Sunday, November 26, 2023

Star Wars Was Not, and Could Never Have Been, Another MCU

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The title of this post makes the point--Star Wars was not, and could never have been, the second Marvel Cinematic Universe-style hit machine...

The Superhero Flops Pile Up--as the Musical Flops Did a Half Century Ago

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Looking at the superhero films of this year one may note that Ant-Man 3 underperformed , but the domestic drop was actually mild (about a si...

Napoleon's Opening Weekend

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Last month I speculated about whether Ridley Scott's Napoleon had the makings of another Oppenheimer --as another historical biopic tha...

Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes: Second Weekend Box Office Gross

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A month before release the expectations for the Hunger Games prequel ( Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes ) were low --disma...

Captain Marvel 2's Third Weekend Box Office Gross

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Last week Boxoffice Pro predicted a relatively gentle drop in Captain Marvel 2's weekend gross after the collapse seen in the movie...
Friday, November 24, 2023

Will Any Movie Open Above $50 Million This Season?

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Captain Marvel 2, reportedly the season's most anticipated film, opened earlier this month to just $47 million domestically --and then p...

Captain Marvel 2 is Actually Doing Worse Than The Flash

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Initially considering Captain Marvel 2 I treated it as a regular Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) release in a time of declining prospects fo...
Thursday, November 23, 2023

Wish Hits Theaters: What Can We Expect?

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This Thanksgiving weekend sees two big new movies hitting theaters. One is Ridley Scott's Napoleon . The other is Disney's Wish . ...

"Can Napoleon Be Another Oppenheimer?": A Follow-Up

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As I remarked in a post last month seeing the ads for Napoleon I found myself thinking of Oppenheimer --both films being biographical epics...
Sunday, November 19, 2023

"I Don't Wanna Hear About No Superhero Fatigue!"

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There are times when the entertainment media seems to represent movies as bigger successes than they are--grading box office performance on ...

Do Computer Programmers (and Programming) Get Disproportionate Attention in Discussion of the Labor Market?

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According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in May 2022 the U.S. had some 133,000 computer programmers at work . This is out of...
Friday, November 10, 2023

Was an Expectation of a $250 Million Worldwide Gross Overoptimistic for Captain Marvel 2?

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Back in May I estimated on the basis of the performance of prior Marvel Cinematic Universe films (and especially what seemed to me the close...

Writing, Editing and the "80/20 Rule"

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Not long ago I remarked the rather miserable quality of the advice that we tend to get about writing and editing. Indeed, it seems to me tha...
Thursday, November 9, 2023

Captain Marvel 2 (The Marvels) Comes Out Friday. What Do the Predictions for the Movie's Opening Weekend Look Like?

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Boxoffice Pro 's first long-range forecast for the opening weekend of Captain Marvel 2 had the film debuting to a $50-$75 million gross ...

Say it With Me: "Celebrities Do Not Write Their Own Books."

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The celebrity memoir epitomizes the logic of publishers--selling the name on the book rather than its content, which is so often banal, and ...