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'Terrifier 3': How An Indie Cult Horror Franchise Became a Box Office Smash
Offering more than just unrated gore and the ability to stand out even amid a crowded genre made Damien Leone's threequel a mainstream sensation.
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Scott Mendelson
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Box Office: Where 'Joker 2' Ranks Among Hollywood's Biggest Sequel Flameouts
In dollar loss and percentage drops from a hut predecessor, 'Joker 2' is A) near the top of a grim list and B) might still have made money had it kept…
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Ep. 37 - Send in the Clowns
Listen now | As Joker slept with the fishes, Art the Clown answered the call.
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As 'Wild Robot' Flies to PVOD, Shorter Windows Are Not Hurting The Box Office
Record box office for 'Deadpool & Wolverine' did not prevent a record PVOD debut, while legs for 'Twisters' and 'Fall Guy' were strong even by pre-COVID…
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Weekend Box Office: 'The Apprentice' Bombs As 'The Wild Robot' Legs Out
A Donald Trump biopic was this weekend's biggest (new release) loser, while Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield's 'We Live in Time' earned $226k on five…
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Box Office: 'Terrifier 3' Tops (With $18M) As 'Joker 2' Drops (A Record 81%)
Art the Clown and Sienna Shaw nabbed the top "too hard for R" unrated debut ever, as Arthur Fleck and Lee Quinn suffered one of the all-time worst…
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Box Office: 'Joker 2' Plunges Record 89% on Friday as 'Apprentice' Bombs
Both 'The Apprentice' and 'Saturday Night' are proving to be the sort of media-friendly releases that are far more written about than actually seen.
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'Terrifier 3' Box Office: Art the Clown Chops Up $8.2 Million Friday
In a year battered by underperforming originals and mostly held up by existing franchises, 'Terrifier 3' (obviously a sequel) is a reminder of why…
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'Joker 2' - Six Years After 'Solo,' Are Movies About White Guys Still Box Office Poison?
What was true in 2018 remains true in 2024: Big movies and IP-focused flicks for and starring white men can bomb as hard as those centered on women and…
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'Joker 2': Why Warner Bros. Cannot Afford Another DC Cinematic Universe
DC Films' ups and downs undercut and overshadowed ten years' worth of Warner Bros.'s non-superhero box office successes. An inconsistent or unsuccessful…
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Ep. 36: The Day The Clown Cried
Listen now | Joker: Folie à Deux lost its wheels and laid an egg, but we four cranky box office pundits aren’t going to let him get away.
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Scott Mendelson
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Box Office: As 'Joker 2' Flops, Warner Bros. Again Pins Their Non-'Batman' DC Comics Hopes On A 'Superman' Reboot
After 15 years of ups-and-downs, WB is again banking on a 'Superman' reboot to prove that it can successfully release any DC Comics flicks outside of…
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