Talk to distrib sources and they’re crying how we’re bound for one of the lowest grossing weekends of the year. There’s even unfortunate chatter out there that this summer, currently at $3.4 billion, +2% from last summer, might come in even or under 2024’s. Yikes.

Then out of the blue, Netflix, the $512.6 billion content streaming company, which is all about subscriptions, and never theatrical, is releasing a sing-along version of their widely watched animated movie, Kpop Demon Hunters in roughly 1,700 locations in what is strictly a Saturday and Sunday play in most circuits except for AMC and Canada’s Cineplex. There are 1,100 sites sold out. As of this minute, per sources, Kpop Demon Hunters is looking at a surprise No. 1 win with around $15M + (some have it higher) besting the

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