Mike’s Movie Minute

Movie Watcher. @AMCTheatres A-List enthusiast. @Netflix Subscriber. @HBOMax Looker. #NotAFilmCritic, never claimed to be, just a guy who likes movies. Welcome.

[Mike’s Movie Minute @MikeMovieMinute]

#BadBoysRideOrDie once again delivers on the elements that made movie goers fans of the franchise. Martin & Will’s chemistry, the action, the comedy and the overall style in which these films are shot remain staples in the franchise. This time around we find our leads on the run

[Mike’s Movie Minute @MikeMovieMinute]

@ErickWeber Trailer intrigued me, will give it a spin next week.

[Mike’s Movie Minute @MikeMovieMinute]

I need to organize my physical media. The dvd/hd dvd/blu-ray/4k blu-ray collection all over the place right now.

[Exhibitor Relations Co. @ERCboxoffice]

It just keeps getting worse and worse for SUPERGIRL. International estimates had it at a lowly $30M on nearly 40,000 screens—actuals came in at $25.5M—$62.5M worldwide.

Thoughts & prayers for new DC Universe. This one will sting for a bit.

[Film Updates @FilmUpdates]

‘OBSESSION’ has grossed over $370M worldwide.

It will surpass ‘SINNERS’ tomorrow to become the highest grossing live-action original film of the 2020s.

[Matt Jarbo @mjarbo]

SUPERGIRL’s use of “The Middle” is being called one of the worst needle drops ever, and after seeing the movie, I understand why.

I love the Jimmy Eat World song.

But this slow, indie-folk cover plays while Ruthye stands in the middle of a cloud of ugly CGI smoke and watches Supergirl beat the hell out of the Brigands.

She can barely even see what is happening.

“The Middle” is about self-acceptance. It was inspired by a fan who felt excluded because she was not considered punk enough.

What does that have to do with this scene?

Apparently they tested around 45 songs, and this was the final one they tried. Craig Gillespie then gave James Gunn credit for choosing it.

I am being slightly tongue-in-cheek here, but that certainly sounds like the director politely pointing across the room and saying, “That one was his.”

A B- CinemaScore is disastrous territory for a superhero movie, and one awkward song choice obviously did not cause that alone.

But this moment captures the larger problem. The movie desperately wants an emotional, memorable needle drop without earning one or understanding why the song belongs there.

Did anyone involved ever stop and ask what “The Middle” was actually about?

[Scott Menzel @ScottDMenzel]

Supergirl is a massive disappointment. It feels nothing like a Craig Gillespie movie and instead comes across as a half-baked Guardians of the Galaxy. Milly Alcock tries her best, but I never fully bought her in the title role. As someone who wasn’t particularly high on Gunn’s Superman, this actually made me miss Superman. The plot is paper-thin, with the movie feeling like a collection of random scenes stitched together rather than a cohesive story. Sure, Krypto is still absolutely adorable, but a cute CGI dog isn’t enough to carry an entire film. The strange needle drops don’t help either. Just a bizarre and deeply disappointing experience. #Supergirl

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

The climax of MAN OF STEEL (2013) unfolds at the exact same time as the opening of BATMAN v SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE (2016).

Watching the same event from Bruce Wayne’s perspective completely changes the way you experience it.

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

Ryan Coogler just structured the deal that Hollywood has spent 100 years trying to make impossible.

Studios don't sell you a movie. They buy your movie and keep it. Perpetually. The standard contract gives them rights "in perpetuity throughout the universe" — that language exists in real agreements, and it means what it says. Studios own the IP forever, collect licensing forever, and the director gets a check one time.

Reversion clauses exist in publishing. They exist in music. In film they are almost never offered because the studio's entire business model depends on owning the asset forever. A $200M library is worth $200M because nobody can take the assets back.

Coogler got a reversion on Sinners. The film earns Warner Bros their money for the licensing window, then ownership transfers back to him. In 10 years when HBO or Netflix or whatever platform exists in 2035 wants to license it, that check goes to Coogler.

This is the Black Panther director. Warner Bros wanted him. He had leverage. He spent it on the back end instead of the front.

The studio side anger Ben describes is real because this sets a precedent. If Coogler can get reversion, the next A-list director asks for reversion. Then the next. The standard "perpetuity throughout the universe" clause becomes negotiable the moment enough powerful creators refuse to sign without one.

The studios gave up Sinners revenue and may have cracked their own foundation in the process.

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

A lawyer turned $500M of debt into $3B in earnings. His latest project just became the highest-grossing music biopic ever made.

When Michael Jackson died in 2009, the estate was roughly half a billion dollars in the red. John Branca, Jackson's longtime attorney, became co-executor and ran what 60 Minutes called the most remarkable financial resurrection in pop culture history. Earnings since: north of $3B.

Branca also co-produced this movie. And Miles Teller plays him in it. The man who controls the estate made the film about his client and cast an actor to portray himself on screen.

Watch where the story stops. The original cut spanned Jackson's whole life. After 22 days of reshoots, the film now ends around 1979 and Off the Wall, before any allegation ever surfaced. Whoever owns the estate owns the edit.

Now the timing. Sony paid the estate $750M for its half of Sony/ATV in 2016. In 2024, the estate sold a piece of Jackson's catalog to Sony in a deal valuing it above $1.2B. Two years on, a near-billion-dollar movie pushes a whole generation back to streaming that catalog.

Critics scored it 38%. Audiences scored it 97%. That gap is the business model working exactly as designed: the film was built to send people to the music, and 97% means they went.

$911M in tickets for a portrait that ends before the hard parts, produced by the executor it depicts, reviving the catalog he sold a stake in two years ago. It's about to pass Oppenheimer's $975M and take the biggest-biopic crown outright.

[Variety @Variety]

“Scary Movie” added $14.5 million over the weekend, bringing domestic ticket sales to $84.5 million and $173.1 million worldwide. “Scary Movie” cost just $30 million to produce and is poised to reap financial rewards. https://t.co/hMut0xMFg0

[Brett @BrettRedacted]

found the first conspiracy theory that I believe

[David @David16996]

We clearly watched very different movies because I thought it was genuinely hilarious

[Mike’s Movie Minute @MikeMovieMinute]

This might be the most realistic movie I’ve ever seen about relationships. Nikki got out of bed at 2:45 in the morning, ran to a park nearby, smashed the driver side window in and banged Sarah’s head against a concrete block repeatedly AND STILL didn’t take accountability for it.

[Mike’s Movie Minute @MikeMovieMinute]

Finally checking out #Obsession, hopefully I don’t fall asleep. #OldManAdventures

[Mike’s Movie Minute @MikeMovieMinute]

Finally checking out #Obsession, hopefully I don’t fall asleep. #OldManAdventures

[Cody Leach @CodyLeachYT]

Absolute bullshit! Blumhouse didn’t even attach themselves to this film until way after its initial festival run and that’s just one of many ways to prove how false this narrative is. People are way too comfortable spreading complete nonsense with zero concern for it taking off.

[Gitesh Pandya @GiteshPandya]

Many films overperforming at the #boxoffice but one which is not getting much attention is #TheSheepDetectives. Can we give it a shout out?

3rd wknd down just 4% from 2nd wknd, great legs! Might get to $75M+ domestic. Terrific result for live-action family movie not based on any well-known brand.

[EmpireCity Box Office @EmpireCityBO]

I don't want this to get lost in the noise of the weekend, and that is #TheSheepDetectives is having a hell of a run for @AmazonMGMStudio and also went UP from the previous weekend. Will hit $50m by Wednesday and with school now out in the coming weeks could get close to $100m!

[Gitesh Pandya @GiteshPandya]

#Michael finished 5th wknd ABOVE estimates again. SUN dipped only 2% from SAT showing continued staying power.

$20.7M wknd (FRI-SUN), down just 21% for domestic #boxoffice of $314.9M thru SUN.

$6.2M projected for MON holiday today putting 4-day wknd at $26.9M & cume at $321.1M. #MichaelMovie

[Mike’s Movie Minute @MikeMovieMinute]

Sometimes you have to remind yourself where you came from as a self proclaimed lover of movies/film critic/film connoisseur. Thank you @Tubi for all that you do. You continue to inspire us all, keep up the good work.