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I think it was a stupid idea to release Nightmare Alley super-wide against Spider-Man. That's why the more conservative platforming approach that UAR is employing for Licorice Pizza makes sense.
Nightmare Alley would have done better if it had opened on December 3 as originally slated. I don't care if all the movies from Thanksgiving were still playing and that traditionally, new movies don't open that week, it still would have made more money then. Pretty much any other date than against Spider-Man would have been better for it. If NA was finished, they should have opened it in October and even when the mainstream audience was pissed that it wasn't really a horror movie, Disney would have still had their money and more of that money than they ended up getting by opening on December 17.
The only showing of Nightmare Alley at the local theater is one daily matinee at 3pm. Otherwise they're using that theater for additional Spider-Man shows.
Deadline confirmed the move to Hulu, so that is certain now. But a premiere date has not yet been set.
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That is likely a formality because the contract probably requires them to run it for however many weeks. I'm sure they'll dump it as soon as their contractual obligation has been filled. It already left my local multiplex after six days. It is still accessible here at my local arthouse, which isn't showing Spider-Man. But even the arthouse (where The Shape of Water was their all-time top grosser for that theater) moved Nightmare Alley off its biggest screen to make room for Licorice Pizza there.
He and his projects have never been a huge box office draw. Blade II, Hellboy, Pan's Labyrinth, and Pacific Rim did OK, but none were runaway blockbusters. The Shape of Water was probably his most profitable hit and kind of a surprise at the box office, IMO. At least it surprised me, as I didn't think it was that good and was shocked that it was nominated for so many Oscars, let alone winning. Nightmare Alley probably should have/would have done better with a different release date.
Absolutely. It's not a mainstream movie so it never would have been a legitimate hit but it would have done better at pretty much any other release date.
Ouch. Warner Bros. has to be relieved that the idiotic simultaneous free streaming year on HBO Max is almost over.3.) Matrix Resurrections (WB) 3,552 theaters, Fri $2.7M/3-day $14M/5-day $24M/Wk 1
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Except as noted by Jake in The Batman thread, WB has already shot themselves in the foot again with that film by announcing, well before the theatrical release, a firm date when it will debut on HBOMax. So now everyone knows if they don't go to the theater, they can stream it just 40-something days later.
