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The Box Office Podcast

Scott Mendelson

A weekly conversation about the weekend box office between myself (Scott Mendelson) and a few younger (Jeremy Fuster), hipper (Ryan Scott) and cooler (Lisa Laman) entertainment journalists. Spoiler: I am what they grow beyond. scottmendelson.substack.com

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Ep 22: 'Inside Out' Sequel, 'Quiet Place' Prequel...

The Box Office Podcast ·

2024/07/01

The gang is back to dissect what went very right with A Quiet Place: Day One and almost inevitably wrong with Horizon: An American Saga. Lisa laments the ongoing emphasis on movies for older audiences. Jeremy explains how Kevin Costner’s passion project was a relative hit in certain parts of the country. Ryan anoints Lupita Nyong’o as a genuine movie star (or at least an A-level added value element). Scott asks if we are already in the midst of the long-promised permanent COVID-era theatrical

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61:56

Ep 21: 'Inside Out 2' Bikerides 'Thelma' to The...

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2024/06/25

Ryan Scott and Lisa Laman do it "solo" to discuss the $101 million second weekend for Inside Out 2 along with better-than-expected openings for 'The Bikeriders,' 'Thelma' and 'Kinds of Kindness'. Get full access to The Outside Scoop at scottmendelson.substack.com/subscribe

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50:23

Ep 20: Mixed Emotions For 'Inside Out 2'

The Box Office Podcast ·

2024/06/18

‘Inside Out 2’ soared to infinity and beyond, nabbing $154 million domestic and $294 million worldwide in its global theatrical launch. That’s good, right? We’re all in agreement that it’s great news for the box office and the multiplexes. However, if Bob Iger and friends are to capitalize on this, they have to -- to quote my favorite Disney animated film -- make the right choices and (say it with me now) keep moving forward! Get full access to The Outside Scoop at

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59:57

Ep 19: 'Bad Boys 4' Unsurprisingly Slaps

The Box Office Podcast ·

2024/06/11

A well-liked sequel to a successful sequel in a popular franchise opened at the high end of realistic expectations… what a shock...! What a $107 million global debut for Bad Boys: Ride or Die does (and doesn’t) say about Will Smith’s current drawing power...After The Watchers stumbles, is horror in trouble or are the movies underwhelming? Get full access to The Outside Scoop at scottmendelson.substack.com/subscribe

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39:43

Ep 18: Talking MoviePass, MovieCrash with Business...

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2024/06/04

Since Hollywood didn’t bother to release any new wide openers last weekend, I gave the box office folks the weekend off. In the meantime, and this may be a backdoor pilot of sorts for a second semi-regular podcast, I spoke last week with Business Insider entertainment correspondent Jason Guerrasio. His as-it-happened reporting was essential in exposing the less-than-glittery gold that was the year of MoviePass. He’s an executive producer on the new documentary Movie Pass Movie Crash. Get full access

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58:52

Ep: 17: Audiences Say 'Furi-No!-Sa,' But Monday...

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2024/05/29

Whether or not Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga should have performed better or was an inevitable “online fandom doesn’t equal audience interest” misfire, such a film shouldn’t have been expected to hold up theatrical — alongside The Garfield Movie — almost by itself. That’s the crux of the chat amid a historically grim Memorial Day weekend box office session. Get full access to The Outside Scoop at scottmendelson.substack.com/subscribe

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56:43

Ep 16: ‘If’ Doesn’t Whiff but the Amy Winehouse...

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2024/05/21

We dissect If’s complicated $33.7 million domestic debut (remember G-Force?), whether we should be “happy” that The Strangers: Chapter 1 opened with $12 million (if horror becomes as franchise-dependent as every other theatrical genre…), and whether anyone should be surprised at the Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black earning less than $3 million for the weekend (I was there… in early 1992… when The Babe bombed). Get full access to The Outside Scoop at scottmendelson.substack.com/subscribe

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63:21

Ep 15: Podcast On the Box Office For The 'Kingdom Of...

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2024/05/15

We talk about the solid $131 million debut for 'Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes,' including what went right, why it got a B from CinemaScore and what the math looks like (especially sans China) in terms of justifying follow-up. Oh, and 'Poolman' opened, too, I guess. Get full access to The Outside Scoop at scottmendelson.substack.com/subscribe

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59:48

Ep 14: Fall Guys and the Faults of our Star Wars

The Box Office Podcast ·

2024/05/07

Does the mediocre opening weekend suggest a broader theatrical problem, or was Ryan Gosling in a Hollywood love letter to itself less enticing to regular moviegoers? Plus, how this is all, of course, the fault of our 'Star Wars' Get full access to The Outside Scoop at scottmendelson.substack.com/subscribe

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65:18

Ep 13: 'Suck It, Escape from Tomorrow!'

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2024/04/30

The complicated new math of films distributed by obscenely wealthy streaming companies where it hardly matters if a $55 million flick like Zendaya’s Challengers makes a rate-of-return profit on theatrical alone. What is the “success” point for these “theatrical as PR for streaming” movies in terms of making the distributors happy with the box office results? How good (or bad) is a $15 million opening for a film like Challengers amid the current status quo compared to the mid-2010s when studio

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69:14

Ep 12 - Killer Nazis Nazi Killers But Death Pools Vamp...

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2024/04/24

ComScore senior media analyst Paul Dergarabedian guest-stars (as Ryan Scott takes a breather) amid a look at Civil War’s second-weekend hold (the good) and the debuts for Abigail and Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (the bad) prior to a deep dive into the upcoming summer movie season (barring a miracle, the ugly). Get full access to The Outside Scoop at scottmendelson.substack.com/subscribe

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Ep 11 - Civil Wars and Cinema Cons

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2024/04/16

* What does Civil War’s chart-topping $26 million debut mean for A24?* Scott and Lisa think a new Blair Witch is a horseman of the apocalypse situation.* Ryan thinks we should all stop worrying and love the Blair Witch.* Jeremy and Ryan talk about what they saw at CinemaCon.And so much more!! Get full access to The Outside Scoop at scottmendelson.substack.com/subscribe

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51:14

Ep 10 - Bad Omens and Monkey Trouble

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2024/04/09

On the measured success of 'Monkey Man' and why 'The First Omen' is a classic "IP for the sake of IP" mistake. Thoughts on why the 20th Century Studios IP has mostly been so much of a dud for Disney, how 'Civil War' will play for paying moviegoers and what constitutes success or failure as the streaming bubble bursts and theaters are grateful for each and every major new release. Get full access to The Outside Scoop at scottmendelson.substack.com/subscribe

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49:47

Ep 9: Where the MonsterVerse Went Right

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2024/04/02

On today’s astonishing episode…!* How the MonsterVerse rose from the ashes of King of the Monsters.* Do "spectacular by pre-Covid standards” results for Bob Marley, Late Night with the Devil and Love Lies Bleeding offer cause for optimism?*Small drops for Dune Part Two rebuts conventional wisdom about PLF-or-bust moviegoing. All that and more! Get full access to The Outside Scoop at scottmendelson.substack.com/subscribe

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59:33

Ep 8: 'Ghostbusters' Lives, Sydney Sweeney is...

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2024/03/26

Is Sony turning Ghostbusters into a viable franchise? Immaculate's record-high (for Neon) opening implies Sydney Sweeney has some drawing power. IFC Films triples their own personal best with a $2.8 million debut for Late Night with the Devil. Trailers for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Furiosa and Alien: Romulus each offer three distinct forms of shareholder-friendly generational nostalgia. Strong pre-release tracking for A24’s Civil War implies that a comeback for non-franchise *movie-movies*.All that

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Ep 7: 'Scream' Keeps Stabbing Itself, Wahlberg Goes...

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2024/03/19

Ryan Scott was recovering from SXSW. He’ll be back next week. Mendelson, Fuster and Laman discussed Mark Wahlberg’s dwindling bankability after years of being a streaming butts-in-couches movie star (can Ryan Reynolds and Kevin Hart avoid this fate?), Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire being sold less like a sequel to Ghostbusters: Afterlife and more like a sequel to Ghostbusters II, how Spyglass “own goal”ed Scream VII into a proverbial Rise of Skywalker, if 87North become a Blumhouse-like brand for

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Ep 06: Kung Fu Panda 4 vs Dune 2 vs Oscars 96

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2024/03/13

What does a strong $58 million domestic opening for Kung Fu Panda 4 mean for DreamWorks and feature animation in general? How far can Dune Part Two soar — especially at the domestic box office? And what went mostly pretty well at the 96th Academy Award? All of these mysteries and more will be answered by 3/4 of us in our sixth episode. Ryan Scott is at SXSW this week, so he’ll be back next episode to presumably spoil the s**t out of Monkey Man, Fall Guy and, uh, maybe Late Night with the Devil?I’m

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51:41

Ep 05: Dune, Nothing but Dune, Give Me That Dune......

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2024/03/06

Most of this week’s episode concerns the $82.5 million domestic (well played, Ryan) and $182.5 million worldwide opening weekend for Dune Part Two. We talk about the massive share for PLF screens, the lower expectations for the first ‘Dune’, how young stars made an adaptation of a 59-year-old novel seem cool and how Denis Villeneuve’s Dune avoided the fate of Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049. Also discussed was the $104 million-plus Oscar season performance of Poor Things and how A24 has become

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Episode 04: Must Faith-Based Films Get Meaner? Will...

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2024/02/27

Among the topics Bob Marley’s place near the top of high-grossing musical biopics, how this four-part Beatles movie is going to work, whether the underperformance of Ordinary Angels bodes ill for aspirational Veggie Tales-style faith-based flicks (an actual debate between myself and Lisa… yay friendly conflict?), whether Oppenheimer can reach $1 billion worldwide (they think it’s half-way there, I think they’re merely living on a prayer), and the tragedy that the reissue of Universal’s Les

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The Outside Scoop's Box Office Podcast Ep 03

The Box Office Podcast ·

2024/02/20

Episode three is right on time, with all four of us again chatting about the weekend box office that was. Ryan C. Scott (SlashFilm) returns after a brief abscence, joined again by myself along with Lisa Laman (Collider and Looper) and Jeremy Fuster (TheWrap). While we do briefly talk about the Fantastic Four casting, as well as thoughts on Kung Fu Panda 4’s eventual release and the $600 million-plus success of Wonka, the majority of the 42-minute chat is about the movie that opened with $52 million

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