Populasian: December 2023

Sunday, December 31, 2023

2023 - The Year that was

2023 is about to be over and lots and lots of things happened. Below are some of the highlights from the usual suspects.

Saturday, December 30, 2023

Back in 2019, Disney+ was set to launch in November. They offered a deal of pay two years for 3 years. I think there was tax and my total was $140.97. Last year, they offered a slightly lower price for renewals for 1 year without ads at $79.99. This past November, when the renewal came, the new price for a year without ads jumped to $139.99. Wow, I did not renew.

Even in 2022, I was on the fence about spending $79.99 for a service I rarely used. Outside of Mandalorian, I did not watch anything else consistently. I have over 50% of the MCU on Blu-ray and mainly watched Avenger Endgame or before movies.

The one movie that I did watch 3 or 4 times via Disney+ was Shang Chi. But that's an outlyer with the current MCU movies.

Loki season's one and two were watched, but I do not think it was necessary to have Disney+ for.

BLACK FRIDAY UPDATE: I got in on the Hulu $0.99 a month deal and added Disney+ with ads for $2.00 a month. At the moment, since Black Friday, I have not watched anything on Disney+ yet. Maybe soon.

Friday, December 29, 2023

2024: What I Look Forward To Netflix Edition

Netflix has lots of things for 2024. Here are some highlights of the movies and television series in store for 2024.

Thursday, December 28, 2023

2024: What I Look Forward To

2024 is almost upon us. Here's a few things that may get me out to the local AMC. But I will most likely watch these through streaming, if at all. Come on movie studios, make good movies again ala Avengers Endgame era.

Here are some of the streamings up and coming stuff.

Here are the movies making it the theathers hopefully.

Mean Girls

Madame Web

Dune: Part Two

Kung Fu Panda 4

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

The Fall Guy

IF

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Ballerina

Bad Boys 4

Despicable Me 4

Twisters

Deadpool 3

Kraven the Hunter

Borderlands

Beetlejuice 2

Venom 3

Gladiator 2

The Karate Kid

Friday, December 15, 2023

2022 United States Of America Box Office Report - Top 10 Grossing Films Of 2022 - Final

With the pandemic moving to the rear view mirror, 2022 was supposed to be a great year. The top 10 did well, but the rest did not. The worldwide market was not fully recovered as well

Here are the top ten box office performers of 2022 for United States Of America.

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1		Top Gun: Maverick (捍衛戰士:獨行俠) US - ~$719 Million Worldwide - ~$1.496 Million
2		Avatar: The Way of Water (阿凡達:水之道) US - ~$684 Million Worldwide - ~$2.320 Million
3		Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (黑豹2:瓦干達萬歲) US - ~$454 Million Worldwide - ~$859 Million
4		Doctor Strange In The Multiverse of Madness (奇異博士2:失控多重宇宙) US - ~$411 Million Worldwide - ~$956 Million
5		Jurassic World Dominion (侏羅紀世界:統霸天下) US - ~$377 Million Worldwide - ~$1.002 Million
6		Minions: The Rise of Gru (小小兵2:格魯的崛起) US - ~$370 Million Worldwide - ~$940 Million
7		The Batman (蝙蝠俠) US - ~$369 Million Worldwide - ~$772 Million
8		Thor: Love and Thunder (雷神索爾:愛與雷霆) US - ~$343 Million Worldwide - ~$761 Million
9		Sonic The Hedgehog 2 (音速小子2) US - ~$191 Million Worldwide - ~$405 Million
10		Puss In Boots: The Last Wish (鞋貓劍客2) US - ~$185 Million Worldwide - ~$481 Million