SIX TIPS, OR HOW TO PLEASE YOUR SLATE – THE FILMS OF 4/01

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Re: SIX TIPS, OR HOW TO PLEASE YOUR SLATE – THE FILMS OF 4/01

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You Won't Be Alone faceplanting isn't a total shock. Foreign language indie genre titles have had a really rough go during the pandemic.

As for Morbius, I haven't seen it yet, but there's a decent chance that I will at some point during the next couple weeks. Morbid curiosity and not having to pay for movies individually is a great recipe for going to see shit that you wouldn't ever go see in theaters under different circumstances.
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transformers2 wrote:
April 2nd, 2022, 6:38 pm
You Won't Be Alone faceplanting isn't a total shock. Foreign language indie genre titles have had a really rough go during the pandemic.

As for Morbius, I haven't seen it yet, but there's a decent chance that I will at some point during the next couple weeks. Morbid curiosity and not having to pay for movies individually is a great recipe for going to see shit that you wouldn't ever go see in theaters under different circumstances.
I agree that it isn't super suprising that You Won't Be Alone did so poorly. Still, with the arthouse box office going closer to (somewhat) normalcy, I would have thought Focus would have scaled back the release a bit, as these semi-wide releases never seem to do well (recent underperformers including Cyrano and The Card Counter) unless it's a drama/thriller from Roadside Attractions (who have seemingly mastered how to handle their higher-profile films, although they have had missteps like Our Kind Of Traitor).

However, with the film starring Noomi Rapace, having solid reviews, and being part of the "folk horror" trend, I would have expected more even with its release pattern.

And the subscription programs definitely have the effect of allowing people to take chances on things they wouldn't otherwise. I know I've seen several films I wouldn't have otherwise.
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Re: SIX TIPS, OR HOW TO PLEASE YOUR SLATE – THE FILMS OF 4/01

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Weekend Actuals:
Morbius $39 mil
The Lost City $14.7 mil
The Batman $11 mil
Uncharted $3.7 mil
Jujutsu Kaisen 0 $2 mil
RRR $1.6 mil
Spider-Man: No Way Home $1.4 mil
Dog $1.3 mil
Everything Everywhere All at Once $1.07 mil
X $1.02 mil
Sing 2 $878k
The Contractor $561k

-You Won't Be Alone-$125k (16th)

PTA:
Everything Everywhere All at Once $28,382
Morbius $9,139
The Lost City $3,434
The Batman $2,948
The Rosemaker $1,401

The Contractor $1,146 (8th)
You Won't Be Alone $848 (10th)
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