Sunday, February 12, 2023

USA movie box office: Second weekend of February (2017-2023)

 
The USA box office on the 2nd weekend of February 2023 was down 8% compared to last year when "Death on the Nile" was the top-grossing movie.  

And it's down 74% compared to the 2017 peak when "Batman Lego Movie" was the top-grossing movie.

Box Office Mojo

Variety, 2/12/2023
The third movie, in which Tatum returns as a stripper with a heart of gold, wasn’t intended to play in theaters at first. The Warner Bros. release, which was directed by Steven Soderbergh and co-stars Salma Hayek Pinault, was commissioned for HBO Max and granted a production and marketing budget that corresponds with expectations for streaming releases. But once Discovery bought the company and David Zaslav took over as CEO, executives opted to give “Last Dance” a theatrical release because of encouragingly positive test screenings.  
[snip] 
Super Bowl weekend, which is the biggest TV event of the year, is rarely a busy time for moviegoing, and this Sunday’s matchup between the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs is no exception. Overall ticket sales topped out at $51 million, according to Comscore, which is down from the $84 million generated in 2020 and the $75 million generated in 2019.

Posted by at No comments:

GET ME REWRITE: Wyoming GOP fights crime and inflation by condemning Cynthia Lummis for same-sex marriage vote

 
Top headline:  NBC, 10/16/2022
 Headline:  Casper Star Tribune, 2/11/2023

From the Star Tribune:
In early January, Casper Republican Rep. Jeanette Ward made a motion at the Natrona County GOP Central Committee meeting to add discussion of Lummis’ potential censure to the agenda. Another freshman lawmaker, Midwest Republican Rep. Bill Allemand, seconded her motion, but it ended up failing in a 57-89 vote. 
A proposed resolution from the Fremont County GOP describes the Respect for Marriage Act as an “existential threat to the God-given family structure and the right to freedom of conscience..." 

Posted by at No comments:

GET ME REWRITE: Wacky white Wisconsin GOP boys club once against demonstrates its inability to govern

 
Photos:  Wisconsin Senate, Wisconsin Assembly
Headline:  Milwaukee Courier, 2/11/2023
Republican lawmakers have authorized an audit of the state Department of Safety and Professional Services after years of rejecting Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ requests to add staff — a standoff that has led to long waits for licenses, a huge surplus of agency funds and frustrated applicants flooding legislative offices with pleas for help. 
Sara Wuorinen, 32, is one of those applicants. She first contacted DSPS in September 2021 to get licensed to be a substance abuse counselor and a mental health counselor in training in northern Wisconsin, which is struggling with a rise in suicides and drug overdoses. 
More than 16 months later, Wuorinen still doesn’t have the necessary license.


2022
Wisconsin GOP shows off the diversity of its legislative leadership.  (12/21)
With another heated Wisconsin election around the corner, Republicans delude themselves into thinking they can defuse abortion as an issue.  (12/7)
It took all of 15 seconds for these 6 white guys -- the Wisconsin GOP legislative leadership -- to slam the door on reproductive rights.  (10/4)
Reproductive rights? Fuggedaboudit! What else would you expect from these Wisconsin GOP Gomers?. (8/27)
Distrust of elections? What about contempt for Wisconsin's all-white, all-male GOP leadership?. (3/28)
Apparently, the all-white, all-male Wisconsin GOP leadership must think they're something special.  (3/8)

Posted by at No comments:
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)