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"Project Hail Mary" is bringing audiences to movie theaters in numbers the industry hasn’t seen for a non-franchise film since "Oppenheimer" (abcnews.com)
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“Project Hail Mary” is bringing audiences to movie theaters in numbers the industry hasn’t seen for a non-franchise film since “Oppenheimer.” The science fiction epic starring Ryan Gosling earned around $80.5 million in ticket sales in its first weekend playing in North America, according to studio estimates Sunday. Box office tracker EntTelligence estimates that translates into about 5 million ticket buyers.

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[–] 44 points 6 months ago (4 children)

I managed to avoid all trailers, bought tickets for the family, got to our seats and guess what was showing in the early trailers? That's right, clips from the movie spoiling Rocky and giving stupid facts.

Like WTF?

Don't show promotional material for the movie you're already in, let alone spoilery ones

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  • [–] 13 points 6 months ago

    I've read the book a billion times, it's so damn good, (listened to it ray porter is amazing in everything he reads) and watched the trailer and yea....they spoil the hell out of the big surprise. Like damn...

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago

    The trick is to find a theatre that lets you reserve seats with your tickets and then show up about 10 minutes late to miss all the ads spoilers/trailers for other movies.

    It's one area where my procrastination paid off and gave a better experience instead of a worse one.

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