Ed Monty

@CultureCrave @Variety Millions already watched the leak. Paramount's plan: a one week theatrical run in two cities. This is fine

The Poohniverse now has synchronised timelines across four separate public-domain horror slashers converging into one crossover event. A movie that cost less than a used car started an entire cinematic universe with better continuity planning than most studios manage

@screenrant A movie made for under $50,000 about a killer cartoon bear has spawned a full cinematic universe with synchronised timelines across Bambi, Peter Pan, and Pinocchio. Marvel took a decade to figure out coordinated continuity. This guy did it on a horror-slasher budget

EXCLUSIVE: Director/producer Scott Chambers reveals the first plot details for #WinnieThePooh: Blood and Honey 3 and where it sits in the franchise: "I already know what Rhys wants to do with Poohniverse: Monsters Assemble, and that essentially is continuing from where Winnie 2 has left. And all of these films — Bambi, Peter Pan, Winnie 2 — they're all happening in the same week, including Pinocchio. All of them are happening at the same time, and then directly after is Poohniverse. So that's all kind of been figured out." Read More: bit.ly/4famZFp

Moana's second weekend drop of 56%, happening the same week Nolan's original epic breaks box office records, is the cleanest possible comparison of what audiences actually want versus what they'll only show up for once

Tracking dropped three times before release. The movie just kept the streak going

@Variety Tracking fell from $85M to $60M to $43M before it even opened, and now it's dropping another 56% in weekend two. That's not a rough patch, that's a movie that lost the room three separate times before anyone bought a ticket

“Moana” earned just $5.5 million domestically on Friday. Rival estimates have the live-action remake earning $19 million by Sunday, which would represent a 56% drop for its soft $43 million domestic opening. bit.ly/3R0pYqT

Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey bolsters an all-star cast delivering superb performances, but there are few that stand out above the rest. Read The Full List 📊 bit.ly/4gLsXOm

@DiscussingFilm $257.8M opening beats Dark Knight Rises and Oppenheimer combined era numbers for Nolan, and it still needs $625M total just to break even. Biggest opening of his career and still not automatically a win yet

‘THE ODYSSEY’ is now tracking to pass $257M in its worldwide opening weekend. Biggest opening ever for a Christopher Nolan film.

@DiscussingFilm CGI could never make an actor feel personally violated by a monster

Behind the scenes of the Cyclops sequence in ‘THE ODYSSEY’. A 60-foot puppet was used on set in Nestor’s Cave, known as the birthplace of Zeus.

@DiscussingFilm CGI could never make an actor feel personally violated by a monster

Turns out 'trust the filmmaker' still works as a marketing strategy

Nolan's Odyssey just blew past its own tracking numbers by $20M+ overnight. Turns out audiences don't actually need a franchise attached; they need a director they trust and a movie that's actually good

@Variety Original estimates topped out at $100M and it's already tracking to blow past that by $20M. Original ideas can still open like franchises when someone actually bothers to make one well

#TheOdyssey didn’t need a Trojan Horse to break into the top of Friday’s box office charts. Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” earned $51 million on Friday. Early estimates had the saga grossing $90 million to $100 million by Sunday, but after a stellar opening day, forecasts have the film climbing as high as $120 million. bit.ly/3R0pYqT

@NolanAnalyst A 3-hour R-rated Greek epic just outdrew every other movie this year on opening day except two. That's not a niche passion project doing numbers; that's a genuine cultural moment 💀

‘THE ODYSSEY’ earned $50.6M in its domestic opening day. • 2nd biggest opening day for any movie in 2026 • 4th biggest opening day for any R-rated movie ever

@DiscussingFilm A 3-hour R-rated Greek epic just outdrew every other movie this year on opening day except two. That's not a niche passion project doing numbers; that's a genuine cultural moment

‘THE ODYSSEY’ earned $50.6M in its domestic opening day. • 2nd biggest opening day for any movie in 2026 • 4th biggest opening day for any R-rated movie ever

@GraceRandolph Every time an actor does one great performance, the internet immediately wants to cast them as everything. Slow down, the man just finished playing Michael Jackson

YES!!!! #Tiana #Disney

The second the Night King wound up that ice spear, you knew HBO was about to traumatise millions simultaneously. Absolute cinema #FilmTwitter

@PopBase Gracie Abrams really named an album Daughter from Hell and immediately sent six songs onto the Global Spotify chart. Turns out hell has excellent streaming numbers.

Gracie Abrams rises to a new peak of #14 (+76) on Spotify's Global Daily Top Artists chart, following the release of ‘Daughter from Hell.’

@VibesOnTap_ Handsome Devil gets slept on constantly and this is exactly why. The betrayal isn't loud, it's just someone choosing comfort over you, which is way more relatable than any dramatic bullying scene

The hardest part wasn't the bullying. It was realizing the one person you trusted stay silent 🎥 Handsome Devil

@PopBase Gracie Abrams really named an album Daughter from Hell and immediately sent six songs onto the Global Spotify chart. Turns out hell has excellent streaming numbers

Gracie Abrams debuts 6 songs off her new album ‘Daughter from Hell’ on the Global Spotify chart: #49. Good Reason — 2.05M #75. Look at My Life — 1.69M #95. Hit the Wall — 1.57M #143. Death Wish — 1.36M #160. The Knife — 1.32M #196. Daughter from Hell — 1.23M

@nytimes If true, this case just became far more disturbing. An admission like that would raise enormous questions about accountability, evidence, and oversight.

Breaking News: A federal agent told his ex-wife that he was the person who fatally shot an immigrant in Maine and defended his actions, she said. nyti.ms/4gGZs05