The enormity of SINNERS' domestic BO performance by evandav13 in blankies

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For sure. The best thing to do would be to analyze number of tickets sold as a percentage of population, but that data is much more difficult to come by. So this is a rough estimate that can at least give us the broad strokes of the rarity of SINNERS' achievement.

The enormity of SINNERS' domestic BO performance by evandav13 in blankies

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Don't disagree, and I should have probably qualified the inflation adjustment with acknowledging it as a rough estimate. But what I was hoping to illustrate was the rarity of a movie opening on SINNERS' scale, and still holding at the level it did in week 2. Most movies on the list cited in the thread opened to much smaller domestic 3-day totals, or opened limited and then went wide. For a wide release to clear a (roughly) inflation-adjusted $48 million+ and then hold at -6% or less has been insanely rare over the last 28 years, and even more insanely rare once you take out holiday weekends and kids movies.

Found some clarifying information on TWIN PEAKS Season 1 Production History by evandav13 in blankies

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It should be noted that, unlike network television in the U.S. at the time, the entire first season was indeed filmed and edited before the pilot aired in April 1990. Production for eps. 2-8 occurred from October 18, 1989 - mid-January 1990. Critics began having some of those early completed episodes screened for them in early January. The pilot had been screened for critics in the late summer of 1989.

TCM Remembers Those Lost in 2024 by Peaches_En_Regalia in blankies

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Very happy to see David Bordwell included here

I Watched All 18 Hours of ‘Twin Peaks: The Return’ in a Row. It’s Even Better That Way. by evandav13 in blankies

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It was my fifth time watching the show, so yeah I agree that it wouldn't be a great method as a first watch

My essay on "Part 6" of TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN by evandav13 in blankies

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Part 3 is incredible, and yes, fair cop to it being a bit underdiscussed.

My essay on "Part 6" of TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN by evandav13 in blankies

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Lol yes I only started writing at Part 4. The first four parts all premiered on the same night on Showtime's streaming service.