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.

California Katılım Aralık 2008

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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·2h

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·2h

@spetersaunders @AKlay19 Yup.

Peter Saunders@spetersaunders·22h

@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·2h

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

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Edward Douglas@EDouglasWW·2h

@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·2h

Your move, BACKROOMS...!

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Scott Mendelson@ScottMendelson·2h

When you make cool movies for cool kids... bit.ly/4e38XEX via @ScottMendelson

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Scott Mendelson@ScottMendelson·2h

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

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Scott Mendelson@ScottMendelson·3h

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·3h

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·3h

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·3h

@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·3h

@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·5h

@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·16h

@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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Scott Mendelson@ScottMendelson·1d

@therealeverton Totally fair, it just annoys me because that scene becomes what defines it for folks who write the whole thing off.

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

@ScottMendelson That scene absolutely 100% was in keeping with a film about MMOG environment like Fortnight or even Overwatch. I get why some people feel icky about it, but it's like complaining that a film set in the Egypt has a camel or a pyramid in it. Agreed, Reel Steel guy, yep.

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Scott Mendelson@ScottMendelson·1d

@beneverard @jason_blum Aside from holiday-season releases (around Christmas or Thanksgiving), it had the sixth-best hold among movies opening on 600 screens or more. It’ll have the third-best (maybe second, if the $$ goes up) hold for any 2,000 release not dropped in December.

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Ben Everard@beneverard·1d

@jason_blum Well done across the board. Great for the town overall. Long live the movies.

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Jason Blum@jason_blum·1d

Obsession is the ONLY wide-release horror film on record to grow in its second weekend at this scale — $22.4M, up 30% over opening. This doesn't happen in horror. Grateful to Focus Features, Blumhouse-Atomic Monster, & Divide/Conquer for championing this movie from the start.

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Scott Mendelson@ScottMendelson·1d

@MaxFromQuebec I saw that film on opening weekend in theaters. While acknowledging its issues before I was even old enough to know how and why, I watched it countless times on video and TV. It was probably a decade before I happened to watch the end credits and notice that credit cookie scene.

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@MaxFromQuebec I will not tolerate this Frank Langella slander!

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