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Jatinder expecting SOFRD 2nd W/E of $20m+ That would be HIGHER than it's Fri-Sun OW tomcat90 Jul 14, 04:33

Yup easily heading 125M+ Baron_Darcon2023 Jul 14, 06:37

Who would have thought in January the box office stories of Summer would be Barbie and Sound of Freedom? {nm} notfabio Jul 14, 06:51

No one, SoF didnt even IPO until late April.. probably upset Summer PickEm {nm} Baron_Darcon2023 Jul 14, 08:10

It IPO'd 2 weeks after announcement, which is asap on how the IPO calendar is set in advance Antibody Jul 14, 08:21

Please don't IPO Angel Studios next film Shift at $50.00 or something. :) Guess the trailer was officially released last week. notfabio Jul 14, 08:49

Their trailer says December 2023, they moved it up from January 2024. {nm} notfabio Jul 14, 08:50

Will be fun if it outgrosses Aquaman 2 or something though. {nm} notfabio Jul 14, 08:52

IPO'd yesterday. CABRI IPO next Thu. {nm} Antibody Jul 14, 08:56

even Libs of Tik Tok has discovered these "sellouts" are not actually being attended by live bodies my mate paul Jul 14, 08:58

cope. the PIF tickets don't count till claimed and we all see the strong daily numbers {nm} Fitch3k Jul 14, 09:08

If a tix is sold, the theater reports it as sold. {nm} Antibody Jul 14, 09:10

Angel Studios is keeping the money from unclaimed tix, not refunding them to theaters. Antibody Jul 14, 09:18

ha there it is {nm} my mate paul Jul 14, 09:23

they still pay film rental on them. The issue if the theaters are really empty is not box office Moviesnob Jul 14, 09:31

they also allocate screens to movies based on pre-sales. It wont be an issue until next week as both INDY and MI7 were/are way overbooked {nm} Moviesnob Jul 14, 09:33

if theaters get their cut, that’s great. but “gift a ticket to your friend with this QR code” seems vulnerable to all kinds of stat juking my mate paul Jul 14, 09:48

(even fully conceding there is a big ginned-up market for this fantasy) {nm} my mate paul Jul 14, 09:49

welcome to 2023. We live in a post truth world. The truth is whatever you click in your echo chamber. Moviesnob Jul 14, 09:57

How fitting: Illusory box office from the gullible who believe fairy tales are nonfiction works {nm} SenJohnBlutarsky Jul 14, 10:46

well, you believe the germans bombed pearl harbor! Moviesnob Jul 14, 11:02

Heh. I used to work in bookstores back in the 80s. Every month or so someone would come in and buy up most of our copies of Dianetics. " Antibody Jul 14, 09:09

A manager I used to work with claimed when they were at El Capitan in the 80's-90's Disney would send someone to buy out unsold tickets. notfabio Jul 14, 09:13

if these findings are significant enough, is there something worth investigating here? {nm} tealfan Jul 14, 09:24

if i were as conspiracy minded as that crowd i might think it was even a money laundering scheme back to the prod co {nm} my mate paul Jul 14, 09:30

whats to investigate? a sold ticket is a sold ticket. Like I said the chains will hold it against the studio if its true Moviesnob Jul 14, 09:36

If the theater chains get their money, what do they care? If theaters don't get money and are allotting screens due to false demand... {nm} JayPrimetown Jul 14, 09:55

It impacts their labor (over staffing) and hurts their F&B which screws with their margin which is more important than revenue Moviesnob Jul 14, 09:59