I recently had the privilege to chat with esteemed horror author Clay McLeod Chapman. I had a blast talking with him about his novels, comics, movies, and more! https://t.co/0tPDdtH30J
BACKROOMS has officially become the highest-grossing @A24 film of all time domestically.
It earned $8.6M yesterday for a $97.7M total, surpassing Timothée Chalamet’s MARTY SUPREME ($96M).
With or without Backrooms, the phenomenon won’t stop as #Focus’ R-rated original horror #Obsession keeps going up at US #BoxOffice!
YouTuber #CurryBarker grossed est 5.7M on BIGGEST 3rd TUE Discount Day of ALL TIME for horror, actually up +3.6% from last TUE (vs #SINNERS 4.1M, -39.5%, #ParanormalActivity’s 1.7M, -4.5%, #TheSixthSense’s 3M, -17.4%), despite adding just+125 theatres last FRI, now playing in 2.780, and despite facing fellow #Backrooms’
It hits a 116.7M cume in the US.
The film itself had a ridiculously low under 1M production price tag, and #Focus paid only 15M to acquire the global distribution rights from producers (sans France, Russia, Australia & NZ).
Both sides seeing their investment paying off greatly.
Eyeing a 190M-220M run in the US, depending on for how long #Focus keeps it exclusively in theatres, and for how long it can keep its already relatively low theatre count.
If you're hungry for more liminal space stories after BACKROOMS... check out INTO THE UNBEING.
A comic about four scientists stuck in liminal space that might be a giant hidden outdoor biome or it might be a massive eldritch corpse. Who can really say?
@AndrewSolender These anonymously sourced gossip articles are designed to give the vague impression Tlaib's vote is causing internal conflict in the party. This is true only insofar as Tlaib and her cosponsors are committing the unforgivable beltway sin of introducing popular antiwar legislation
@AndrewSolender again polls show 62% of Democrats support the substance of the War Powers resolution and only 17% of Democrats oppose it. This is basically an 80/20 issue. The fact that "democratic leadership" hides behind blind quotes is evidence they know how unpopular their opposition is
Andrew, don't you find it odd that no Dem in Congress who opposes the War Powers Resolution will put their name on any quote opposing it? Whereas everyone who supports it does? Doesn't this tell us something important about the dynamics at work? @AndrewSolender
"It's not just a few pro-Israel centrists" then proceeds to list off pro-Israel centrists.
If "Dem leadership" has objections to the Lebanon war powers rez then they can openly come out against it. Instead theyre laundering their "reservations" through anonymous leaks. Curious!
Pacino in The Insider yelling at Bari Weiss “ARE YOU A BUSINESSWOMAN OR A NEWSWOMAN?!” but she doesn’t really get the question so she just asks him if trans women should be allowed to compete in women’s sports