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AMC Says More Than 20k Have Booked 'Barbie'-'Oppenheimer' Double Features

18 points by TMWNN 3y ago

ImAnAmateur 3y ago
Reminds me of the March 20, 2020 same-day release of Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Doom Eternal. I'm glad those covid days are behind us.
- drybjed 3y ago
  The response of both communities for that was amazing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4lz8MN6MQA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4lz8MN6MQA
isykt 3y ago
Reminds me of the famous double feature in Japan: Grave of the Fireflies and My Neighbor Totoro. Totoro was paired with Grave because Totoro was considered a risk, Grave being an historical picture.
- ramraj07 3y ago
  I think my amygdala would have melted if I watched those movies back to back.
  - buildbot 3y ago
    Yeah that’s … quite … the double feature. I wonder what they showed first - GotF being second would be quite the surprise after totoro.
    - defrost 3y ago
      I'm reminded of that time The Wiggles opened for Rammstein ..
      - Agentlien 3y ago
        I can't find any references to this actually happening. Is it just a joke?
        defrost 3y ago
        It is indeed a stretch .. but they did cover AC/DC .. although not A Whole Lotta Rosie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weIL2yOBi_g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weIL2yOBi_g
    - bryanrasmussen 3y ago
      as I understand Totoro came second, which makes sense chronologically, emotionally, and really in an overall aesthetic sense.
    - fomine3 3y ago
      According to Japanese Q&A sites, two movies were played continuously and audience could enter/exit in any time (it's no longer possible), so it was decided by audience.
- buildbot 3y ago
  GotF is literally one of the most sad movies I have ever seen, for those who have not watched it.
drumhead 3y ago
The film industry needs as much help as it can get at the moment, all studios have been hit with massive flops this summer. After the Flash, on track to lose at least $200million, Warner need Barbie to be a hit, so this bizarre double header is a way for Warner and Universal to get some positive buzz going for their films. Both of the are tracking to do well, and they didn't cost too much to make like the Flash or Dial of Destiny, so their break even is at a much lower gross.
- vasco 3y ago
  The mega producers might have had a worse year, but the film industry as a whole is fine. And if you want to help someone, help smaller independent films by attending your local film festivals instead of mass produced crap. Who cares if the 78th comic book movie flopped.
  - drumhead 3y ago
    The big studios are a major source of finance and distribution for the Indies, if they do badly there's going to be less money from the rest of the industry and less appetite for risk. If you're on course to lose over a billion like Disney you'll start to pull back for funding anything on the fringe. Mass produced "crap" has always provided the funds for the more artistic or less commercial ventures.
    - probably_wrong 3y ago
      That sounds a lot like trickle-down economics for movies. And considering we've passed day 50 of the writer's strike and what we know about the troubles of the CGI industry, I'm skeptical of studios funding anything for the love of cinema when they are already failing to properly fund the people doing their blockbusters.
      - drumhead 3y ago
        I don't think the writers or even actors have as much leverage with studios now as they think they have. They've got so much content now they can just haul out their back catalogue and show that instead with no production costs and very little marketing spend. Longer term they'll just move more production overseas or use new technology like LLMs.
draugadrotten 3y ago
How is the experience of going to the movies in the US these days? In EU, going to the movies now means watching entire rows of glowing cell phones in front of you and hearing at least a few conversations on speaker phone. Not to mention the price of admission for the whole family is comparable to about 6 months of a streaming service. It just isn't worth it anymore, and I say that as a movie aficionado who has seen 500+ movies in the cinema over the years.
- mstade 3y ago
  Where in the EU is this true? I've never experienced this in Sweden.
  - yokoprime 3y ago
    While technically not EU, this is not the case in Norway either
  - bryanrasmussen 3y ago
    Also not in DK, and I'm going to assume it wouldn't be in Iceland or Finland either - seems very contra the whole Scandinavian identity, which normally has the issue of being too full of itself but I guess does have some benefits.
    - throwaway798214 3y ago
      Not in Finland, there's some noise before the movie starts and during ads but pretty much everyone turns off their phones (or puts them into airplane mode) when the actual movie starts.
  - haunter 3y ago
    Not in Hungary either
- midasuni 3y ago
  I go to the cinema about 4 times a year with the kids in the UK, usually to see marvel films. I don’t recognise that experience. The whole thing costs about £50 sure (maybe nearer £60 nowadays), and we combine it with bowling and a meal out. Overall it’s a £150 “day out”. It’s not comparable to watching a film at home.
Paul_S 3y ago
Just get a dolby Atmos sound system for your living room and save money in the long term. You can watch any movies you want back to back at any time. Get a big enough couch and you can invite your friends.
NoZebra120vClip 3y ago
I was eagerly awaiting "Dial of Destiny" for months before its release, and it was marked on my calendar, which was redundant because it was already a special day in our family. I wrapped things up at home and got to the theater on Thursday (which is technical Opening Day because everything has to creep up in time like Black Friday starting at 9pm on Thanksgiving Night.) Anyway, I immensely enjoyed "Dial of Destiny", and I saw it with a fairly good crowd, although the front three rows were less-populated. The auditorium had a gigantic screen and seat-shaking bass audio. I honestly didn't notice all the woke feminism until it was pointed out to me; I suppose I am inured to all that by now. But all the settings and the chases and the hokey artifacts were amazing to me, and I've always been a fan of Indy and Harrison. Special place in my heart. Anyway, on Saturday I ventured to the same mall again to see "Sound of Freedom". Now the mall was packed, the multiplex was packed, and the auditorium was even more packed than before. I had an aisle seat in Row B, and seeing the screen was a little off-kilter. But the film was fantastic. It was gripping, exciting, repulsive, and triumphant. I was glad to have spent the money on that ticket and supported these moviemakers. In fact, I will be returning to see it tonight, because I told some friends and one of them has gathered a group for this outing. So, spread the word; this is the must-see film of the summer, and you can probably find free tickets, because many are being donated in a "pay-it-forward" movement. Regarding etiquette: I've found people to be polite when I go to the movies. Sometimes someone peeks at their phone and the brightness is way up. But I think the management is fairly responsive if someone has a bad experience. I've lived in this major city for 24 years, and I've probably never encountered someone so rude that it ruined my movie, or I had to report to management. There used to be some really janky theaters in the bad part of town where it was normal to be snarky, and yell at the screen and throw popcorn and stuff, and sometimes we'd go there on purpose, because people can really be hilarious when it's a Rocky Horror attitude to some campy horror movie. But that's a social contract and not being rude to other patrons, you know?
- glimshe 3y ago
  People are downvoting the parent, but set politics aside and pay attention to what they are saying. Obviously he is a conservative, but conservative themed movies are a trend to watch and invest due to low budgets, strong word of mouth and high attendance. If you don't want to support this type of movie, it's okay, but someone else will make the money. It's clearly an underserved market, and it also highlights that if you want to add themes currently associated with politics (race, feminism, vaccines, religion), you better know your audience and keep costs proportional to what you're doing. Disney in particular has had a series of underwhelming to abysmal results when mixing liberal themes into movies that otherwise were meant to have broad appeal. The market is starting to do its job and reallocating resources appropriately to what people want to see. And to be clear, I'm not saying that this is a good thing or a bad thing, simply that it's happening.
TMWNN 3y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbenheimer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbenheimer

18 points by TMWNN 3y ago

Reminds me of the March 20, 2020 same-day release of Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Doom Eternal. I'm glad those covid days are behind us.

drybjed 3y ago
The response of both communities for that was amazing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4lz8MN6MQA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4lz8MN6MQA

isykt 3y ago

Reminds me of the famous double feature in Japan: Grave of the Fireflies and My Neighbor Totoro. Totoro was paired with Grave because Totoro was considered a risk, Grave being an historical picture.

ramraj07 3y ago
I think my amygdala would have melted if I watched those movies back to back.
- buildbot 3y ago
  Yeah that’s … quite … the double feature. I wonder what they showed first - GotF being second would be quite the surprise after totoro.
  - defrost 3y ago
    I'm reminded of that time The Wiggles opened for Rammstein ..
    - Agentlien 3y ago
      I can't find any references to this actually happening. Is it just a joke?
      - defrost 3y ago
        It is indeed a stretch .. but they did cover AC/DC .. although not A Whole Lotta Rosie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weIL2yOBi_g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weIL2yOBi_g
  - bryanrasmussen 3y ago
    as I understand Totoro came second, which makes sense chronologically, emotionally, and really in an overall aesthetic sense.
  - fomine3 3y ago
    According to Japanese Q&A sites, two movies were played continuously and audience could enter/exit in any time (it's no longer possible), so it was decided by audience.
buildbot 3y ago
GotF is literally one of the most sad movies I have ever seen, for those who have not watched it.

drumhead 3y ago

The film industry needs as much help as it can get at the moment, all studios have been hit with massive flops this summer. After the Flash, on track to lose at least $200million, Warner need Barbie to be a hit, so this bizarre double header is a way for Warner and Universal to get some positive buzz going for their films. Both of the are tracking to do well, and they didn't cost too much to make like the Flash or Dial of Destiny, so their break even is at a much lower gross.

vasco 3y ago
The mega producers might have had a worse year, but the film industry as a whole is fine. And if you want to help someone, help smaller independent films by attending your local film festivals instead of mass produced crap. Who cares if the 78th comic book movie flopped.
- drumhead 3y ago
  The big studios are a major source of finance and distribution for the Indies, if they do badly there's going to be less money from the rest of the industry and less appetite for risk. If you're on course to lose over a billion like Disney you'll start to pull back for funding anything on the fringe. Mass produced "crap" has always provided the funds for the more artistic or less commercial ventures.
  - probably_wrong 3y ago
    That sounds a lot like trickle-down economics for movies. And considering we've passed day 50 of the writer's strike and what we know about the troubles of the CGI industry, I'm skeptical of studios funding anything for the love of cinema when they are already failing to properly fund the people doing their blockbusters.
    - drumhead 3y ago
      I don't think the writers or even actors have as much leverage with studios now as they think they have. They've got so much content now they can just haul out their back catalogue and show that instead with no production costs and very little marketing spend. Longer term they'll just move more production overseas or use new technology like LLMs.

draugadrotten 3y ago

How is the experience of going to the movies in the US these days? In EU, going to the movies now means watching entire rows of glowing cell phones in front of you and hearing at least a few conversations on speaker phone. Not to mention the price of admission for the whole family is comparable to about 6 months of a streaming service. It just isn't worth it anymore, and I say that as a movie aficionado who has seen 500+ movies in the cinema over the years.

mstade 3y ago
Where in the EU is this true? I've never experienced this in Sweden.
- yokoprime 3y ago
  While technically not EU, this is not the case in Norway either
- bryanrasmussen 3y ago
  Also not in DK, and I'm going to assume it wouldn't be in Iceland or Finland either - seems very contra the whole Scandinavian identity, which normally has the issue of being too full of itself but I guess does have some benefits.
  - throwaway798214 3y ago
    Not in Finland, there's some noise before the movie starts and during ads but pretty much everyone turns off their phones (or puts them into airplane mode) when the actual movie starts.
- haunter 3y ago
  Not in Hungary either
midasuni 3y ago
I go to the cinema about 4 times a year with the kids in the UK, usually to see marvel films. I don’t recognise that experience. The whole thing costs about £50 sure (maybe nearer £60 nowadays), and we combine it with bowling and a meal out. Overall it’s a £150 “day out”. It’s not comparable to watching a film at home.

Paul_S 3y ago

Just get a dolby Atmos sound system for your living room and save money in the long term. You can watch any movies you want back to back at any time. Get a big enough couch and you can invite your friends.

NoZebra120vClip 3y ago

I was eagerly awaiting "Dial of Destiny" for months before its release, and it was marked on my calendar, which was redundant because it was already a special day in our family. I wrapped things up at home and got to the theater on Thursday (which is technical Opening Day because everything has to creep up in time like Black Friday starting at 9pm on Thanksgiving Night.) Anyway, I immensely enjoyed "Dial of Destiny", and I saw it with a fairly good crowd, although the front three rows were less-populated. The auditorium had a gigantic screen and seat-shaking bass audio. I honestly didn't notice all the woke feminism until it was pointed out to me; I suppose I am inured to all that by now. But all the settings and the chases and the hokey artifacts were amazing to me, and I've always been a fan of Indy and Harrison. Special place in my heart. Anyway, on Saturday I ventured to the same mall again to see "Sound of Freedom". Now the mall was packed, the multiplex was packed, and the auditorium was even more packed than before. I had an aisle seat in Row B, and seeing the screen was a little off-kilter. But the film was fantastic. It was gripping, exciting, repulsive, and triumphant. I was glad to have spent the money on that ticket and supported these moviemakers. In fact, I will be returning to see it tonight, because I told some friends and one of them has gathered a group for this outing. So, spread the word; this is the must-see film of the summer, and you can probably find free tickets, because many are being donated in a "pay-it-forward" movement. Regarding etiquette: I've found people to be polite when I go to the movies. Sometimes someone peeks at their phone and the brightness is way up. But I think the management is fairly responsive if someone has a bad experience. I've lived in this major city for 24 years, and I've probably never encountered someone so rude that it ruined my movie, or I had to report to management. There used to be some really janky theaters in the bad part of town where it was normal to be snarky, and yell at the screen and throw popcorn and stuff, and sometimes we'd go there on purpose, because people can really be hilarious when it's a Rocky Horror attitude to some campy horror movie. But that's a social contract and not being rude to other patrons, you know?

glimshe 3y ago
People are downvoting the parent, but set politics aside and pay attention to what they are saying. Obviously he is a conservative, but conservative themed movies are a trend to watch and invest due to low budgets, strong word of mouth and high attendance. If you don't want to support this type of movie, it's okay, but someone else will make the money. It's clearly an underserved market, and it also highlights that if you want to add themes currently associated with politics (race, feminism, vaccines, religion), you better know your audience and keep costs proportional to what you're doing. Disney in particular has had a series of underwhelming to abysmal results when mixing liberal themes into movies that otherwise were meant to have broad appeal. The market is starting to do its job and reallocating resources appropriately to what people want to see. And to be clear, I'm not saying that this is a good thing or a bad thing, simply that it's happening.

TMWNN 3y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbenheimer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbenheimer