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Uh-oh. Movies are getting pushed.

First, it was Universal pivoting its Valentine’s Day film MARRY ME to day-and-date with Peacock. Then yesterday, Sony pushed two of its high-profile winter films out a few months. AMBULANCE got moved from February 18th to April 8th despite the fact that just this week, Sony released a poster that very clearly states its opening […]

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Finally, a poster for UNCHARTED

File this one under, “what took so long?” Back in October, Sony released the trailer for UNCHARTED after parts of it leaked online the previous day. It is highly unusual for a trailer to arrive before the poster. It’s even more unusual for the poster to arrive nearly two months after a trailer. And yet, […]

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Big name directors fail to win back adults

Though, perhaps, we owe Jon M. Chu an apology. As we’ve reported here, the pandemic-era box office has been driven mostly by men under 45. We know that female, and older audiences are less likely to be going to the theaters these days, and quite frankly, there have been few signs that they are interested […]

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Omicron arrives with interest in upcoming films on the rise.

The last thing theatrical needs as it heads into the lucrative holiday season is the emergence of the Omicron variant. While some early reports are encouraging (less severe illness, vaccination with the booster is effective), others are not (much more contagious).  One thing we’ve noticed over the past 16 months is that interest in upcoming […]

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New to The Quorum: TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE

Next February, the 9th film in THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE franchise arrives by way of Netflix. This time around, the “The” is dropped from the title, much like SUICIDE SQUAD did earlier this year. The arrival of a new CHAINSAW raises a few questions:  How popular is this series? Combined, the eight previous films have grossed […]

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