Box Office / July 14-16, 2023
7.16.23
Hello and Good Evening! Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1 is the top contender with $80M. I’m not surprised…I knew instantly that this film was going to win the top spot. We wanna see Tom Cruise performs his latest stunts, right?
Meanwhile a new entry, Sound of Freedom, a drama/thriller dealing with child trafficking, is at the second spot with $85M. Let’s take a look at the…
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So I finally got around to seeing the new Pixar movie, Elemental, and it's pretty great actually? Like, I know the marketing made it look very generic. The trailers seem to give the whole movie away, make you feel like you've not only already seen this movie, you've seen it a dozen times. But believe me, that's not true. There's a lot more going on with the main character and her relationship to her family and her culture and the pressure she's under as a second generation immigrant trying to honor the sacrifices her parents made for her sake. And the love interest water guy who seems so deeply mediocre in the trailers actually has a lot more going for him as well, putting so much effort in and so much on the line. Like, yes, it's a different-worlds odd-couple romance with a kind of strained racial / immigrant metaphor, but it's a really good and earnest and heartwarming version of that.
And it Just Looks Breathtaking - the colors, the use of transparency, the water and fire effects especially, the way the characters are always flickering or bubbling or flowing, every part of them always in motion even when they're standing still. If you're an animation fan you'll be watching it in awe wondering 'how is that even possible', which, I mean after having the same feelings watching Spiderverse 2, it really is a rich summer for animation.
Sure, from a business perspective Elemental looks like such an obvious mistake. And maybe from that angle it was. I mean, to spend so much money on an original movie with an honestly rather subdued plot and concept - like, there's a reason romance movies are generally relatively low budget affairs - and then to throw it up against Spiderverse 2 of all things? The executives at Disney are out of their goddamn minds. But as irrational as Elemental's budget might have been, every penny of it is on display. If you're an animation fan you really shouldn't miss the chance to see it on the big screen
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AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 228: 2024 Summer Box Office Draft
On episode 228 of the AwardsWatch podcast, it’s a full house as Editor-In-Chief Erik Anderson and Associate Editor Sophia Ciminello are joined by AwardsWatch contributors Jay Ledbetter, Josh Parham, Dan Bayer, Kevin Lee and new to the AW team, Karen Peterson, on her first pod with us. Executive Editor Ryan McQuade was unable to join today.
This episode we’re tackling the 2024 Summer Box Office…
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i’ve been alone at work since last week (there are other people in the building but all my colleagues are on vacation) and everything is quiet in august so no meetings, no phone calls, not even emails to answer and it is the WORST
i had forgotten how i’m not capable of creating deadlines for myself. and without concrete things to do now (as in they have to be done now and can’t be done tomorrow) i just… don’t work at all
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PhD day 317 | On Friday I'm travelling to Austria for a course - it's my first time traveling abroad without family so I'm super excited! One other person from my university is going so at least I won't be all alone in the big spooky world
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Box Office / July 7-9, 2023
7.9.23
Evening! It’s been quiet, but do not fret, we have the domestic and global box office stats up and ready. Insidious: The Red Door kicked Indiana Jones & The Dial of Destiny to number two to take first place with $33M, while Indiana Jones with just a wimpy $27M. Not surprised with that piece of news.
Credit source: IMDb & Box Office Mojo
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Weekend of July 7-9
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Would you happen to know any updates for The Continental Katie's going to be in? The John Wick 4 releases in March 2023 so I'm hoping the tv show will coincide with that and release soon :)
don’t know anything officially but i believe it was starz that had planned to release it before john wick 4, but last august i believe they sold it to peacock
since it’s a prequel series and takes place so long before the timeline of the movies then i imagine peacock isn’t in too much of a rush to get it out before
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The SportsAlcohol.com Podcast: Top Summer Movies of 1992
The SportsAlcohol.com Podcast: Top Summer Movies of 1992
Summer 2022 is officially and unequivocally over. Long live summer 1992! As we continue to sweep the corners on summer movies past, we have arrived at the summer movies of 1992, which looks a hell of a lot different from 2022 or 2002. Eddie Murphy and Steve Martin haven’t yet teamed up for Bowfinger (and are both trying their hands at screwball rom-coms of sorts). Jack Ryan is only on his third…
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Summer 2024 Box Office Predictions
We are about to enter a bleak summer for theatrical cinema. For several reasons – chief among them the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes of last year causing delays – 2024 has less to offer than previous years when it comes to big budget blockbuster tentpoles. Even with first quarter offerings like Dune: Part Two, Ghostbuster: Frozen Empire, and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (between the three,…
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