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I have to drive an hour away to even see it. The distribution only seems to be a couple theaters in big cities.

Is there a place to read more about fathom and why they are bad?

I really like Colin Meloy. I love Stop Motion. I didn't know either was involved with this film, and the trailer itself made it seem so much like derivative Labyrinth that I wasn't interested.

I think no distributor should be owned by a theater chain. It limits the reach in all kinds of ways. I have yet to see Fathom release anything in a way that suggests they are a "real" distributor.

I presume it's because Fathom actually made good money for the rerelease of Coraline, which was a rare box-office win for Laika. Plus every other distributor backing away, for similar reasons.

I've only seen it advertised on Reddit

Fathom handled the Amazing Digital Circus finale. That could’ve broken records but Fathom utterly refused to get it into enough theaters

I would've been there on day one but it didn't play anywhere near me.

i believe their pitch is because they're owned by AMC, Regal and Cinemark that they can just put the film on many screens and market it to audiences they already know about. But it doesn't work.

Well. That explains why the showings were so limited. Ridiculous.

YW. I am not a movie reviewer! I would definitely put my foot in my mouth if I went further than the premise. 😳

It’s not a coincidence that the movie that kicked off that trend was a Dragon Ball Z revival film

It's crazy stuff. Some theaters are running it as a regular movie, regular pricing, some are running it as a special presentation with premium pricing... that alone can't help.

I had no idea Fathom was becoming a distributor. I saw a trailer for something that said it was from Fathom, and I assumed it was a one-night-only thing ... you know, like Fathom does. They're releasing actual movies now? Have they told anyone?

I had no idea they even did first-release distribution

My daughters loved it!

Although, it was a pretty packed theater for Tuesday night! And I know that Hollywood theater has been playing it to packed houses also. It's really disappointing that it's not doing well outside of Portland.

Clickbait clickbait clickbait. Laika movies always follow this pattern: $10-20 million opening domestic, followed by consistent $5-10million for 4-5 weeks. Then hundreds of thousands as distribution spreads. And the international box office usually matches the domestic. But everyone should go.

I would assume Disney, Skydance (yuck), and Universal all turned it down because Laika is truly independent. Probably left them with few choices.

Read to me a bit like “distributor of last choice.” Has Laika burned bridges with so many distributors at this point that nobody wants to touch them?

Go see it! Dark in some parts, so under 10 not advised, but a great way to enjoy 2+ hours of your life. 😁

The CORALINE reissue did $33 million, so they've had considerable success with Laika, not to mention Studio Ghibli. I saw trailers for months, though I felt the trailers were lacking. And they should have also done more festivals. But the word is strong, and that may make the difference.

I was worried the Fathom release would mean we couldn’t get it here, and our theater is IN the movie. Thankfully it wasn’t an issue, but yeah…normally we don’t get stuff from Fathom.

I would suggest that marketing is failing the movie as well. I have seen maybe 10 different trailers each focusing on a different aspect of the film, including a Halloween-themed trailer that played next to one of the normal trailers at the same showing of Resident Evil. It is confusing.

My local cinema had it playing only at 8PM in the smallest screen (maybe 50 seats) and the sucker sold out immediately. There was demand for this and Fathom dropped the ball.

It doesn't help that a film's success is based on how much money it makes in the first weekend. Especially when theatres are prohibitively expansive, especially with a regime actively making things less affordable.

They really fucked this up. I hold them totally responsible, because the film is AMAZING.

The struggle we had to get a press screening in Austin after the PR firm reached out to the AFCA and then ghosted us for a month, then they offered promo screening tickers on the same night as two other screenings ...