#movie math

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A scientist and two teenagers are heading west with a flux capacitor fluxing. How much road do they need to reach 88mph? This may, or may not, be a trick question. 

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You Got Served observations

Elgin and David were going to get $1,500, a piece, and make the crew of 8 people split $2,000. I'm no mathematician but that is not a comparable divide.

Then $50,000 (approx. $38,000 after taxes, 22-25%) amongst 18 crew members.

Elgin is trying to help Liyah pay for Princeton.

David lives in Baldwin Hills (all my knowledge of that area comes from BET's Baldwin Hills) and he's feigning for money?

Beautifull. Execentuate the Ls, let 'em roll off the tongue.

Also, I love that Lil Kim backs the Lil. Saints Elgin's crew in front of Wade's crew.

As always, do it for Lil. Saint

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Today's Movie Math is getting a little Groovy. To solve this equation you just need to recite the sacred words. Klaatu barada N...necktie? Nectarine? Nickel? 

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Todays's equation just doesn't add up. Not! Party On, available at HCGart.com. Party time. Excellent.

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Tick-tock Mr. Wick. Tick-tock. Next in my Movie Math series shows what happens when you mess with a man's car and dog. Available now at hcgart.com

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Today's Movie Math lesson shows that a lot can happen in 20 seconds. 20 Seconds to Comply. Now available at hcgart.com

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Today in Movie Math we show how adding a bunch of stuff can actually result in less. Twin Pines. Now available at hcgart.com 

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So I am definitely having my “All hail the queen” moment of my Taylor Swift era, and holy shit do I have a juicy story for you today, ESPECIALLY if you love business discussions. So, let’s discuss after the cut!

So for those of you unaware, I managed movie theaters for many years pre pandemic, and even now that I’ve left the business I still like keeping up with the trades to see how the box office and streaming is doing week to week

So last weekend, The Eras Tour opened with $97 million, against a projected $100 to $110 million. And because of that, SO MANY Hollywood shills were trying to lecture TS that she left millions on the table by negotiating directly with AMC and leaving the studios out of the discussion (and, therefore, out of the money). As someone who dealt directly with film studios for years, I am ALL in on someone big enough to tell the studios, politely, to suck it

Because what these morons clearly do not comprehend is that her concerts, filmed or not, are already bought and paid for. These people don’t seem to understand that after all is said and done, Taylor is probably taking home $400 to $500 million in take home profit. Not revenue. Take home

Which then brings me to this glorious headline (and the current source of my all hail the queen excitement)

I am laughing SO god damned hard right now. You have to understand, I despise Scorsese on principle, and it is SO satisfying seeing Queen Taylor put him in his place. So nice try Marty. Better luck next time you pompous prick

Her film dropped 67% in its second weekend and STILL beat his self righteous ass ☠️ now that may sound like a lot, but drops in the 60s are pretty standard for big blockbusters with big opening weekends. Although I was sooooo rooting for her to have a drop in the 50s to really fucking stick it to Hollywood and their bullshit

But hey, she gets to say she was number 1 for two weeks AND even after a 67 PERCENT DROP still beat one of the most arrogant fucking blowhards in Hollywood on his 200 million dollar film’s opening weekend. I call this a fucking unqualified win and I hope to god Taylor’s business people put this in the fucking bank and throw it in the face of any fucking executive who tries to tell her she needs their help

And just so you have actual numbers to work with, Eras earned about 37 million in its second weekend. Poor Marty’s movie made like 25 million. And again, it cost 200 FUCKING MILLION DOLLARS to make (for comparison, Eras probably cost around 15 million to produce. I’ll let you do the math who had a better return on investment). Who the fuck is still writing this asshole checks?? And to add insult to injury, his all star cast couldn’t even promote the film because of the SAG strike. He had to promote it all himself. And still fucking bombed. Eat. Taylor’s. Perfectly. Toned. Ass

So yes. I am 100% Team Taylor all the way to the fucking bank that is now 45 million dollars in free money richer. Death of cinema be damned

And if anyone wants me to go even FURTHER in depth about the situation let me know because I will record a video going into all the good stuff about this. I could talk about this for an hour straight easily