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kingdom of the planet of the apes
Scott Mendelson May 14, 2024
‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ isn’t merely a promising summer would-be blockbuster. It’s a rare chance for Bob Iger to extract movie value from his $71 billion deal for most of 21st Century Fox.
the fall guy
Scott Mendelson May 3, 2024
This season’s slate is much less surefire than the mid-2010s MCU lineup or those live-action Disney remakes. Will the teetering theater industry end up closer to the $4 billion of 2023 or below the $3.3 billion domestic totals for 2022?
abigail horror movie
Scott Mendelson April 23, 2024
Horror flicks simply aren’t performing at the box office with the potency they demonstrated as recently as last year. But is this the result of oversaturation or simply a natural come-down from previously unsustainable highs?
deadpool & wolverine
Scott Mendelson April 16, 2024
Can Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman save summer box office? Or is Hollywood’s ’24 strategy simply to wait till ’25?


Dune: Part Two zendaya timothee chalamet
Scott Mendelson April 2, 2024
So far in ’24, Warner Bros. Discovery accounts for nearly 30 percent of domestic box office and—depending on how you slice it—19 to 40 percent of international.
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
Scott Mendelson March 25, 2024
Despite various indications that it might flop, Sony positioned ‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’ as a scary movie rather than a nostalgic comedy. And that made all the difference at the box office.
Donna Langley
Scott Mendelson March 12, 2024
While Hollywood was obsessed with finding the next ‘Star Wars’ or Marvel cinematic universe, Universal’s long-tenured Donna Langley stood firm against what seemed to be a Disney onslaught by… not being Disney.
Timothee Chalamet Austin Butler Dune: Part Two
Scott Mendelson March 4, 2024
The opening weekend success of ‘Dune: Part Two’ suggests that the future of theatrical relies, in part, on studios marketing films as requiring a premium large format experience.


bob marley: one love
Scott Mendelson February 26, 2024
Is the Paramount musical biopic a new paradigm for how studios can get people into theaters for non-tentpoles during the off-season?
Celeste O'Connor, Sydney Sweeney, Dakota Johnson and Isabela Merced
Scott Mendelson February 19, 2024
After decades of trying to expand the Spider-Verse into a true Marvel franchise, ‘Madame Web’ should be a wake-up call that it’s time for Sony to move on.
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