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Universal Blinked. Did It Need To?

We certainly didn’t see that coming. If you felt the ground shake yesterday morning, it was not an earthquake. At least not the geological kind. It was the news that TAYLOR SWIFT: THE ERAS TOUR will be arriving in theaters on October 13th in AMC, Regal and Cinemark circuits. If there was a rumbling, the […]

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Tracking For THE CREATOR Is Soft. Can It Recover?

Sometimes they’re based on shorts. Other times it’s a book. In some cases, they are entirely original. Regardless of the source, or lack thereof, the past 20 years has had its share of great science fiction films, including EDGE OF TOMORROW, ARRIVAL, INTERSTELLER, and DISTRICT 9.  At the same time, it’s worth noting that sci-fi […]

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A Letter We Hate Having To Write

An Open Letter From The Quorum: For the past few years, we at The Quorum have been studying audience sentiment toward going to the movies. In October 2021, The Quorum published a study, in partnership with Cultique and Fanthropology, that showed that a large segment of the population feels a disconnect between the value of […]

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New To The Quorum: THE TIGER’S APPRENCTICE

We typically don’t think of January as a strong corridor for animated films – at least in terms of new releases. Animated movies from the holidays in December continue to play into January. PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH made more in January than in December last year. New releases, however, tend to have lackluster […]

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New To The Quorum: A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE

With A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE, a universe is born. Next March, audiences will get a spin-off prequel to one of the most successful horror franchises of the past five years. The original film made $188M domestically and was the highest grossing horror film of 2018.  The sequel, A QUIET PLACE PART II, made $160M […]

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Grading July Posters

Let’s face it; it was a dismal month for movie posters. There were no A’s, and only two films scored an A-. What is clear is that people are in the mood for freights. Four of the highest scoring posters were horror films (including two for THE EXORCIST: BELIEVER), while the fifth was for A […]

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