BarbieandOppenheimerare expected to gross a combined $150M this weekend, with many moviegoers planning double features.

All of this momentum has been built on the backs of each pics casts globe-trotting press tours.

Is a great thing about to go very wrong?

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‘Dune: Part Two,’ ‘Challengers.’ ‘Killer of The Flower Moon’ and ‘Poor Things’Everett Collection

Continually, were told that the SAG-AFTRA strike is bound to impact the latter part of 2024 versus 2023.

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However, dont think that 2023 will escape harm.

However, this August is back to a pre-pandemic normalcy, and poised to be richer.

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From left: Tiffany Haddish, Rosario Dawson, LaKeith Stanfield and Danny DeVito in ‘Haunted Mansion’Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures/Everett Collection

That prompt bad worth of mouth plummetedFlashs domestic opening grosses from a projected $70M to $55M.

The pic has fizzled with a current $106.9M domestic, $160.5M WW.

At this minute, several distributors are swearing to God that theyre not moving any titles.

Should these titles see release date changes, it would not be shocking.

Another post-production bottleneck could occur.

Those actors could possibly show up in TIFF, Venice and Telluride.