hello and welcome to this week's movie math where things were so quiet at the
box office you could hear a distinct laugh in the
distance yes Warner Brothers is certainly hoping
to laugh all the way to the bank but they've had a very difficult week as I'm
sure you're aware lots of negative headlines and you know when I find weird
no headlines about advance ticket sales which are par for the course at this
point with major blockbusters where is Fandango etc saying that Joker is
selling the same or better than venom we see those articles all the time what the
hell Warner Brothers publicity are you just so distracted with the negative
situation that you're not putting that out there
or does that headline not exist because that's not the case it's really kind of
scary right because this is this was supposed to be a slam dunk win for the
DC while it's decent in you adjacent which is come on some of you I'm hearing
weird things from some of you like last minute cracks in the foundation for
Joker something some of you on the stream today said you know people who
don't want to go because it's not part of the DC EU so what's the point in
terms of cinematic universes I'm hearing from others that you've had people tell
you that they're not sure if they want to go because they feel the film could
be too disturbing it's a problem right and all this negativity led Warner
Brothers to actually bar interviewers from the red carpet at last night's
premiere only photographers were allowed and they got Sabrina some pretty nice
pictures out of the event but as for getting rid of the interviewers I
actually agree with that decision because Warner Brothers and the cast and
you know Anne Todd Phillips have already answered what was sure to be the only
questions asked of them all the way down the line and Warner Brothers doesn't
need an echo chamber coming out of the premiere of how violent the movie is or
how there are security concerns at movie theaters etc etc I mean I'm not saying
those things I'm just telling you what have been the headlines throughout the
week and as some of you have pointed out by putting those headlines out there
in fact almost will those situations into reality even if
they didn't exist beforehand but as Warner Brothers said very clearly in
their statement it's simply time for everyone to see this movie and decide
for themselves so do you have Joker tickets if so for one when are you
planning to see the movie and if you don't why not have you just not bought
them yet are you sitting out the first weekend what's going on let's conduct
our own little poll here in the comments down below and at least though Joker
doesn't have to worry about any box office competition as Hollywood has
really cleared the field for them a courtesy usually only only reserved for
Disney releases the only new release this weekend was abominable which did
abominable at the box office that one was for you Arthur alright so yes the
trades tried to valiantly spin this as universals the eight universals eight
number one debut of the year the most of any studio but they still have less than
half of Disney's 2019 market share and are basically tied with Warner Brothers
and even Sony so that seems like a bit of a hollow victory to me eight number
one debuts like why didn't wanted to get yet although as I've always told you
Universal is the one that's that Disney really kind of has to look out for they
are surprisingly competitive abominable did get an a-minus CinemaScore and has
basically the same Rotten Tomatoes score as Joker but so far DreamWorks Animation
is looking pretty soft compared to it's a universal step-sibling which of course
recently acquired DreamWorks Animation and that's illumination entertainment
although to be fair illumination is having a bit of an off year themselves
it's tough out there it's tough for anyone who's not Disney although I think
Maleficent might be a little bit rare bump in the road for them we'll say you
have Maleficent tickets because those have been on sale for a while and
they're really pushing them I don't think you need to buy those tickets in
advance though are you planning to see Maleficent I guess is a better question
but anyway DreamWorks is still valuable to Universal because of its stable of
franchises remember Chris Mel and Andre who now runs both Animation Studios is
planning to relaunch Shrek and that could work people love Vernon we're in
the middle of a nostalgic race and Shrek has a huge chunk of nostalgia but still
abominable it's one of the lowest debuts ever for
Mark's animation and animation in general however abominable big cell as
you might recall was that it is a co-production with the Chinese animation
studio spun out of DreamWorks Animation pearl studios a lot of Hollywood movies
making big money in China how about some animation right I don't think anything's
really like frozen did really well like in South Korea right I think also too in
Japan but there's no animated movie except for Coco actually they left Coco
in China it's done really well in the Middle Kingdom so this movie abominable
is supposed to do boffo business there when it goes wide for some reason on
Tuesday that's the number we really need to see before we can decide what's going
on here with abominable remember China's own monster on twitch was a live action
animation hybrid made three hundred and eighty one point eight million in China
although China's so secretive maybe they actually have those little monsters over
there no I'm just kidding but anyway monster MIT the first one made three
hundred eighty one point eight million in China and its sequel three hundred
and fifty six point three it's weird we can't really verify any of these numbers
and of course you know again Hollywood wink it's 25% of their Chinese box
office but there are a lot of people in China so they could be generating these
kinds of numbers who knows if they're real but they look good on paper and
abominable would like to look good on paper and you can see the influence
between monster hunt and abominable now there was one small headline this
weekend but it's a nice one and that's for Judy which managed to pop into the
top ten number seven actually not just judge it didn't just barely make it into
the top ten it's in there despite playing in just under five hundred
theaters and that's thanks to solid reviews great press coverage they did a
great job with this very little competition at the box office and maybe
a Renee Zellweger Zellweger comeback at the very least her Oscar nomination
chances just got a whole lot stronger judy is also another huge win two weeks
in a row for older moviegoers especially female older moviegoers it'll be
interesting to see how indie distributor roadside attractions for those of you
who are peanut-butter and Falcon fans this is from the same distributor so
they're having a good couple of weeks here right
but roadside attractions decided to roll we'll see how they decide to roll this
one out will they do it slowly they go wide right away on this one I
would actually recommend they go wide right away because it's hard to imagine
better counter programming to Joker than Judy I mean what happened to Judy
Garland is not only a tragic horror story itself but it really happened that
is quite the set Joker and Judy it's an amazing set actually I hope roadside can
move that quickly I don't know if they can but it would be amazing for them if
they could especially if people are on the edge about Joker go see Judy at
least its historical alright so it is Hollywood history and everybody should
know what happened to Judy Garland it's tragic
it solves I'm gonna see it actually I'm trying to see tomorrow night and I'll
try and review it on Tuesday depend so much stuff's going on this week with New
York comic-con and Joker but I'm gonna review it I'm gonna see it but I'd have
heard that it covers not only the end of her life but also where all of her
problems started on The Wizard of Oz really it should be if it's done well
really interesting stuff and audiences seem to be enjoying the film who's seen
it so far now as for the overall top 10 Downton Abbey speaking of Downton Abbey
that had a solid hold you know many of us were wondering if this was just gonna
be a one weekend thing it's not I mean it wasn't it it wasn't an amazing hold
but it's a very good hold in just its second weekend and it's already past the
century mark worldwide and remember before advertising this thing cost us 13
million so again a sequel is almost guaranteed but you know I hope they
don't take as long to announce it is they're taking with Aladdin to why the
heck is Aladdin - all right so then Hustler's enjoyed one of the best holds
of the weekend and in its third week past of ad astra Rambo last blood and
its old nemesis in Chapter two Hustler's is already one of the biggest hits of
JLo's career I think it's like number three and it could even become her
biggest hit which would be really interesting because it would mirror Will
Smith another actor who in their 50s is at the top of their game and that Oscar
talk for JLo it has not died down it was not a fad it's sticking I think she's
gonna get that nomination and I think she's almost definitely gonna win a
Golden Globe then speaking of ad astra and Rambo last a but because with
Hustler's the fact that it did really well at the box office
it makes it not as easy to maybe potentially dismiss the movie because it
found it a strong audience so that's really good too and that's a good
talking point for Jennifer Lopez not only because she's making a big deal
she's going on a studio she went on a music tour to promote her 50th birthday
she's been going all over the talk shows talking about it she walked it in that
Versace dress again she's gonna play up you know the importance of longevity of
someone's career which will appeal to a lot of the older Awards voters she's
very smart or someone who works for her is but she's executing it so back to ad
astra and Rambo last blood not much to say here cuz no one's talking about her
seeing these movies they had the biggest drops in the top ten and only their
second weekend's ouch now as for this coming weekend as
of now because again who knows if roadside attractions will be able to
push Jodi Judy wide that quickly for this coming weekend but as of now Joker
is the only wide release the number two meet this is all it has to do it just
has to beat out Venom's 80.2 if we can even do something like 70 something like
Halloween I guess that would be acceptable it's really got a beat venom
though it's gotta beat the 80.2 that's the biggest October opening ever and
analysts think Joker will not only do that so you know at least firm within
the industry it's looking like it might happen they think it could even do
better than that and could be the month in the month of October 1st every over a
hundred million plus debut but what this past week and again what some of you are
saying to me I just don't know I mean I think it's pretty clear that Joker is
going to be a wild card what do you think how do you think Joker is going to
do that's this week's movie math thanks for going over the box office with me be
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