On the other hand, the limited cinema run of Waitress did so well that they extended it, & the marketing there was very clear that it was a musical, no trickery involved.

Doesn’t Tesla own the EV super-charger network (or at least the patent for EV super-chargers)? Seems like that should keep getting them money even if their vehicle sales/production go down.

no one cared about the switch

Actually, they come out of this looking completely reasonable. Not only did they wait for a conviction (so Majors’s apologists can’t accuse them of presuming guilt too early), but they also hadn’t filmed anything with him since the incident he was arrested for (so no one else can accuse them of supporting a known…

Fortunately, it also showed a few that didn’t look like Majors, so that door is already wide open.

That was the weakest version of him.

To everyone jumping straight to “budget, end of story”: Wonka hasn’t broken even yet either, & depending on its 2nd-week drop, it still might not.

the least popular of a 22-film franchise

And he got to ride a waterslide before that!

For a guy who looks more white-bread than actual literal white bread, Andy Williams sure managed to make a career out of sounding drunk out of his mind on every song.

That story again: Write down all your website passwords you have trouble remembering, because Chrome is gonna log you out of everything.

My closest White Castle has already put in an AI drive-thru voice, but if you just wait 30 seconds without saying anything, it gives up & relays you to a human instead.

No-pedestrians-in-the-drive-thru is a legal/insurance thing. That won’t change unless the country’s entire system of litigation changes.

But I don’t want the person on mic recommending things in the drive-thru, whether they’re real or AI.

It was a battle of imperialists versus imperialists. Much like Alien vs Predator: whoever wins, we lose.

This reads like Peter Nguyen.

Other bits of box office trivia:
—Waitress is a 5-day-only Fathom Event, so this is basically its *entire* cinematic box office, but it’ll be on VOD/streaming soon, & the performance also sold live tickets at time of filming too.
—Songbirds & Snakes is now only the 2nd film released in November 2023 to reach…

There were only 2 problems with Dolittle: The bad ADR & the lack of development for the children.

That’s them trying to recoup losses. The film cost $200 million to make (plus marketing), & it only grossed $151 million at the box office.

Right, that’s exactly what I said.