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Sunday, November 19, 2023

Day 1116 of GOP election denial hysteria (Trump Big Lie Clown Show Circus, Jim DeMint edition)

ATTACK Of the Clown Show zombies

Starring Conservative Partnership Institute Chairman Jim DeMint

Headline: Citizens for Ethics, 11/17/2023

Former South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint was compensated more than $686,000 last year as CPI’s chairman, a salary that was boosted by a $100,000 bonus. In December 2020, DeMint was one of the signatories on a letter saying “[t]here is no doubt President Donald J. Trump is the lawful winner of the presidential election,” calling on lawmakers in contested states to appoint fake electors and send them to “support President Trump.”

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USA box office on 3rd weekend of November (2017-2023)

USA box office on the third weekend of November 2023 is up 13% compared to last year when "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" was the top-grossing movie.

But it's down 44% compared to the 2019 peak when "Frozen II" was the top draw.

Source: Box Office Mojo

Headline: Variety, 11/19/2023

The Lionsgate film, which brings audiences back to the dystopia of Panem for the first time in nearly a decade, collected $44 million from 3,776 North American theaters and $98 million globally in its first weekend of release. Those initial ticket sales didn’t recapture the spark of the original franchise, which propelled Jennifer Lawerence to global stardom and inspired three sequels. But they were enough to win the weekend over three fellow newcomers, Universal and DreamWorks Animation’s threequel “Trolls Band Together,” Sony’s gory thriller “Thanksgiving” and director Taika Waititi’s sports comedy “Next Goal Wins.”
With the glut of new offerings, ticket sales for Disney’s superhero sequel “The Marvels” cratered by 79% to land another ignominious record: the biggest second-weekend drop (by far) in the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Before this weekend, “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” withstood the largest decline of the franchise with 69.9%.

Original 11/18/2023 post starts here

USA box office on Friday of the third weekend of November 2023 is up 34% compared to last year when "Black Panther: Wakanda

Forever" was the top-grossing movie.

But it's down 45% compared to the 2017 peak when "Justice League" was the top draw.

Source: Box Office Mojo

Headline: Variety, 11/18/2023

Franchise nostalgia doesn’t seemed to have reached reviews, with the critical response around this entry marking a series-low. Early audiences are more positive though not over the moon, as indicated by the “B+” grade through research firm Cinema Score. The “Hunger Games” prequel will need to sustain some buzz through the Thanksgiving holiday to prove the property can still draw a crowd.

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Meanwhile, “The Marvels” is facing a steep tumble in its second outing. The Marvel Studios production earned $2.8 million on Friday, down a staggering 87% from its opening day last week. It’ll be lucky to hit $10 million in its sophomore outing. Last spring’s “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” cinched the Marvel Cinematic Universe superlative for biggest second weekend plummet when it dropped 69.9%. Only a few months later, “The Marvels” seems likely to break that record.

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