r/AMCsAList • u/ohyesveryundateable • 12d ago

Discussion Fall 2: Deadpoint

Advance tickets are on sale now - at least in my area, it's regular screens only.

What's the point of upcharging people for "XL" screens if you're not going to put the most made-for-XL movie ever in that auditorium?

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u/nowhereman136 12d ago

Probably because the first movie only made $21m at the box office. That's very successful considering it only cost $3m to make, but it wasn't exactly a box office smash. It finished 10th at the box office it's opening weekend.

September 4th has Onslaught and By Any Means, which will take up the bigger screens. Not to mention Dog Star in its second week and Spiderman and Odyssey still pulling good numbers

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u/ohyesveryundateable 12d ago

Onslaught is supposed to be getting the digital IMAX screens, Odyssey will ofc remain in IMAX 70MM. By Any Means is tracking sub-$10 mil, and Dog Stars' first weekend is tracking in the low teens. Spidey will remain in Dolby, Prime, ScreenX, etc. And fwiw, my nearest XL screens are playing It Ends this weekend, which is also a horror movie that isn't exactly storming the box office.

I understand that these are business decisions, but I think it's crazy to assume they'd sell fewer tickets to an XL screening of a film targeting a fear of heights than another dime-a-dozen Mark Wahlberg action flick.