Glass Onion (Knives Out 2) **Spoilers from post 84**

That trailer does a pretty good job cutting around all the surprises and reveals, so I wouldn't worry too much about spoilers.

What I would recommend before watching is checking out The Last of Sheila if you can. It's a rock-solid 70s mystery written by Anthony Perkins (yes, that one) and Stephen Sondheim (yes, also that one!) that's clearly Johnson's most obvious point of reference for Glass Onion. Unfortunately, it's annoyingly unavailable on any of the main platforms in Ireland, but it has had various releases over the years so it is out there.

Netflix seem to want to go REALLY big on it as their Christmas movie, so maybe that's why they're trying to limit it? Going by Kermode & Mayo, media isn't even allowed to run any interviews with Johnson and the cast until it's about to hit Netflix.

There have been times in the past where Netflix have given something a 'limited' run in cinemas only for it to stick around indefinitely when it has clearly been a success (see: The Irishman). Hard to say whether that'll happen here, but they are pushing the 'one week only' thing and screenings do seem to be getting cut off from this day next week.

A rare peek inside the Netflix theatrical release machine - Variety's 'informed sources' put the film as a big hit in the US (third in the box office at $12-15 million, with a fraction of the screens of the top two) but since Netflix doesn't release figures we won't know for sure. I normally wouldn't be particularly interested in box office numbers, but given Netflix's uber-secrecy about BO it's worthwhile knowing how this fared - especially as a sequel to a film whose box office performance we do know.

But alas it seems they're still rigidly sticking to their seven-day window - any cinema I've checked loses the film from tomorrow.

I think studios generally report the figures voluntarily, but Netflix has never formally revealed the numbers from their theatrical releases. Hence we don't really know how well / badly most of their films do, although most only get token releases in a small number of cinemas. Only a handful like The Irishman have gone 'big'. Glass Onion is their biggest release yet, although still small compared to a Wakanda Forever saturation release or whatnot. Still lots of hostility from the US chains about even screening Netflix films.