What happens when a locally made sci-fi brawler outperforms the noise and a buzzy remake doesn’t land? We dig into Predator Badlands’ franchise-best opening and the Running Man’s stumble, then chart a hopeful path forward with Wicked For Good building real momentum. Along the way, we tackle a hard truth: New Zealand’s box office has slid about 15% over recent weeks, with empty prime-time shows even in major cities. Tight budgets, uneven releases, and a chorus of AI-fed hot takes telling peopl...
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What happens when a locally made sci-fi brawler outperforms the noise and a buzzy remake doesn’t land? We dig into Predator Badlands’ franchise-best opening and the Running Man’s stumble, then chart a hopeful path forward with Wicked For Good building real momentum. Along the way, we tackle a hard truth: New Zealand’s box office has slid about 15% over recent weeks, with empty prime-time shows even in major cities. Tight budgets, uneven releases, and a chorus of AI-fed hot takes telling peopl...
From Power Cuts To Popcorn: Predator, Running Man, And A Film Fest Reshuffle
Eat.Sleep.Movie.Repeat
21 minutes
2 weeks ago
From Power Cuts To Popcorn: Predator, Running Man, And A Film Fest Reshuffle
Lights flicker, schedules wobble, and we still make it to the movies. We open with a surprising miss: a Hindi vampire romance positioned to ride the Diwali wave that instead sputtered at the New Zealand box office. That sets the tone for a candid look at audience behavior right now—how ratings, region, and timing twist outcomes—and why some films soar in big cities while others struggle to find momentum in smaller markets. From there, we highlight Train Dreams, a Netflix-bound drama anchored...
Eat.Sleep.Movie.Repeat
What happens when a locally made sci-fi brawler outperforms the noise and a buzzy remake doesn’t land? We dig into Predator Badlands’ franchise-best opening and the Running Man’s stumble, then chart a hopeful path forward with Wicked For Good building real momentum. Along the way, we tackle a hard truth: New Zealand’s box office has slid about 15% over recent weeks, with empty prime-time shows even in major cities. Tight budgets, uneven releases, and a chorus of AI-fed hot takes telling peopl...
