019 have now been confirmed:
01 - X Men: Dark Phoenix
02 - Terminator: Dark Fate
03 - Cats
04 - Gemini Man
05 - Missing LinkComment
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Meanwhile, in three weeks Trolls World Tour has made more on VOD than the original did in its five-month cinema run. https://www.wsj.com/articles/trolls-...66202?mod=e2twComment
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I'd be curious as to how other recent VOD releases have done. Onward seemed to launch with a thudComment
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Yeah, I have a suspicion that it's one of those things where a single hit does not reflect the reality of the situation.Originally posted by Neon Ignition View PostComment
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And now, as a result of Universal revelling in the success and saying they’ll go VOD in future, AMC has said they won’t show their films any more. Seems very petty and also assumes AMC still exist when this is over. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ne...d-tour-1292327Comment
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Yep, definitely a move intended just to throw some PR dirt in Universal's eyes as there's no way AMC will skip running Fast and Furious, Jurassic World etc.Comment
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Universal have responded to AMC banning their films from cinemas saying they find it disappointing that they have had the blow back and they still support cinema
A few hours later though Regal, owners of Cineworld, announced that they too will be banning all Universal pictures from all of their cinemas globally.Comment
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I won’t pretend to understand what all this is about.
Surely, though, no studio is dumb enough not to realise that the number of downloads this film has enjoyed is due to people being locked-down? It won’t even be close in future.Comment
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The Forever Purge has been indefinitely delayed making Tenet the next cinema release scheduled. There's still a push for it to open on time but apparently the film needs 80% of the words cinemas to be open to do so. If it gets delayed then it's expected that nearly all releases following it leading up to Christmas will also delay into 2021.
I'm not sure if it's true but I'd read that they needed Tenet to hit $1bn. Personally, I'm incredibly doubtful it would have done that pre-lockdown so if true they're stupid if they don't delay this very far into the future.Comment
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Wise! Wise fwom the gwave!
Thanks to the US opening as many doors as it can the box office finally nudged ever so slightly forward this week as cinemas reopened and used classic movies to try and tempt theatre goers back into the big screen.
As a result:
Jurassic Park
Earned a grand total of $517,000 to be the biggest earning movie of the week. Amazingly that tiny sum meant that the film became the No.1 movie at the box office for its fourth time.
Jaws
The second place movie was another Spielberg flick earning $516,300
The Invisible Man
Is enjoying a very long run at the box office, earning $201,000 this week
Trolls: World Tour
Adding to its digital tally with $160,000 added this week
The Hunt
The trashed movie is still on screens with $136,000 this week
Back to the Future
Yes, sixth place went to BTTF because not enough people have the good sense to choose this opportunity over The Hunt. The film took $131,000 this week
Followed
On just 42 theatres, the film made seventh place with $127,231
E.T: The Extra Terrestrial
$126,100 took E.T home to the big screen
Jumanji: The Next Level
$117,900 got the third Jumanji to ninth
The Goonies
$110,850 worth of tickets sold saw socially distanced bums on seats witness this classic one more time in tenth.
Yes, the US top 10 currently contains Jurassic Park, ET, Back to the Future, Jaws and The Goonies - got to be the best it's looked in forever in terms of line up.Comment
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The US Top 10 this week:
01 - Ghostbusters
02 - Jumanji: The Next Level
03 - Relic
04 - Jurassic Park
05 - Jaws
06 - Deadpool
07 - Jungle Book
08 - Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens
09 - The Hunt
10 - My SpyComment
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