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Reporter - Slash Film Contributor - FANGORIA Box office nerd. Star Wars obsessive. Runner. Watch enthusiast. | Email: [email protected] https://buymeacoffee.com/ryanscottwrites

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Ryan Scott @ryanscottwrites.bsky.social · Jul 2

For those who have missed my musings about box office in podcast form, I now introduce you to Pop Cultured!

A new Patreon show and, as part of it, @benpears.bsky.social and I will be doing a box office show entitled MOVIES NOW MORE THAN EVER.

Subscribe, if you please 👇

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A podcast about film, TV, books, theme parks, and more.

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Ryan Scott @ryanscottwrites.bsky.social · 3h

Zero chance this sticks

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 5h

The Simpsons Movie 2' and 'Minecraft 2' both release the same day 🍿

July 23, 2027

Ryan Scott @ryanscottwrites.bsky.social · 5h

Shay and I went to Universal Horror Unleashed for our final date night as a not married people. 10/10.

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Ryan Scott @ryanscottwrites.bsky.social · 1d

That'd be my pal Nick!

Ryan Scott @ryanscottwrites.bsky.social · 1d

Viva Las Vegas, as it were.

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Phil Nobile Jr. @philnobilejr.bsky.social · 1d

Proud to present the masthead for FANGORIA #29.

Don’t sleep on @sgj.bsky.social signing off his “Slasher Nation” column with a cheeky, brand-new short story, plus debut bylines from cool kids @crazysexyghoul.bsky.social, @xghorror.bsky.social and @ryanscottwrites.bsky.social 🖤🖤🖤

Love these folks.

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Special Thanks

This issue is dedicated to Joanna Bacon
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Rebekah Del Rio, Graham Greene
David Kaff, Peter Kwong, Kelley Mack
Scott Spiegel, Terence Stamp, Loretta Swit,
Tom Troupe, and Harris Yulin.

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Ryan Scott @ryanscottwrites.bsky.social · 1d

Heads up, EVENT HORIZON fans! EVENT HORIZON: DARK DESCENT is the prequel you've been waiting for. I've got the lowdown for @fangoria.bsky.social.

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Exclusive: The EVENT HORIZON Prequel Is Cosmic Horror STAR TREK

Fango chats with EVENT HORIZON: DARK DESCENT writer Christian Ward all about his wild, bloody prequel to the original movie.

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SlashFilm @slashfilm.bsky.social · 2d

Taylor Swift once again rescued the box office from what would've otherwise been a dismal weekend, this time with The Official Release Party of a Showgirl.

Taylor Swift Just Saved The Box Office (Again) - SlashFilm

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SlashFilm @slashfilm.bsky.social · 2d

Daniel Day-Lewis came out of retirement to star in his son's feature debut, but the return of one of the greatest actors of all time was a box office flop.

Daniel Day-Lewis' Big Return To Acting Bombed At The Box Office - SlashFilm

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Ryan Scott @ryanscottwrites.bsky.social · 2d

Squeezed in one last workout before flying to Vegas tomorrow. 25 minutes with the ol' boxing bag and a quick 2 mile run. I feel great. I'm f****g ready.

Onward.

Ryan Scott @ryanscottwrites.bsky.social · 2d

Tomorrow I am getting on a plane to go to Las Vegas so that I can get married on Friday. This is impossible for my brain to comprehend.

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FANGORIA @fangoria.bsky.social · 4d

FYI: The first seven NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET movies have been remastered in 4K. We spoke with Freddy Krueger himself, Robert Englund, as well as directors Jack Sholder and Rachel Talalay about these long-awaited upgrades.

Exclusive: A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET Is Back In 4K And Better Than Ever

The first seven NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET movies have been remastered in 4K. We spoke with Freddy Krueger himself, Robert Englund, as well as directors Jack Sholder and Rachel Talalay about these long-awaited upgrades.

dlvr.it

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Ryan Scott @ryanscottwrites.bsky.social · 3d

In July, I had the good fortune of traveling to Poland to see the Nowa Huta district first-hand, which served as the inspiration for CRONOS: THE NEW DAWN.

I got to document my findings for the latest issue of @fangoria.bsky.social, on stands now. I couldn't be happier. Check it out!!!!

Ryan Scott @ryanscottwrites.bsky.social · 3d

THE SMASHING MACHINE opened to just $6 million at the box office, well below pre-release projections. If The Rock can't help get people out for a movie like this, I don't know where that leaves us. It feels rather bleak.

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5 Reasons Why The Smashing Machine Flopped At The Box Office - SlashFilm

Even Dwayne Johnson's buzzed-about performance wasn't enough to prevent The Smashing Machine from flopping at the box office in its opening weekend.

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Ryan Scott @ryanscottwrites.bsky.social · 3d

OH MY GOD OH MY GOD

Ryan Scott @ryanscottwrites.bsky.social · 3d

Congrats to Ben Leonberg and the team at IFC for cutting through the noise with GOOD BOY over the weekend.

www.fangoria.com/good-boy-ifc...

GOOD BOY Fetched A Very Good Box Office Debut

IFC's horror movie shot from the POV of Indy the dog GOOD BOY had a solild debut at the box office, despite stiff competition from Taylor Swift.

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Ryan Scott @ryanscottwrites.bsky.social · 3d

Ravens are ass. Pats are winning again. My boy Flacco is done. Rodgers is a Steeler and they're for sure going to the playoffs the way that division is shaping up.

I'm going to get into hockey. Fuck football.

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Ryan Scott @ryanscottwrites.bsky.social · 3d

Lamar is as good as it gets (regular season).

Ryan Scott @ryanscottwrites.bsky.social · 3d

They're 1-4. It doesn't matter. The full circle narrative would mean more to me and Shadeur feels like such a distraction.

Ryan Scott @ryanscottwrites.bsky.social · 3d

F*** it the Ravens should just get Flacco from the Browns and go full circle while Lamar is injured

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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 3d

Listen. If you didn't want to be seen as the Twitter escape pod, you shouldn't have deliberately fostered a community of people so united by their contempt for arbitrary authority and love of absolute free speech that they were willing to abandon a platform they'd been using for 15 years

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Ryan Scott @ryanscottwrites.bsky.social · 4d

I don't exactly think so. I suspect Taylor Swift didn't help and it's a "wait to stream" situation for most people. SMASHING MACHINE became more of a curiosity item rather than a must-see event.

Todd Oxtra @toddoxtra.bsky.social · 4d

Are people burned out on the Rock?

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SlashFilm @slashfilm.bsky.social · 4d

Making a dinosaur movie without 'Jurassic' in the title is a huge risk, and the director of Primitive War tells us why he went for it anyway.

Primitive War Was Rejected By Hollywood – The Director Made His Wild Dinosaur War Movie Anyway [Exclusive Interview] - SlashFilm

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Ryan Scott @ryanscottwrites.bsky.social · 4d

THE SMASHING MACHINE is aiming for the "marathon not a sprint" box office play but those are hard to come by these days.

Even setting that aside, a $6 million opening against a $50 million budget is "yikes" territory no matter how you slice it. Relying on LONG legs and a *lot* of help overseas.

Every Film Now @everyfilmnow.bsky.social · 5d

‘The SMASHING MACHINE’ earned $2.7M on Friday, projecting a $6-8M opening weekend.

Despite festival buzz, A24’s $50M film may struggle to recover costs at the box office.

#TheSmashingMachine #A24 #BoxOffice

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SlashFilm @slashfilm.bsky.social · 4d

In the year 2000, Sylvester Stallone was poised for a box office hit. Unfortunately for Sly, no one anticipated the star power of Ben Stiller.

25 Years Ago, Ben Stiller Buried Sylvester Stallone At The Box Office - SlashFilm

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