Predictions for 2023

POSTED BY: SIGNYM
UPDATED: Tuesday, October 10, 2023 16:12
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SIGNYM

Thursday, January 5, 2023 4:39 AM

Instead of the indeterminate-range predictions in the "predictions" thread... like THUGR's endlessly ticking clocks (tick tock)... how about limiting predictions to 2023?

Endless fun!

The floor... is yours.
: smile:

SIGNYM

Thursday, January 5, 2023 4:41 AM

I predict California will have at least an average water year (rainy season).

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If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake

6IXSTRINGJACK

Thursday, January 5, 2023 5:20 AM

I predict Illinois voters are going to regret voting for Democrats who legalized Murder in the state before the end of the year.

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SIGNYM

Thursday, January 5, 2023 6:22 AM

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
I predict Illinois voters are going to regret voting for Democrats who legalized Murder in the state before the end of the year.

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Probably so, but how would we know? Can ppl in Chicago/ Illinois recall mayor/governor?

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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake

6IXSTRINGJACK

Thursday, January 5, 2023 9:08 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
I predict Illinois voters are going to regret voting for Democrats who legalized Murder in the state before the end of the year.

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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.
Probably so, but how would we know? Can ppl in Chicago/ Illinois recall mayor/governor?

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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake

Recall? Murder's legal. Maybe the problem will take care of itself.

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K2PO

Friday, January 6, 2023 12:51 AM

A few Ukraine predictions:

- Europe will get through Russia's energy squeeze this winter ok. (Readjustment costly but necessary. Losing the European market will damage Russia more in the long run.)
- The war won't end this year.
- Russia peaked last summer in terms of its strength in this war relative to Ukraine. Despite their mobilisations they will fight more defensively than offensively this year. They will lose more territory than they gain, but Ukrainian victories won't be as stunning as last year as Russia has more manpower and a shorter front line to defend. Bakhmut will hold. More mobilisations and replacements of top Russian generals wouldn't surprise me - this year, or next.

6IXSTRINGJACK

Friday, January 6, 2023 1:19 AM

My Ukrainian Prediction for 2023 is that Ukraine still won't matter at all to any American Citizen's interest, just as it never had, and even though the Republicans took the house and talk a big game they're just going to keep signing off on funding the war machine because there are too many NeoCons that still need to be removed from office before this country gets fixed.

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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.

SIGNYM

Saturday, January 7, 2023 12:09 AM

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Originally posted by K2PO:
A few Ukraine predictions:

- Europe will get through Russia's energy squeeze this winter ok. (Readjustment costly but necessary. Losing the European market will damage Russia more in the long run.)

Unverifiable as written What do you mean by "ok"? No recession? (Too late,already happened.) No changes in government? (Too late,already happened.) No loss of life due to cold? Reindustrialization in spring, and a robust increase in GDP?

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- The war won't end this year.
- Russia peaked last summer in terms of its strength in this war relative to Ukraine. Despite their mobilisations they will fight more defensively than offensively this year. They will lose more territory than they gain, but Ukrainian victories won't be as stunning as last year as Russia has more manpower and a shorter front line to defend. Bakhmut will hold. More mobilisations and replacements of top Russian generals wouldn't surprise me - this year, or next.

Well, that's pretty specific.

I predict that Russia will take Bakhmut by April and before the end of this year Russia will take Ukraine at least up to the Dnieper, but it will be a slow grind. No "big arrow" offenses.

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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake

6IXSTRINGJACK

Saturday, January 7, 2023 12:19 PM

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
My Ukrainian Prediction for 2023 is that Ukraine still won't matter at all to any American Citizen's interest, just as it never had, and even though the Republicans took the house and talk a big game they're just going to keep signing off on funding the war machine because there are too many NeoCons that still need to be removed from office before this country gets fixed.

McCarthy gets the gavel, almost assuring this prediction to come true.

GWB, meanwhile, is sporting the biggest war boner he's had since he was President.

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JAYNEZTOWN

Sunday, January 29, 2023 10:18 PM

That war Eastern Europe, the Russian invasion into Ukraine, will it continue another year?

6IXSTRINGJACK

Sunday, January 29, 2023 11:11 PM

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Originally posted by JAYNEZTOWN:
That war Eastern Europe, the Russian invasion into Ukraine, will it continue another year?

Strap in.

The only way this one is stopping in a "timely" manner is if Trump wins 2024. And it's still a maybe then.

So... yes. Yes it will.

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JAYNEZTOWN

Thursday, February 2, 2023 6:12 PM

The Death of Tv News?

Fox or CNN

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Hosts 'Growing Frustrated' As CNN Sees Worst Ratings Week in Nine Years

6IXSTRINGJACK

Thursday, February 2, 2023 7:27 PM

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Originally posted by JAYNEZTOWN:
The Death of Tv News?

Fox or CNN

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Hosts 'Growing Frustrated' As CNN Sees Worst Ratings Week in Nine Years

FOX is still getting good ratings, and FOX isn't staring down the barrel of an angry David Zaslav.

But FOX needs to die off too, along with MSNBC.

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JAYNEZTOWN

Wednesday, April 5, 2023 2:33 AM

I still don't really get why people confused my posts with Signym

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Originally posted by Oonjerah:

6Stringjack - 6Stringjoker
Auraptor - Reaverfan
1Kiki - Piratenews
Brenda - Riverlove
Second - Bytemite
Whozit - Shinygoodguy
Signym - Jayneztown
Thgrri - Jewelstaitefan
Jo753 - Rahlmaclaren
KPO - Wishimay
G - Oonjerah

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and

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Dems are going to get beaten so bad

yet to happen

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:

But FOX needs to die off too, along with MSNBC.

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Another Prediction?

6IXSTRINGJACK

Wednesday, April 5, 2023 3:00 AM

Get fucked, idiot.

Why didn't you put my Shazam prediction in the Predictions thread.

I already know the answer to that. I just want to hear you say it.

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JAYNEZTOWN

Thursday, April 13, 2023 3:54 AM

Argentina's economy will grow by just 0.2% this year, says IMF

https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/economy/argentinas-economy-will-grow-b
y-just-02-this-year-says-imf.phtml

JAYNEZTOWN

Friday, April 14, 2023 2:55 PM

Barr slams Trump as weak candidate, makes bold prediction for 2024 election

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/barr-slams-trump-weak-candidate-makes
-bold-prediction-2024-election

IMF revises upwards forecast for Greek economic growth in 2023 and 2024

https://www.businessdaily.gr/english-edition/84875_imf-revises-upwards
-forecast-greek-economic-growth-2023-and-2024

JAYNEZTOWN

Wednesday, May 17, 2023 4:22 PM

Evil Mermaids, Demons, Waterpeople, Mer-people

MAGA Speaker Warns About Evil Mermaids Spreading Wickedness
https://crooksandliars.com/2023/05/maga-speaker-warns-about-evil-merma
ids
Prophet Amanda Grace, speaking at an Awaken America event

Top Ten False Teachers You’ll Find in Evangelical Churches
https://disntr.com/2019/03/26/false-teachers-evangelical-churches/#com
ments

I am blessed by the Lord to run an animal sanctuary and I also have been entrusted to oversee Ark of Grace Ministries & I deliver prophetic words/teachings !

https://twitter.com/AmandaG76575177/

JAYNEZTOWN

Saturday, June 24, 2023 6:41 PM

when Predictions Go Wrong?

I think the word that was supposed to be used 'Metaphor'

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Originally posted by THG:
Moscow Burns is a Medifor. A figure of speech.

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6IXSTRINGJACK

Sunday, June 25, 2023 2:44 AM

Medifor? Those gosh darn coal minors. OPPS!

Ted is a fuckin' moron.

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JEWELSTAITEFAN

Tuesday, June 27, 2023 11:21 PM

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/ukraine-looks-recaptured-territory-occupied-
072600409.html

Is this true?

6IXSTRINGJACK

Wednesday, June 28, 2023 5:13 AM

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Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/ukraine-looks-recaptured-territory-occupied-
072600409.html

Is this true?

“highly likely” "according to UK officials".

Who the fuck knows? Can't trust anything our own government says about anything. UK doesn't have a great track record either.

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JEWELSTAITEFAN

Wednesday, June 28, 2023 5:26 AM

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
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Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/ukraine-looks-recaptured-territory-occupied-
072600409.html

Is this true?

“highly likely” "according to UK officials".

Who the fuck knows? Can't trust anything our own government says about anything. UK doesn't have a great track record either.

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That would be awesome. Reclaiming parts of their nation that Obiden/Bama gave away to Putin....

JAYNEZTOWN

Saturday, July 8, 2023 4:57 PM

Sometimes I disagree with SixString but I will give SixString credit for posting reasonably accurate predictions when it comes to interest rates, the Dollar, inflation, perhaps he remembers previous recessions

maybe this one could be posted in a long term prediction thread

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:

Winter is here.

Your $250,000 house will now cost the next buyer more than double this amount with a 30 year mortgage, with the interest payments now being over 120% of the appraised value of your home.

JAYNEZTOWN

Friday, July 21, 2023 5:38 AM

'Why the 2024 US presidential election will likely be a choice between Biden and Trump again'

https://theconversation.com/why-the-2024-us-presidential-election-will
-likely-be-a-choice-between-biden-and-trump-again-209408

Gladiator 2 and Deadpool 3 strike shutdowns will cost $600,000 per week

https://www.gamesradar.com/movie-shutdown-actors-strike-cost-gladiator
-2-deadpool-3

Deadly flooding hit several countries at once. Scientists say this will only be more common
https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/deadly-flooding-hit-several-countries-2018
59103.html

and for some reason Hollywood forgot how to do movies

Talking movies in one of the last video stores in Paris

Long term...
South Korea's Population Predicted to Decline 27% in 2070
https://www.viva.co.id/english/1617665-south-korea-s-population-predic
ted-to-decline-27-in-2070

6IXSTRINGJACK

Friday, July 21, 2023 8:56 AM

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Originally posted by JAYNEZTOWN:
Sometimes I disagree with SixString but I will give SixString credit for posting reasonably accurate predictions when it comes to interest rates, the Dollar, inflation, perhaps he remembers previous recessions

maybe this one could be posted in a long term prediction thread

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:

Winter is here.

Your $250,000 house will now cost the next buyer more than double this amount with a 30 year mortgage, with the interest payments now being over 120% of the appraised value of your home.

Yes. I remember previous recessions very well. Even the one that was already happening before I was born.

Although it appears that the FED isn't planning on raising the interest rates to the levels that made mortgages peak momentarily at over 23%, it's a crime how much interest people with pay over 30 years with the amortization at just roughly 7%.

This Biden*omics recession sucks balls though. The GWB didn't raise the prices on things you needed to live like this one is.

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JAYNEZTOWN

Monday, July 24, 2023 8:00 AM

It is rare I talk Sportsball

Australia, New Zealand, The United States women's national Soccer team. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer.

even more rare I will write Sport prediction but...
some people have Vices and some make money by way of Gambling on sport

I don't really gamble unless it is for pure fun, sometimes I have made a calculated bet where the odds are almost a certain win.

Japan Female team wins the World Cup? and USA fails at Soccer?
the Female Soccer Team are still doing that George-Floyd hate the National Anthem BS

They say AI is now making better prediction at Card Games and Sport Events, what would it think of the US Women's Soccer?

Home Advantage for Aus and NZ? 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup is jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand

Team Odds to Win
USA +250
Spain +350
England +500
Germany +750
Australia +1000

and New Zealand +8000

Another site says

The USWNT are the +225 favorites to win it all in the latest 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup odds from Caesars Sportsbook. They're followed by England (+375), Germany (+650), Spain (+700) and France (+800), while co-hosts Australia and New Zealand are at +1200 and +15000, respectively.

I say the USA Women's Team Will Fail at the World Cup, maybe not a Total Failure and get some wins
Prediction for 2023...Although both are part of Group C both Spain and Japan meet in the final....maybe that's too crazy a guess.

Don't ask me who wins, 5 goals...maybe Japanese ...Spain is scoring goals or Canada? Germany? Team USA hey beat Vietnam by 3 goals but something feels wrong. I think Sweden, Denmark, France, China, Mexico, Brazil and Japan are also good...maybe even an upset and Holland the Dutch Netherlands or Portuguese wake up or Portugal get a win over USA. England and Spain also rank high but currently the USA is number 1 even though the US Women's Team Lost in the Olympics. I do not know who is the best Female Goal Scorer or Player or Goal Keeper.

Kerr is forward striker she plays as a forward for a British soccer team Chelsea in England in the FA Women's Super League and the Australia women's national team the Matildas. is the all-time leading scorer in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) in the United States. She is the only female soccer player to have won the Golden Boot in three different leagues and on three different continents – the W-League (Australia/New Zealand) in 2017–18 and 2018–19, the NWSL (North America) in 2017, 2018, and 2019, and the FAWSL (Europe) in 2020–21 and 2021–22.
https://thewomensgame.com/news/this-means-the-most-to-me---sam-kerr-wi
ns-wsl-and-golden-boot-564310
Kerr is a 29-year-old striker who is widely considered to be among the best players in the world. She'll wear the captain's armband with 63 goals in 121 international appearances.
If she scores 63 out of 121 stats say there is a slightly higher than 50% chance she scores in a game.

Slick Japan off to World Cup flier with 5-0 thumping of Zambia
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jul/22/zambia-japan-womens-w
orld-cup-match-report

Japan off to a flier with 5-0 win over debutant Zambia in Women’s World Cup
https://sports.inquirer.net/520260/japan-off-to-a-flier-with-5-0-win-o
ver-debutant-zambia-in-womens-world-cup

The USA will drop rank and the French Team will rank Lower after the WorldCup

and the French Nation?

Rugby World Cup fears as France plunged into national crisis and 1,300 arrested amid riots
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/rugby-world-cup-f
ears-france-27238032

Riots add to Paris Olympics security worries one year from start
https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/riots-add-to-paris-olympics-securit
y-worries-one-year-from-start

JAYNEZTOWN

Monday, July 24, 2023 6:35 PM

Cinema Earnings?

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:

I might be wrong, but I'm going to come right out against the tide and say that neither of these movies is going to be the 2023 box office saviors that the critics and Twitter bots are saying that they will be.

'Barbenheimer' sparks biggest UK box office opener since 2019
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-66288459

'Barbie' and 'Oppenheimer' Surpass Projections With Impressive Box Office Debuts

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/barbie-oppenheimer-surpass-projections
-impressive-071649320.html

6IXSTRINGJACK

Monday, July 24, 2023 8:07 PM

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Originally posted by JAYNEZTOWN:
Cinema Earnings?

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:

I might be wrong, but I'm going to come right out against the tide and say that neither of these movies is going to be the 2023 box office saviors that the critics and Twitter bots are saying that they will be.

'Barbenheimer' sparks biggest UK box office opener since 2019
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-66288459

'Barbie' and 'Oppenheimer' Surpass Projections With Impressive Box Office Debuts

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/barbie-oppenheimer-surpass-projections
-impressive-071649320.html

To be fair, there's nothing special about Oppenheimer's performance, other than the timing of the release. It made $174,157,000 worldwide on opening weekend vs. a $180 Million budget (97%), which puts it in 15th place for the year on that list between Jesus Revolution and Fast X.

The 337% that Barbie got with a WW opening of $337 Million vs. a $100 Million production budget, however, puts it in 3rd place for the year between M3GAN and Sound of Freedom, and below Insidious: The Red Door and Super Mario Bros as well. (Yes, Barbie beat Super Mario Bros on the same $100 Million budget in the Domestic Box Office, but wasn't seen as much internationally opening weekend.)

I've got to hand it to the marketing team at Warner Bros. They finally learned to keep the director, actors and anyone else involved on a very short leash online, and did a great job lying to everybody about what this movie was to get people into the theaters to see it.

Meanwhile, WB just got $155 Million worth of moviegoers to take their kids to a movie with the lyrics "That pussy so cold, we just chillin' out" and "The fuck they gon' say now? (Grrah), I'm washin' these bitches, I'm rubbin' the stain out" by "feminist icon" Nicki Minaj. I'm surprised they didn't just have all the Barbies twerking to "Wet Ass Pussy" in the middle of the movie.

Everybody was so busy hating on Woke Disney this year that WB came right in and released this woke, child grooming trash without anybody doing any digging beforehand.

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JAYNEZTOWN

Thursday, August 17, 2023 7:05 PM

I did not see this coming 'Barbie' one of the biggest hits for Warner Bros, bigger than The Matrix movie, Wonder Woman movie, Twister movie, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Aquaman movie, The Dark Knight

US Women's Soccer is over for now

Spain Vs. England

6IXSTRINGJACK

Thursday, August 17, 2023 7:48 PM

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
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Originally posted by JAYNEZTOWN:
Cinema Earnings?

Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:

I might be wrong, but I'm going to come right out against the tide and say that neither of these movies is going to be the 2023 box office saviors that the critics and Twitter bots are saying that they will be.

'Barbenheimer' sparks biggest UK box office opener since 2019
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-66288459

'Barbie' and 'Oppenheimer' Surpass Projections With Impressive Box Office Debuts

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/barbie-oppenheimer-surpass-projections
-impressive-071649320.html

To be fair, there's nothing special about Oppenheimer's performance, other than the timing of the release. It made $174,157,000 worldwide on opening weekend vs. a $180 Million budget (97%), which puts it in 15th place for the year on that list between Jesus Revolution and Fast X.

The 337% that Barbie got with a WW opening of $337 Million vs. a $100 Million production budget, however, puts it in 3rd place for the year between M3GAN and Sound of Freedom, and below Insidious: The Red Door and Super Mario Bros as well. (Yes, Barbie beat Super Mario Bros on the same $100 Million budget in the Domestic Box Office, but wasn't seen as much internationally opening weekend.)

It turns out that both of these figures were wrong. Oppenheimer only cost $100 Million to make, and Barbie actually cost $145 Million. So Oppenheimer made 174% of its budget on opening weekend which put it in 11th place between Scream IV and John Wick IV. Barbie made 246% of its budget opening weekend, putting it at 5th place between Sound of Freedom and Talk To Me.

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I've got to hand it to the marketing team at Warner Bros. They finally learned to keep the director, actors and anyone else involved on a very short leash online, and did a great job lying to everybody about what this movie was to get people into the theaters to see it.

It turns out they also admitting to spending $150 Million on marketing for Barbie. This is unheard of. Not the amount, but the fact that they actually came out and stated what the marketing budget was. No studio ever makes that information public. I can only think of 2 reasons for this. One or both may be true. The first is that it actually cost more than $150 Million to market Barbie. The second is that it made so much freakin' money that it doesn't matter that they admit it and they all get to be called marketing geniuses. (Trust me. They would never have admitted this budget number had Barbie been a flop).

So with an admitted by the studio total budget of $295 Million, it needed around $375 to $400 Million to break even after theater cuts. This revelation is huge evidence that the new Rule of Thumb is that a movie needs to make 2.5 times the Production Budget to break even.

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How you do anything is how you do everything.

JAYNEZTOWN

Tuesday, October 10, 2023 4:12 PM

Nobody did a predictable Middle East thing

Revealed: Pro-Palestine activist who called Hamas terror attacks 'beautiful and inspiring' during Brighton rally is an elected Women's officer at University of Sussex students' union
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12611233/activist-hamas-inspi
ring-brighton-university-sussex-hanin-barghouti.html