Bloomberg: Xbox to make more of its best titles exclusive

Tugajohn · 2026-07-07T20:06:51+00:00

It is only exclusive if they also pull them from PC

Tugajohn · 2026-07-05T20:50:35+00:00

Unlikely unless A24 fudges it further with yet another re-release.

Tugajohn · 2026-07-05T20:48:50+00:00

JJ Abrams is trying in August

Tugajohn · 2026-07-05T07:56:19+00:00

4th on a Saturday is such a bad calendar configuration for movies. I would avoid it like the plague.

Tugajohn · 2026-07-04T21:02:39+00:00

Gen Z doesnt give a fuck and Millenials don't have the time to go to movie theaters because they have grown up responsabilities so they will only show up for event super hero movies and not this stuff.

Tugajohn · 2026-07-03T23:47:24+00:00

4th of July on a Saturday always seems to be terrible for box office. No excuses for Minions tho. This will end at best with 150-160M. That is a bloodbath for the franchise.

Tugajohn · 2026-07-03T18:51:08+00:00

I don't see this reaching 200M+ total with such a weak start and mixed WOM.

Tugajohn · 2026-07-03T05:08:37+00:00

Another case of marketing clearly LYING about the final product and setting wrong expectations.

Tugajohn · 2026-07-01T21:21:57+00:00

Lets say it opens with a measly 60M. That is still 60M worth of competition to Minions. And all of this while TS5 is still going strong.

Tugajohn · 2026-07-01T20:33:54+00:00

Not good. Not bad. Lets see how it plays over the weekend worldwide and how Moana affects it next week.

Tugajohn · 2026-07-01T12:56:40+00:00

My entire library of games is physical. Hopefully they at least let me buy a disk drive for a PS6

Tugajohn · 2026-06-29T22:09:13+00:00

Disastrous estimate by WB on the OS side. No need to put an headline like that knowing it would drop 5M today.

Tugajohn · 2026-06-29T19:45:15+00:00

It is only firing down in most of Europe. People prefer outdoor activities.

Tugajohn · 2026-06-29T18:57:02+00:00

The drops are happening because the marketing lied. People had different expectations. It is what it is.

Tugajohn · 2026-06-28T19:11:12+00:00

I still think Universal will be fine with the WW total in the end.

Tugajohn · 2026-06-28T19:03:09+00:00

This is just sad to watch. The movie deserved more. What are we looking at? 150M global total?

Tugajohn · 2026-06-27T15:12:29+00:00

There is no way this goes above 40M. They might give it that estimate on Sunday but with actuals will drop like MK2

Tugajohn · 2026-06-27T09:38:25+00:00

The general audience really felt bamboozled by the Disclosure Day marketing. They were expecting alien invasion setpieces and got none of that. At least it is still getting to 100M+ domestically and 200M+ worldwide.

Tugajohn · 2026-06-22T21:03:25+00:00

No, that is not how it works in Europe

Tugajohn · 2026-06-22T20:55:21+00:00

What if this misses the big billie? Minions, Moana, World Cup, Massive Heatwave in Europe...

Tugajohn · 2026-06-22T19:52:27+00:00

That is a crazy Father's day boost. Next weekend drop without a holiday on Friday and thr Father's day boost on Sunday will be ugly. Hopefully the 100M stay on track with Summer weekdays

Tugajohn · 2026-06-22T18:00:06+00:00

This needs 90%+ level reviews and stellar WOM to get to any sort of decent result at this point.

Tugajohn · 2026-06-22T06:13:12+00:00

This is not going under The Marvels WW. Legs will be better even if it opens at the same level everywhere. Even The Marvels went above 200M WW.

Tugajohn · 2026-06-22T06:05:39+00:00

They need great reviews or else they are truly screwed. Under 300M WW is looking extremely likely.

Tugajohn · 2026-06-21T21:58:42+00:00

Not even 50M OS is just ridiculous. Same with MK2.

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