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Since 1997, September box office has always reached $350 million. We are at $275 million in 2022. It’s grim. -- nm

Posted by The Allfather (aka David) Sep 27 '22, 11:15

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More people should have gone to see Barbarian -- nm - Dano Sep 27, 12:15 1
- They might have it had stuck the landing. -- nm - Spawn Sep 27, 12:30
a drunken monkey could of done better advertising for Confess Fletch; even moreso given the really good reviews -- nm - Beaker Sep 27, 12:14 1
- it's fine. not sure it would have been a $100m breakout but given how cheap faux Miramax was with the budget, could have gotten into the black - hollywood big shot Sep 27, 12:16
how many fewer overall releases in theaters in 2022 v. 1997 (haha), but really even just 2019 -- (edited) - hollywood big shot Sep 27, 11:22 15
- Maverick represents the extreme exception. Halloween 2021 is the playbook to use. - David Sep 27, 11:39 3
  - Hollywood didn’t have enough legit product so they reverted back to the old standby of September is a dog month. - Will Hunting Sep 27, 12:08 1
    - they have plenty of exhibition-worthy product. they choose not to put it all in theaters first like pre-2020 - hollywood big shot Sep 27, 12:15
  - *Tim Robinson hot dog costume GIF* they're gonna find the guy who did this! -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 27, 11:41
- if Turning Red alone got a full theatrical run, you're historically over $350 already -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 27, 11:25 10
  - Given the way Lightyear bombed, I doubt it. -- nm - Inigo Sep 27, 11:59 5
    - Tim Allen coulda saved September! -- nm - Spawn Sep 27, 12:08 1
      - the only problem with Lightyear was that it’s a dumb premise nobody was asking for and executed poorly, like all the sequel junk that Disney forces on - hollywood big shot Sep 27, 12:43
    - anyway... even looking at annual #s, major studios are putting 26 fewer releases in theaters versus 2019 (61 to 87) so yeah the take is gonna be down -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 27, 12:07 2
      - There's down, and then there's the 25-year storm. -- nm - David Sep 27, 12:18 1
        
        year end is still predicted to end up $7/8b versus $11b in 2019. but that’s not enough to run a theatrical chain 12 mos of the year - hollywood big shot Sep 27, 12:37
  - September releases, dude. -- nm - David Sep 27, 11:30 3
    - Hocus Pocus 2 woulda done it. alas . . . -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 27, 11:38 2
      - Still might. Disney holds all the power. -- nm - David Sep 27, 11:39 1
        
        3 days to change everything! -- nm - Spawn Sep 27, 12:07
They need to make better movies! -- nm - decline Sep 27, 11:20
Is that good? -- nm - budice Sep 27, 11:20

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