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 The Dark Months of BO!! 
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Post The Dark Months of BO!!
This January and February are so dry its not even a contest. I can understand that studios are scared of the new variant but this upfront planning is not helping BO at all. There are no good movies planned for VOD as well so yes we are back to Dark Ages with no movies in sight for next two months.

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Wed Jan 05, 2022 2:20 am
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Uncharted is gonna blow up and become a new American Bond type franchise. Trade me if you don't think so.


Wed Jan 05, 2022 2:34 am
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January is horrible but I'm ok with February slate right now

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Both are horrible as of now specially if nothing breaks out.


Wed Jan 05, 2022 2:57 am
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Jack Sparrow wrote:
Both are horrible as of now specially if nothing breaks out.


I like the genre variety

Uncharted - adventure
Jackass - stunt
Moonfall - disaster
Death on the Nile - mystery
Dog - dog movie
Marry Me - romcom
The Devil's Light - horror

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That's true but that's pretty much all of it an even the speciality BO looks dire and from the wider releases not even one of them looks like they will break out big.


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It’s bad because moviegoing is a habit that you have to condition the public into doing. When people don’t go for a long time, they’re less likely to return. Now more than ever it was important to keep a steady stream of quality content being released. Otherwise you condition people to wait for streaming.


Wed Jan 05, 2022 12:42 pm
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Whoa I was expecting a completely opposite response from zwackerm


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Flava'd vs The World wrote:
Uncharted is gonna blow up and become a new American Bond type franchise. Trade me if you don't think so.

Uncharted will beat Mortal Kombat's opening weekend of $23 million. But I have doubts that Uncharted will do better than Ghostbuster Afterlife's opening weekend of $44 million. Remember Ghostbusters also had a video game that many fans consider the true Ghostbusters 3.


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Uncharted will be massive. Think Sweet Home Alabama after Legally Blonde. Alice after Avatar. There's too much goodwill that Uncharted will play well to. I could see an opening day of $20M+.


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February isn't terrible under the circumstances but let's see. Uncharted is a solid shot at $100m total and DOTN could get over $50m. A far cry from pre-pandemic days but both would be solid.

I just hope Scream can break out in January.

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I could see Scream flopping but hope it doesn't. They need a unique spin or stakes brought up and just feels like the same. Doesn't help that the main audience that grew up on the franchise isn't showing up as much to theaters (35+).


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Scream will bomb. The public has not cared about that franchise since Scary Movie parodied the original.

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Uncharted and The Batman better not move for whatever reason...


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Warner Bros. to revive DC Universe with the exclusive release of The Batman announcement in 3...2...1...

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O wrote:
Uncharted will be massive. Think Sweet Home Alabama after Legally Blonde. Alice after Avatar. There's too much goodwill that Uncharted will play well to. I could see an opening day of $20M+.


Yeah that's how I feel as well. Big breakout incoming. Many people will want to see Tom Holland in another movie after Spider-Man. This one appeals to all ages. I think it looks fun and it's not usually my kind of movie. It's the first big movie in weeks. Also opening over a holiday weekend. They're really releasing it at the perfect time. If not releasing so soon after Spider-Man I could have seen a 20-30 Million opening. But now I won't be that shocked if it opened to 80-100. I don't think I'll predict more than 80 for the weekend but it wouldn't be that shocking to me.


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The Batman buzz is overwhelming everything. That is going to go bonkers opening weekend.

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Excel wrote:
The Batman buzz is overwhelming everything. That is going to go bonkers opening weekend.


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My friend works at the theater I mainly go to and they got an email that starting tomorrow and for the next few months hours are going to be reduced because studios aren't putting anything good out. They won't have any showings past 8:00.


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Magic Mike wrote:
My friend works at the theater I mainly go to and they got an email that starting tomorrow and for the next few months hours are going to be reduced because studios aren't putting anything good out. They won't have any showings past 8:00.


It begins......


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Magic Mike wrote:
My friend works at the theater I mainly go to and they got an email that starting tomorrow and for the next few months hours are going to be reduced because studios aren't putting anything good out. They won't have any showings past 8:00.


Some of this would be staff shortage related as well

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We are going back to peak COVID days.


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People aint grasping how huge THE BATMAN is going to be.

https://thequorum.com/the-batman-is-on- ... pider-man/

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Did you read that article's summary at the end?


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In addition to Scream and Belle my theater is getting back Venom 2 and House of Gucci. I totally called House of Gucci returning at some point because it's been holding well at the box office and there's not much releasing.

They should get back Dune. Now I'd be able to catch it in a theater because I won't have much else to see. They could also bring back Eternals.


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