Hollywood exposes themselves as the phony whores they are
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UPDATED: Saturday, September 5, 2026 23:30
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Box Office: ‘Black Phone 2’ Grabs $26.5 Million in Otherwise Muted October Weekend, Adds $15.5 Million Overseas for $42 Million Global Debut
https://variety.com/2025/film/box-office/black-phone-2-box-office-open
ing-weekend-slow-good-fortune-misses-1236556444/
‘Black Phone 2’ Rings Up $42M Global Bow; ‘Tron: Ares’ Squeaks Past $100M & ‘One Battle After Another’ Tops Century Mark Overseas To Reach $163M WW – International Box Office
https://deadline.com/2025/10/black-phone-tron-one-battle-box-office-gl
obal-international-1236591659/
K-Pop tv continues to get money, Japan Demon Slayer Infinity Castle still making money
Tron only made 2.8 Million in China, international total 48.4M
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Hollyweird gambles from tv onto movie
a bit too late for the years box office
‘Stranger Things’ Two-Hour Series Finale Will Play in Movie Theaters
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‘Running Man’ ($20M) & ‘Now You See Me 3’ (High Teens To Low $20Ms) Have To Contend With ‘Predator: Badlands’ ($16M, -60%) At Weekend Box Office
https://deadline.com/2025/11/running-man-now-you-see-me-3-predator-bad
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the want James Cameron to save it all?
Avatar: Fire & Ash projected to open with $110+ million domestic.
https://deadline.com/2025/11/avatar-fire-and-ash-box-office-projection
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Originally posted by JAYNEZTOWN:
the want James Cameron to save it all?
Avatar: Fire & Ash projected to open with $110+ million domestic.
https://deadline.com/2025/11/avatar-fire-and-ash-box-office-projection
-1236629649/
That's quite a drop from Avatar 2...
https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Avatar-The-Way-of-Water-(2022)#tab=b
ox-office
$134,100,226 opening domestic. Even though that fell very short of expectations at the time.
They might have gotten this one right though. $110 Million sounds about right to me. At least, in this article, they make it sound as if they've properly adjusted their trackers this time around and shouldn't be reaching for unreachable stars with their predictions.
I'm sure there will be more people who have dropped off and don't go out to rush and see the 3rd installment anyhow, but this has been a terrible year for Hollywood and outside of the China lie, there has only been one movie to even break $1 Billion so far in 2025.
To put 2025 further into perspective, the awful Disney live action Snow White that we were all laughing about before the snow melted from last winter is still at #23 on the Worldwide Box Office Top 100 movies, with only $205,679,463 gross worldwide.
https://www.the-numbers.com/box-office-records/worldwide/all-movies/cu
mulative/released-in-2025
And we've only had 9 movies (excluding the Chinese lie) that broke half a billion in 2025 too. Only half of those even made their budgets back. And we're still seeing major Marvel flops like Blacktain Anti-America and the Thunderbolts hanging on to 13th and 14th place too.
My guess is that A3 does not break $2 Billion this time, even though our money is worth quite a bit less than even 3 years ago. It will probably be close though.
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Oh, and did you see how the proof came out that Deadpool and Wolverine actually cost between $500 and $600 Million to make, and not the $200 Million that Disney lied to its shareholders about?
https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Deadpool-and-Wolverine-(2024)#tab=su
mmary
We all thought that movie banked Disney about $840 Million.
At $500 Million production budget, D&W only made Disney around $100 Million.
It lost Disney money at the box office if it actually cost $600 Million to produce.
But, at least according to Forbes, that isn't he case either...
https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolinereid/2025/11/27/deadpool--wolveri
ne-cost-half-a-billion-dollars-but-did-it-make-a-profit/
It's all pretty murky, and I think intentionally so. Nobody talks about movies in terms of production, marketing and "other expenses" together like this. What are those other expenses? Well, obviously, production expenses. If it's not marketing, it's production at some level.
Here's what Google AI says:
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The reported total expenses for
Deadpool & Wolverine are around $580 million, which includes a production budget of $200 million and a marketing budget of $160 million, plus other costs. Some sources initially reported a lower budget, but the full cost, including production, marketing, and other expenses like residuals and distribution fees, adds up to this significantly higher figure.
Detailed breakdown of expenses
Production budget: $200 million
Marketing budget: $160 million
Other costs: Around $50 million for residuals, $40 million for overhead, and $130 million for participations (salaries, etc.)
Total reported expenses: Approximately $580 million
Well, there you go...
If Google AI isn't full of shit on this one, that's an additional $220 Billion you need to put in the Production Budget number. You don't get to create a magical 3rd bucket that doesn't get taken into account here. What the fuck is that? Hollywood accounting?????
$40 Million for "Overhead"? Obviously, Production Budget.
$130 million for participations (salaries, etc.)? Undeniably Production Budget.
$50 Million for "Residuals"? Don't even know what that means... The definition of the word is "a quantity remaining after other things have been subtracted or allowed for." Is this even a 4th bucket then? Get the fuck out of here, Disney. Production Budget
Total (Actual) Production Budget for D&W: $420 Million.
Breakeven Number: $1.05 BILLION
Actual Worldwide Gross: $1,338,071,348
Actual Profit for Disney: $258 Million.
That's a far fucking cry from $840 Million.
So the question now is how much money did Disney lose last year?
I didn't keep track really at all, so I honestly don't know. I just know that Disney has been known for their regular flops for several years right now, and D&W was one of their sole huge wins post-End Game.
And now we find out that it only made about 1/3rd of what they told is it made. I don't remember if Disney had any other movies that did well last year after D&W, but I do remember when it made all that money remarking about how at least it was covering all of other Disney's major losses up until that point while still having some profit left over.
So... remind me why Disney is still at $105 per share in November of 2025.
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Actual Profit for Disney: $258 Million.
Jaynez posted an article in the Cinema threads about this...
Forbes says:
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Deducting the $429 million net spending from Disney’s estimated $670 million share of the takings gives Deadpool & Wolverine a healthy profit of $241 million at the box office.
Nice.
Only $17 Million off from the six-figure income dummies over there, when we're talking nearly $1.4 Billion.
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Rob Reiner death latest: Daughter in 'total shock' as she breaks silence
https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/live-rob-reiner-wife-dead-
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Rob Reiner death latest: Daughter in 'total shock' as she breaks silence
https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/live-rob-reiner-wife-dead-
36401512
Rob Reiner...
Spent his entire life telling everybody else how to live and raise their kids.
Also, Rob Reiner...
Raised a son who slit his own mother and father's throats in cold blood.
Good job, Rob.
Go fuck yourselves, Hollywood.
You are worthless. You are nothing. And WE own you.
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