Thanksgiving Recap
Nov 30, 2023•33 min•Ep. 205
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Episode description
In this episode of the Boxoffice Podcast, co-hosts Rebecca Pahle, Daniel Loria, and Chad Kennerk discuss the Thanksgiving Frame, including the surprise performance of The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes and Disney’s struggle to capture holiday moviegoers with their latest animated musical Wish.
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Episode Resources:
- Weekend Box Office: BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS & SNAKES Beats Both NAPOLEON and WISH on Thanksgiving Frame
- Long Range Box Office Forecast: AQUAMAN AND THE LOST KINGDOM and MIGRATION
- Fading Snow: Director Francis Lawrence on Kindling the Franchise with Origin Story THE HUNGER GAMES: THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS AND SNAKES
What to Listen For
- 00:00 Intro
- 01:16 What movie did you watch?
- 03:32 Weekend box office numbers
- 08:28 The downside of putting movies on Disney+
- 11:57 Wish international numbers
- 13:15 Disney’s 100 year marketing campaign
- 14:26 More weekend box office numbers
- 16:21 Amazon MGM’s Saltburn
- 18:46 Five Nights at Freddy’s
- 20:59 Lionsgate’s Silent Night
- 22:04 Angel Studios’ The Shift
- 23:29 Renaissance from Beyoncé
- 26:02 Most watch movies this year
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