The Quorum

Has Hollywood given up on January?

Perhaps January isn’t the sexiest month of the year, at least in terms of the box office. There are few filmmakers who beg studio distribution executives to release their film in January. But, perhaps, the first month of the year is worth a second look.  Just ask Kevin Hart. A string of four January hits […]

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New To The Quorum: MICKEY 17

In 2019, Bong Joon-ho’s PARASITE was showered  with six Academy Award nominations and walked away with four wins, for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best International Film. Bong himself walked away with three statuettes. To this day, PARASITE remains the highest-grossing film for distributor Neon.  How do you follow that up? Audiences have […]

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Grading October Posters

Yikes. It was not a good month for posters. There were no A grades in October. In fact, none of these would have made the top 5 list in September. But it is interesting that fans gave high marks to a variety of titles. There’s a horror film, an animated film, an action thriller, an […]

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ELIO and SNOW WHITE get punted to 2025.

The ongoing SAG strike is beginning to impact the release calendar. Three high-profile projects have just been pushed. Disney has ELIO moved from March 1st, 2024, to June 13th, 2025. That’s probably for the best, as ELIO has struggled to gain traction despite the presence of a teaser trailer and poster. ELIO would have represented […]

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Did Universal Back The Wrong Horse?

The business model is clear. Make the movie for a song and enjoy the upside windfall. That’s the way horror films have been made for decades.  Sure, sometimes budgets climb as high as $50M, but the vast majority are made for next to nothing. The five highest-grossing horror films of 2023 each cost less than […]

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