Yeah, I don't know of a groundswell of interest in another "Hocus Pocus" nor "Practical Magic" being made either. The trailer I saw didn't look interesting. I have seen actors/actresses on talk shows say that they are "always asked" if some box office near-break-even of the past is going to get a sequel. It always looks like they are trying to drum up that interest themselves and maybe get a campaign rolling to get them some work. And yeah, did Hocus Pocus 2 already come out? Oh, it did - four years ago. Surprisingly, it did well enough streaming so another sequel might happen.

Do any of the movie buffs in this thread do Letterboxd?

I like to read Entertainment posts and I used to be a movie buff, but not so much anymore. I hadn't heard of Letterboxd, but I googled. Seems like you could start a whole other hobby getting into that platform.

So far I have been able to avoid Facebook, Instagram and Twitter before it was X, so no, I'll just stick to Card Talk as long as it's here. But you may have increased the membership in "a hub for cinephiles and casual viewers alike" by dropping that link. I'm just not social enough for community networks.

But here's a quick tip, "Ready or Not" on Netflix. Very gory, much bad language, and pretty funny in spots. It's may not be for cinephiles, but I liked it.

SPIDER-MAN will pass STAR WARS Episode VII today or tomorrow to become the # 1 highest grossing film of all time, in the U.S.

Internationally, it will remain at # 3 behind AVATAR and AVENGERS: ENDGAME, which are ahead of it by about 350-475 M.

I don't think anyone would have guessed at the beginning of 2026 how successful it would be.

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SPIDER-MAN will pass STAR WARS Episode VII today or tomorrow to become the # 1 highest grossing film of all time, in the U.S.

Internationally, it will remain at # 3 behind AVATAR and AVENGERS: ENDGAME, which are ahead of it by about 350-475 M.

I don't think anyone would have guessed at the beginning of 2026 how successful it would be.

So much for "superhero fatigue".

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Originally posted by Tommy C:
SPIDER-MAN will pass STAR WARS Episode VII today or tomorrow to become the # 1 highest grossing film of all time, in the U.S.

Internationally, it will remain at # 3 behind AVATAR and AVENGERS: ENDGAME, which are ahead of it by about 350-475 M.

I don't think anyone would have guessed at the beginning of 2026 how successful it would be.

"Avengers Endgame" is getting a re-release in advance of "Avengers Doomsday".
It will have something like 4 extra minutes of footage, so it will increase its overall take to some degree with that.

Well, I do have "superhero fatigue" and I got exhausted just watching the 2:23 minute trailer for "Avengers: Doomsday". It was "there's that one, and there's that and there's that one", and Patrick Stewart droning on about brotherhood. I know it will make a fortune, but there are some 31 named Marvel superheroes in the cast, some of them minor characters. A case of more is more I guess, but the introduction scenes alone will take up half the movie.

Now for "Avengers: Doomsday", they have already scheduled the sequel "Avengers: Secret War" for the next December. So, isn't this just going to be the same as "Avengers: Infinity War" and "Avengers: Endgame"? The first movie will kill most of the Avengers and the second one will bring almost all of them back. These will have the Fantastic Four added and RDJ switched sides. Anything else different?

Well "Jurassic World Rebirth" was a box office hit too, and it is a terrible movie. Big franchises don't require new stories. Remember what the Scream character said about the rules of a sequel. "Sequels suck. The body count is always bigger. The death scenes are always more elaborate. You should never assume the killer is dead."

Oh, and "even legacy characters aren't safe".

Unless there is time travel. You can always undo everything with multi universes and time travel. And that's why watching these Avengers' movies are even more pointless to me. They can make up and re-make anything.

I am sure that "superhero fatigue" was one of the reasons that Supergirl made only 72 M domestically and why there aren't as many Marvel films coming out each year, as there were 3-4 years ago.

The second Superman film is coming next summer. Can't imagine that will be a massive hit. The last one did OK, but seems like they are rushing to get another one out.

Tom Cruise has a 125 M film called "Digger" coming out on October 2, and they are predicting that it may be a flop. Seems like a really bizarre movie.


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Tom Cruise has a 125 M film called "Digger" coming out on October 2, and they are predicting that it may be a flop. Seems like a really bizarre movie.

Have you seen the trailer on TV? He is in strange old man makeup and the scenes they are showing looks like utter Dr. Strangelove garbage. I can not imagine anyone looking at that preview and thinking they want to go see it.

At this point in his career, he should probably stick to action movies. I don't really think he's been in anything else since the 1990s, with rare exceptions. Maybe he's finally losing his mind completely.

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Originally posted by Tommy C:
Tom Cruise has a 125 M film called "Digger" coming out on October 2, and they are predicting that it may be a flop. Seems like a really bizarre movie.

Have you seen the trailer on TV? He is in strange old man makeup and the scenes they are showing looks like utter Dr. Strangelove garbage. I can not imagine anyone looking at that preview and thinking they want to go see it.

The director of "Digger" won two directing Oscars in a row with "Birdman" and "The Revenant", the latter of which also finally got Leonardo DiCaprio the Best Actor Academy Award. Maybe with this one, Tom is shooting for that final honor that eludes him. I'll go see it for sure.

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I am sure that "superhero fatigue" was one of the reasons that Supergirl made only 72 M domestically

Another reason might be that the actress who played her is not particularly attractive.

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The director of "Digger" won two directing Oscars in a row with "Birdman" and "The Revenant", the latter of which also finally got Leonardo DiCaprio the Best Actor Academy Award. Maybe with this one, Tom is shooting for that final honor that eludes him. I'll go see it for sure.

It is quite possible that you are right. With the directorial pedigree and the overall satirical tone of this movie expounding the kind of politics Hollywood embraces, I'm sure they would love to nominate it for something. Cruise has been a huge money maker. For that reason alone, that "final honor" may come, but I think he is not so personally well liked, or they would have done it already. Perhaps a lifetime achievement Oscar would be more in the works someday.

Anyhow, "Digger" did not go the usual film festival route. There are no reviews yet, just the trailers, which typically are meant to showcase the best scenes and drum up interest. I suspect that they have had the opposite effect. No "Top Gun" fans are going to be intrigued by this one. If its prestige the studio wants, it will be prestige they get.

We're going to see "Resident Evil" tomorrow in the deluxe D-Box format which means they bounce your seat around some timed to the action onscreen. We saw the latest Spidey that way and it was a pretty good effect. It usually costs $20+ per ticket for that, but we get a deal through T-Mobile where they are only $5 a ticket. That means out of all that money "Spider-Man Brand New Day" made, only 10 bucks of it was from us.

Resident Evil did very well with a 60 M weekend

Practical Magic 2 sank to 12 M and it has grossed only 50 M total in 2 weeks, much less than what it cost to make. People are now questioning why they made a sequel to a film from 1998 that no one remembers.

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Resident Evil did very well with a 60 M weekend

Practical Magic 2 sank to 12 M and it has grossed only 50 M total in 2 weeks, much less than what it cost to make. People are now questioning why they made a sequel to a film from 1998 that no one remembers.

The guy who made the new "Resident Evil" is the hot horror king. Sounds like he doesn't overthink it. Just make it scary and fun.

As for "Practical Magic 2", Evan Rachel Wood must be laughing up her sleeve. She was the original older daughter in the first film but was not asked to reprise the role because she got too old for the character. Nobody called her up and she was a bit miffed by the lack of support.

On the other hand, Bullock and Kidman managed to skip a decade or so on their characters because of all that pricey suspended animation. How could the daughter look as old as they claimed to be? They are both now ageless and not in a good way, in the waxwork's way. The whole sequel was unnecessary.

According to the internet, the original Practical Magic cost 75 M to make (no one knows why) and it grossed 94 M. So it didn't make any money. Despite this, they made a sequel anyway.

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On the other hand, Bullock and Kidman managed to skip a decade or so on their characters because of all that pricey suspended animation. How could the daughter look as old as they claimed to be? They are both now ageless and not in a good way, in the waxwork's way. The whole sequel was unnecessary.

I was listening to a review that said both actresses appeared to have some kind of filter on them to possibly "help" with their aging looks.

I see that a lot with movie posters. While nothing new, it's an immediate turn-off.

When Nicole Kidman did that movie theater commercial a couple of years ago, I recognized her voice but her face was different. She had that "fake face" treatment done. She probably still looked great naturally but someone convinced her she would look younger. No, she looked like she was wearing a mask she can't take off. Sometimes, with time they start looking a little more natural.