THB Sidebar to #242/243

Here is come edited-out detail work from two of this week’s Hot Button pieces that will be of interest to people who want a little more detail on my takes…

THB #242: It's All Over - State of Cinema, Pt 1

On Ticket To Paradise

You can sell the long legs theory about Ticket to Paradise all day long, but The Lost City had excellent legs, dropping 51% after opening and then never dropping as much as 39% for 9 straight weekends. It almost doubled its domestic business from the end of Weekend 2 until it ended its theatrical run 11 weekends later. If Ticket to Paradise does the same - though it would be a surprise if it isn’t on Peacock before Christmas - it will gross $58 million total domestically. It’s already done more than that internationally… which is great. It would probably do, in the end, close to the same $190 million worldwide as The Lost City. The rumor is that Ticket cost $60 milion and Lost City cost $68 million. Rentals from international are a bit lower than domestic, so in the…