Scott Mendelson

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Scott Mendelson

@ScottMendelson

Box office columnist at Puck News and otherwise doing the news analysis/film criticism/box office punditry thing at The Outside Scoop via Substack.

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Scott Mendelson@ScottMendelson·15 Kas

If you feel like finding me at the new (for now) "good place"... And if you want to subscribe to my S*bst*ck and/or listen to my weekly podcast, please do that, too. (The extra screenshots are mainly for the clean four photos cropped 16x9 appearance.)

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Scott Mendelson@ScottMendelson·5h

bit.ly/3S1coDr via @ScottMendelson Sure, a $100 million four-day holiday opening weekend is perfectly okay for a $165 million Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu. #BoxOffice

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Scott Mendelson@ScottMendelson·5h

If a $100M ‘Devil Wears Prada 2’ can top $600M, a $165M ‘Star Wars’ spin-off likely passing $400M is fine for Disney. When ‘Michael’ can pass $800M as ‘Project Hail Mary’ tops $675M, ‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ performing essentially on par with ‘Solo’ is okay for theaters. 1/2

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Scott Mendelson@ScottMendelson·5h

It’ll be funny watching Hollywood (potentially) act aghast at Obession, Backrooms, and Amazing Digital Circus, and then (presumably) react by greenlighting Star Trek Into Redundancy, The Bourne Irrelevancy, Urban Legends: Legends and Pirates of the Caribbean: In Empty Theaters.

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Scott Mendelson@ScottMendelson·5h

@pandersera I liked Boosters! My son appreciated the surreality, but I think he wanted a more grounded “young women shoplifting from upper-class clothing stores to sell at a discount” economic revenge” comedy. Still, at least he’s that much readier to seize those means of production.

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swan 🍃@pandersera·8h

@ScottMendelson I Love Boosters!!!

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Scott Mendelson@ScottMendelson·13h

Your move, BACKROOMS...!

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Scott Mendelson@ScottMendelson·5h

@therealeverton Honestly, I'm inclined to argue that the film's sheer (laugh... or else) quality implies that it was just a "no corners cut" movie that just cost that much. I could be wrong, but I don't think Jackman was demanding $20 million upfront.

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Everton Carter🇬🇧/🇯🇲💙 #NHSblueheart 💙@therealeverton·7h

Hey @ScottMendelson I know #SheepDetetives is relitively effects heavy, because of the sheep,, but is the $75m also down to it being an Amazon film..as in is it a streaming inflated budget, or was it just that expensive because of the talent: writing, directing, acting & vfx?

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Scott Mendelson@ScottMendelson·12h

It’s my pick for the best Street Fighter and/or Mortal Kombat adaptation ever made, even if its template is arguably closer to Pit Fighter.

Andy “Action Movie Guy” Gorham@AndrewMGorham

GLADIATOR UNDERGROUND is one of the best tournament movies of the past few years mainly because it allows Andy and Brian Le a larger stage to fully show off their martial arts skills and inventive choreography! Oh yeah Brian Le has a little movie coming out soon….be ready!

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Scott Mendelson@ScottMendelson·13h

@spetersaunders @AKlay19 Yup.

Peter Saunders@spetersaunders·1d

@ScottMendelson @AKlay19 I was there for Song of the South. Must've been its final theatrical run, right?

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Scott Mendelson@ScottMendelson·1d

So, #Obsession had an even better second-weekend jump (+30%) than Disney’s 1986 rerelease of ‘Song of the South’!! And... also ‘Titanic’. (It took the 3rd-biggest second-weekend jump ever for any movie opening on more than 2,000 screens but not debuting on or around Christmas)

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Scott Mendelson@ScottMendelson·13h

@EDouglasWW I didn't mean "it should move," I meant "okay, now it's your turn." :-)

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Edward Douglas@EDouglasWW·13h

@ScottMendelson Backrooms has already sold so many tickets for this weekend, it has no reason to move. Obsession will probably take third place.

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Scott Mendelson@ScottMendelson·13h

For those who want the long version... bit.ly/4e38XEX via @ScottMendelson

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Scott Mendelson@ScottMendelson·14h

Even (or especially?) if it gets crushed by ‘Backrooms,’ ‘Amazing Digital Circus,’ and (unless it skews nostalgic) ‘Scary Movie 6,’ the lesson is clear. If you make cool-looking movies for kids, films that feel of-the-moment, topical & (maybe) a little dangerous, kids show up.

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Scott Mendelson@ScottMendelson·14h

Among films that A) opened on at least 600 screens and B) didn’t open prior to Thanksgiving weekend or days before/on Christmas Day, #Obsession just had the second-best second-weekend hold (behind 1987’s ‘Adventures in Babysitting’). It jumped 39% for a $23.9M Fri-Sun gross.

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Brandon Peters@brandon4KUHD·14h

NEW EPISODE: A Great Wall? Big Trouble? Thunder Run? Jake Speed? The Summer of 86 at 40 delivers 4 mystery films for @ScottMendelson , @AaronsPS4 & I this week! Apple bit.ly/3ARR4Z6 Spotify spoti.fi/40SBUNH YouTube youtu.be/fXg5blmqi9M?si…

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Scott Mendelson@ScottMendelson·14h

@therealeverton Yes and no. But I consider films like this akin to Robocop, Terminator 2, Basic Instinct, Sinners, Weapons, Scream, Matrix, Die Hard, Exorcist, etc. “Adult movies” that can be formative cinematic experiences, specifically because a moviegoer saw them when they were young(er).

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Everton Carter🇬🇧/🇯🇲💙 #NHSblueheart 💙@therealeverton·14h

@ScottMendelson Me again causing trouble. Define "kids". I know Americans tend to call University as school, Uni students kids can't drink till their 21 so perhaps that's what you mean but... Kids? Even with the (weird from an outsiders view) non-barrier R rating this is an "adult" movie, right?

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Scott Mendelson@ScottMendelson·16h

@therealeverton I think you mean 3-D sharks? And, alas, no.

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Everton Carter🇬🇧/🇯🇲💙 #NHSblueheart 💙@therealeverton·1d

@ScottMendelson Happy birthday Youngest!🎉 Sea World... any suspicious 3F sharks nearby?

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Scott Mendelson@ScottMendelson·1d

The weekend box office report for The Mandalorian and Grogu will arrive sometime today (at Sea World for my youngest’s 11th birthday). TLDR - $165 million global debut is good enough for a $165 million, kid-friendly flick that should have better legs than the $275 million Solo.

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Scott Mendelson@ScottMendelson·1d

@sperling @FocusFeatures I imagine such conversations are happening at the moment, but it’s not like it’ll get yanked out of theaters once it debuts on PVOD

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J. Sperling Reich@sperling·1d

@ScottMendelson Now the question on everyone's mind is... will @FocusFeatures keep OBSESSION in movie theatres or will they release it on PVOD in its third week?

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Scott Mendelson@ScottMendelson·1d

Focus Features and Blumhouse’s breakout sleeper smash 'Obsession’ earned $22.2M in weekend two for a $55M 10-day total, grossing 30% more in its second weekend than it did in its first ($17.2M). That’s one of the best jumps for any wide release not opening around Christmas. 1/2

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Scott Mendelson@ScottMendelson·1d

@ja_y007 Inclined to agree.

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Yoshi@ja_y007·1d

@ScottMendelson Also the guy who directed This is Where You Leave Me, and the guy who directed the Ryan Reynolds/Jennifer Garner scene from The Adam Project. I just feel like Levy is a good director, especially with comedy/drama, but he's terrible when he has to make a "commercial" blockbuster.

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Scott Mendelson@ScottMendelson·1d

Agreed. But if the guy who directed Free Guy (minus the brief lightsaber/Chris Evans scene) and Real Steel shows up, then maybe we’ve got a chance.

woop@woop54

I’m sorry there’s no way people think the guy who made Deadpool 3 is gonna point Star Wars in the right direction. I’m sure gosling will hold it up slightly but it’s gonna be awful

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