1. It was a quick extrapolation on my part. Looking at the film's returns, and being unaware of the margin not being as high overseas, I see that 70% is too high. I will say though, that the 50/50 split dates back to a time when films stayed in theaters longer and 60/40 (distributor/exhibitor) is more common nowadays.

I'm well aware of how business works. For one, I'm aware that companies often become overly aggressive in setting projections and set themselves up for failure. Within the movie business, projections frequently miss the mark and films oftentimes dramatically over or under perform (see Deadpool or Kick-Ass 2 for recent…

It is absolutely insane to me that a movie tracking at $100 million for its opening weekend can be considered "below expectations."

Well those sold out stupid fast.

I remember reading about this online when I was like 9 years old. I was a weird kid.

I understood your point. What was not clear at all was what specifically about this episode drew your ire. You just launched into a rant without prefacing what you were ranting about in the first place. I promise you that most people who read that comment are left scratching their heads, as the homophobia you see so…

It's actually not. What specifically is homophobic about this episode? "Limp biscuit" is an actual thing.
They even have "Ed Chambers," a character that is lampooning stereotypical, homophobic bro behavior, use "homo" in a derogatory way to show how disgusting that behavior is.

Erlich falling off the garage door was peak-Simpsons levels of funny and well-timed.

Or even Annapurna getting huge returns on more moderately budgeted ($20-40 million) films like American Hustle, Her, True Grit, Zero Dark Thirty, Sausage Party, etc.
The major studios used to make a lot more of those kinds of films, but now it's been relegated to mini-majors like Annapurna, Open Road, and Summit, and…

Just replace him with a similarly smug and obnoxious host. Real Time with Piers Morgan has an appropriately shitty ring to it.

This is the kind of thing my card carrying Republican dad would do during Thanksgiving dinner. You're more like the enemy than you think you are, Bill.

Interesting (and not at all surprising) that two of the most overtly racist states are really into Ebony porn.

That's Kenny FUCKING Powers.

Samuel L. Jackson with the final say on this matter.

Why do so many people think that Dan and Richard have some sort of romantic history? Revealing significant backstory about the central protagonist with a vague line of dialogue right before the end of the episode? When has this ever been that kind of a show?

I'm not usually the kind of person who talks to a show while I'm watching it, but when I saw Dan get on the elevator with Richard I said out loud, "Oh, come on, really? He's gonna fucking blow it again?"
This show is formulaic, but part of that formula involves pulling fantastic bait-and-switches on the audience, so I…

His whole career seems like a performance art piece about the lengths to which fans will tolerate shitty treatment from temperamental artists. And I say that as a fan.

Yeah Gyp Rosetti was a cartoon character but I didn't mind it. It worked for me, in a Tarantino kind of way. Cannavale really sold it.

My fellow fans of weird docs, who is the better villain?

I'm honored. In the words of the great Billy Mitchell, "Not even Helen of Troy had that much attention."