Even at $20/ticket (which is probably high), you’d need to sell 5 million tickets to get to $100,000,000. The argument is that a small number of really rich people are willing to spend outrageous amounts of money for....what? It seems more likely to me that the largest driver of the box office is that a lot people…

I agree it’s a bit different. Although there were individual initiatives for Black Panther too. Regardless, the rationale strikes me as similar. “This is an important movie and we want to support it and/or make it easier for people to see it.” It’s a personal connection and passion for something.

That still requires people to want to spend that amount of money to buy tickets for other people. I swear I remember stuff like that for Black Panther too. So I don’t think it’s a unique phenomenon.

I’m fortunate to have a 70mm IMAX near me* so I looked at movie times for the next week. Almost all the showings are already sold out - aside from seats in the very front or back corners. I’m honestly more interested in the format than the movie so it’s kinda disappointing that I might miss out. Maybe I’ll just watch M…

As Liam Neeson once said, “No, no, no, no, no, no. That’s going too far.”

Yeah, I thought Dead Reckoning was great, but confusing isn’t a word I would use to describe it. I think the impressive think about the latter MI films is their ability to create and sustain tension.

Very well stated.

It’s a line from one of the movies. It’s how Alec Baldwin’s character describes Ethan Hunt.

I remember being impressed by how tense Fallout was. It felt like the movie never slowed down. It reminded me of Fury Road in that respect. I think Dead Reckoning somehow outdoes them both. It was incredible. I think the stunts were actually smaller. They were still great, but not as jaw-dropping as some of what they…

I think the Mission Impossible movies are much better than the Fast movies. Opinions on 1-3 vary, but 4-6 are generally considered to be very good to great. I agree with others that those most recent one really are more of a piece than the first three so you could probably start there. I think Fallout (#6) might be…

I watched MI:2 the other day and was surprised at how frankly they treated her character. Female characters in action movies are so commonly just love interests and disposable (like you said, Bond girls). MI:2 makes it very clear that the bad guy wants her for sex and that the IMF is using her as bait in that way. But…

He’s clearly saying that if we don’t understand what happened in the past we are more likely to see it happen again. The next quote lays this out clearly. How did they not see all that bad stuff coming and do something about it? Even the dumb Moms for Liberty thing is obviously using the quote as a point against their…

“‘You know what, you’re completely right, I hear you. That’s something I flagged as well.’”

A July 3rd or 4th opening would apply to next week’s results, not the prior weekend. Presales still just get added to the first week total.

Eh, that’s not so far-fetched. I used to do that all the time in Donkey Kong Country.

I don’t think you even need to say dated. It looked terrible when the movie was released!

Olaf is far and away the best part of Frozen. I assume it’s because of that.

If you had given me 1,000 guesses I would not have been able to tell you her character’s name before reading this article.

Allen’s comments are innocuous. He has nothing to do with Bryan’s issues. This seems more like an excuse to write an article about Allen because it will drive more traffic, as the commentariat can’t help but talk about how much they dislike the guy.

Good point. The Bad Guys did well, but that’s based on books I think.