Universal and Glen Powell are twistin’ the night away!
“Twisters” passed $100 million yesterday after 5 days of release. The $12 mil it made pushed it to $103 million. Today is only Wednesday. Two more days like that and $200 million will be in its sights.
“TWisters” is in a hurry to make coin before “Deadpool and Wolverine” hits town. Then all hell will break loose as theaters offer shows non stop at every hour and in between. Shows are already sold out.
Meantime, “Inside Out 2” from Pixar is now the highest grossing animated film of all time.
So theaters are not dead. A friend of mine keeps asking when “Bad Boys Ride or Die” is streaming. It’s not, it’s only in theaters and is also headed for $200 million imminently. And don’t forget “A Quiet Place Day One,” at $130 million and the best of all these summer entertainments.
Yesterday we taped PBS’s “Talking Pictures” with Neil Rosen and all the panelists agreed “Fly Me to the Moon” will be popular when it streams soon. Sony should not have released it in summer blockbuster mode. But it will turn up later this year as a comedy entry for the Critics Choice Awards and Golden Globes.
