On 7/10/2026 5:51 PM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
On 7/10/26 5:40 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
On Jul 10, 2026 at 1:30:41 AM PDT, "Ubiquitous" <weberm@polaris.net>
wrote:
Afyter an arduous workout, I watched:
Nothing.
What did you watch?
I watched DISCLOSURE DAY at the AMCs.
I am looking forward to seeing this one - I am guessing it will come to
HBO Max.
It's a Universal Pictures release. I think that means it will wind up
on Peacock then Amazon Prime.
Checking IMDb for the box office... Yeah, it's done middling, not even
quite breaking even from domestic box office - for an "event" movie like this, it surely means it wasn't well received.
I'm sure the studios would have loved for it to be an event film. But
not everything will be a billion dollar blockbuster and studios (and audiences) really need to stop pushing for that to be the case.
It's made over $200 million and it's still in theaters.
If one movie costs $5 million to make and makes $30 million at the box
office it's a smash hit that audiences loved. But if another movie cost
$90 million to make and makes $100 million at the box office, then it's
a flop that audiences hated. Even though it made three times more than
the first one.
And add to that how some people very vocally root for a movie to fail
before it ever opens and you get a ready made narrative of failure
whether it's true or not.
I try to ignore how much the movie cost to produce (that number is
easily manipulated) and go by box office take. If a movie pulls in more
than $50 million I figure a lot of people went to see it, regardless of
how much it costs to make the movie. At $200 million, a lot of people
went to see Disclosure Day.
So probably coming to streaming sooner rather than later...
I miss the good old days when movies were allowed to stay in theaters
for months to find an audience. While I usually go see movies opening weekend, even I can't see *every* movie opening weekend. LOL. Studios
need to give movies a chance to build through word of mouth over time.
That being said there were some good times on twitter the other month
when the writer director of "I Love Boosters" was on twitter urging
people to see the movie. I mean he was all over twitter! But it was
fun having the actual writer/director hanging out talking up his movie,
and responding to people. And it was a good movie that unfortunately
didn't get much of a release and didn't perform well at the box office.
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