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• Mental Health and Finances in Filmmaking ⚕️

• After the Strike: Navigating Fallout 📽️

• Marvel's Box Office Blip 🧱

• Amazon MGM Studios Considering “Masters of the Universe” 🌌

Daily US Box Office: November 12, 2023 💸

Mental Health and Finances in Filmmaking ⚕️

Filmmakers are currently navigating challenges that spotlight the importance of their well-being.

Mental health specialist Rebecca Day sheds light on the insufficient attention given to filmmakers' mental health. The financial landscape for documentary filmmakers is precarious due to limited public funding, forcing many to take on additional jobs.

Reports indicate that over half of documentary makers grapple with mental health issues during production.

Uncertain payment schedules and financial instability have led to calls for fair wages, particularly from public broadcasters.

There's also a concern about the devaluation of filmmakers, prompting discussions around creating safe spaces for mental health and improving communication with funders.

These challenges not only affect filmmakers' livelihoods but also hinder their creative exploration. The industry is at a pivotal moment, prompting a call for changes to ensure filmmakers can sustain themselves both mentally and financially.

What's coming? 🤔

After the Strike: Navigating Fallout 📽️

Hollywood is recovering from the SAG-AFTRA strike, but theaters are still taking a hit, losing around $400-600 million.

Movies like "Barbie," "Oppenheimer," "Sound of Freedom," and Taylor Swift's concert film helped ease the damage.

Disney and other studios delayed releases, impacting 2024's box office hopes.

2023 is still expected to hit $9 billion in domestic gross, but a return to 2019 levels in 2024 seems unlikely due to production gaps.

Major films like "Dune: Part 2" and Sony's "Kraven the Hunter" and "Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire" contribute significantly to the disruption cost.

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Marvel's Box Office Blip 🧱

"The Marvels" had a rough start at the box office, becoming the lowest-grossing MCU film to date.

The $47 million in North America and $63 million internationally raised eyebrows.

There are signs of a shift in audience excitement, with challenges like the SAG strike impacting promotions and Disney's approach of producing a ton of content possibly diluting the Marvel brand's excellence.

It points out that the MCU's relentless pace, with loads of spinoffs and TV series, might be overwhelming fans, making the franchise lose some of its shine.

While it doesn't mean people are tired of superheroes, it does hint that Marvel can't just throw any hero on the screen and expect a blockbuster.

Disney's CEO acknowledged a need to reassess their strategy, emphasizing quality over quantity. With several MCU movie postponements and "Deadpool 3" as the lone film for 2024, it looks like Disney is gearing up for a rebuild.

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Amazon MGM Studios Considering “Masters of the Universe” 🌌

Amazon MGM Studios is in talks to bring us a live-action Masters of the Universe film, based on the '80s Mattel toys.

Originally with Netflix, the project shifted over after things didn't work out. The writer-directors, Adam and Aaron Nee, and Kyle Allen, set to play Prince Adam/He-Man, seem to be sticking around.

Masters of the Universe follows orphan Adam, who discovers he's a prince destined to save a distant land from the evil wizard Skeletor. Recent animated series on Netflix explored this universe too.

Previous attempts to make a Masters of the Universe film happened with Sony and Warner Bros. Back in 1987, The Cannon Group gave it a shot with a live-action film starring Dolph Lundgren as He-Man, but it didn't exactly wow at the box office.

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Still of the Day ⏸

• Director: Brian De Palma

• Director of Photography: John A. Alonzo

• Duration: 2h 22min

• Aspect Ratio: 2.39 : 1

• Camera: Panavision Panaflex

• Lenses: Panavision C-Series Lenses

• Film Stock: 35 mm, Eastman 250T