Oku wrote: ↑March 18th, 2020, 1:48 am
If it moves, it
needs to move to December 18, which WB currently has slotted for Dune (which then should be delayed too, obviously).
Here's my rationale for this.
First, in case you don't know, Mr. Nolan
loves that third-weekend-of-July date, almost to the point of irrationality: Tenet is now the fifth out of his last six films to come out on that date, and I can't think of a single other filmmaker on Earth who is that loyal to a single release date.
I believe (pure conjecture) that this fondness for the third-weekend-of-July was only hardened after Interstellar came out in November and opened to #2 (first for a Nolan film, I believe) and was considered by many to have underperformed at the domestic box office.
OK so easy solution, just delay to July 2021 then, right?
Well, no, because that's an entire year and excessive, when the film is probably almost done.
So what's the next best solution?
I believe that it's December 18, and my rationale for that goes like this:
The summer movie season is generally considered to be May-June-July.
So rephrased, the third weekend of July translates to the third weekend of the third month of the season.
Now swap out 'summer' for 'winter', and the third weekend of the third month of the season is...December 18.
So basically what I'm saying is, is that whatever 'good luck charm' that he thinks the 'third weekend of the third month of the summer' holds for his film's success at the box office, could also be true for the 'third weekend of the third month of the winter'.
It's not exactly logic rooted in fact, I know, but neither is releasing five of your last six films on the same weekend of the year, so