The Quorum

Where is the KANDAHAR poster? And does it matter?

UPDATE: Just hours after publishing this story, the KANDAHAR poster was revealed: Did you know a movie called KANDAHAR is coming out next month on Memorial Day weekend? If you didn’t, you wouldn’t be alone. According to The Quorum, the film has only 13% awareness. It’s interesting because it stars Gerard Butler, who has been […]

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Grading March posters

This summer looks big. Very big. The list of tentpoles is impressive. And yet, one movie isn’t mentioned in the same breath as GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY, INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY of SPIDER-MAN ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE. And that movie is HAUNTED MANSION. We’re not suggesting that MANSION will gross as much as […]

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Tracking 102: Unaided Awareness

Finally, some good news for BARBIE. Unaided awareness for the film jumped from 2.2% to 4.9% this week. What is unaided awareness? And how is it different than traditional awareness? To measure unaided awareness, we ask people which upcoming films they know about. They aren’t prompted, nor do we give them a list of upcoming […]

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THE LITTLE MERMAID’s icky Oscar integration.

Kudos to the Academy. Last night’s ceremony captured the pomp and prestige of years past while making the show feel inviting and accessible. And yet, something strange happened midway through the telecast. Melissa McCarthy and Halle Bailey were introduced and walked up to the podium. Nothing strange about that. It seemed like the two-time Academy […]

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Grading February Posters

There were some great movie posters released in February. While SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE scored the only A of the month, other fantastic posters didn’t score as well as we had hoped among our respondents. We’re all in on STRAYS. An R-rated talking dog movie featuring Will Ferrell and Jamie Foxx? Sold! We love the […]

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Will 65 be a missed opportunity?

There’s a lot to like about the upcoming Sony film 65. It was written and directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, the duo that wrote the A QUIET PLACE films. And it stars Adam Driver, a two-time Oscar nominee who is unafraid to try new things. It reportedly has a production budget near $90M, […]

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