

Relic Phillips
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@PhillipsRelic
Film Critic. Beachcomber. amicus Leo. Businessman. Intellectual. This is not investment advice. Beware of my bias.









By the way, #Lionsgate currently crushing at the #BoxOffice with #MICHAEL, has been cooking that long-in-the-making #DirtyDancing sequel for YEARS now, since its announcement in MAR 2020. I’ve been saying since then: they are seating on a golden ticket. Just look at #TheDevilWearsPrada2, the female demo would make of movie theatres a party with a new #DirtyDancing. Nostalgia sells as much among the ladies as among the fanboys. If done right (not like the #HavanaNights slop), this sequel can easily challenge even #Wicked. The theme song alone has been soundtrack in most weddings for the last 40+ years. After the new wave of successful female centric films, this one should be absolutely high priority, but it’s taking too long. After several delays, It was lastly supposed to have hit theatres last SUMMER 2025, but the film was never made & #Lionsgate quietly removed it from schedule and have yet to announce a new release plan. Only this last JAN 2026 real movement around this cash cow started, with #Lionsgate hiring #TheHungerGames producer duo #NinaJacobson & #BradSimpson to officially develop the sequel. Hopefully they get this film ready for SUMMER 2028. And let me not even get started with #Universal’s absurd eternity to announce #MammaMia3…


#TheDevilWearsPrada2 beats #MissionImpossibleTheFinalReckoning 598.8M run and crosses 600M mark at Global #BoxOffice in less than 4 weeks, after #AnneHathaway, #EmilyBlunt & #MerylStreep catwalked with UBER MODEL 21.2M 4th weekend overseas, harsh -57.8% drop from last weekend hit by Europe’s heat wave, for a 408M intl. cume over 53 markets. Allied to its 196.1M cume in the US, the sequel with a 100M production price tag not including marketing reached a 604.1M Global run! Next weekend, it’ll beat #SUPERMAN’s 618.7M & #F1’s 634.1M runs! 650M+ LOCKED 🔒 Eyeing a 680M-710M Global run!

2026 distributors race at US #BoxOffice crosses the 3.4B mark,+5.1% over 2023 & +15.6% over 2025 at same point,thanks to MANDO & strong holdovers! Distributors Top 5 YTD #Universal 506.8M #AmazonMGM 469M #Lionsgate 436.4M #20thCenturyStudios 422.6M (owned by $DIS) #Disney 358.2M












