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To: ClearCase_guy

That article is embarrassing.

Actually, it is wildly successful. Some theaters were showing it around the clock. What is even more impressive is that it is almost a 3 hour movie, which means theaters show it one less time during the day, cutting into the box office. Theaters hate 3 hour movies for that reason.

It is already the 12th most popular movie of the year and it has been in the theaters only 3 days.

Some movie theaters have already sold out for the entire week. It is Nolan’s best opening globally and third best in the US after two of the Batman movies.

It received an “A” Cinema score from the movie goers, which means it will have legs in the weeks to come. The cinema score is very predictive of how well it will perform in coming weeks.

It will certainly finish with $1 billion worldwide and is attracting movie goers who do not frequently go to the movies - maybe once or twice a year, if that.

Then it gets sold to streaming services, cable, pay per view, purchases and rentals and little of that is shared with anyone - that will add up to several hundred million at least. And it will generate millions in the decades to come.

As an example, the first Mission Impossible movie with Tom Cruise still generates $10 million dollars a year in revenue just from people purchasing it - both physical and digital copies and digitally renting. All of that goes right to Paramount’s bottom line.


17 posted on 07/20/2026 12:53:36 PM PDT by Dave W
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To: Dave W
Actually, it is wildly successful

Which just goes to show how ignorant the general movie going public is, how utterly starved they are for some form of entertainment, even if it’s utter garbage.
23 posted on 07/20/2026 12:59:23 PM PDT by The Louiswu (USA FIRST...USA FOREVER)
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To: Dave W

Spot on. And you don’t even mention that “The Odyssey” is rated R. That eliminates any tickets being sold to all the kiddies that went to see “Toy Story 5” and “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie.” I have no investment in the movie whatsoever, though I will likely see it at some point, but some folks are so invested in it being a failure that they can’t just let it go.


24 posted on 07/20/2026 1:03:48 PM PDT by drjimmy
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To: Dave W

Gay movie bump.


50 posted on 07/20/2026 1:45:58 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: Dave W

Nice.


72 posted on 07/20/2026 3:53:53 PM PDT by karnage
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To: Dave W

lol, widely successful “
NOPE
When Spider Man comes out next week, it will head stomp this woke, crappy femnazi BS into the dirt.
Try getting some info from someone who isn’t a shill for Hollyweird.
Yea, most money was from IMAX.
Not regular tickets.
Wi t have a lot of repeat views either.


73 posted on 07/20/2026 4:14:57 PM PDT by 1ScrappyArmyMom
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