The Quorum

New to The Quorum: INFINITE STORM, ALL THE OLD KNIVES, THE BUBBLE, SECRET HEADQUARTERS

Last week, four films were added to The Quorum. Here’s a closer look at each.  ALL THE OLD KNIVES (Amazon, April 8th) – Every few years, Chris Pine stars in a high-intensity action thriller. Aside from the STAR TREK films, Pine has starred alongside Denzel Washington (UNSTOPPABLE), Kevin Costner (JACK RYAN: SHADOW RECRUIT), and Ben Foster […]

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Final Tracking Numbers: THE BATMAN

Here we are, folks. THE BATMAN, which is easily the highest-profile release of the pandemic era after SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME, is now in theaters. So, how do the final tracking numbers for BATMAN compare to the numbers for SPIDER-MAN?  Let’s start with awareness. BATMAN, with 75% awareness, actually ended its run two points higher […]

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Final Tracking Numbers: CYRANO and STUDIO 666

One week after the box office roared back to life thanks to UNCHARTED and DOG, things look to quiet down considerably this weekend. Neither of the two new releases will pose much of a challenge to the holdovers. In fact, it’s likely that both will debut under $5M.  United Artists has been aggressively marketing CYRANO […]

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Guy Ritchie’s OPERATION FORTUNE now TBD

The unraveling of STX continues. As the beleaguered studio looks to find a buyer (Lionsgate has emerged as the latest possible suitor), it finds itself without the resources to mount a meaningful marketing campaign.  Just this week, STX offloaded THE CONTRACTOR to Paramount and Showtime, and now OPERATION FORTUNE has been pulled from the release schedule […]

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Can Valentine’s Day at the box office be saved?

When we think of important box office holidays, Thanksgiving, Christmas, July 4th, and Memorial Day come to mind. Less obvious is Valentine’s Day, which, over the past 15 years, has evolved into a box office powerhouse. Romance-forward films in February have been around for a long time, though 2009 was arguably an inflection point. On […]

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Welcome back to The Quorum: DEEP WATER

DEEP WATER, starring Ben Affleck and Ana De Armas, is one of the final remaining pre-pandemic films to see the light of day. Initially developed by Fox, the film was pulled from the release schedule in December and has now resurfaced as a Hulu release.  We began tracking the film in October 2020 but suspended […]

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