Scott Mendelson

Once Aspirational Success Stories, New ‘Avatar’ and ‘Zootopia’ Sequels Will Now Primarily Serve as Year-End Bailouts for Disney The $1 billion 'Lilo & Stitch' has somewhat obscured a slew of box office bombs from Disney's previously reliable (Pixar) and bankable (Marvel) brands (remakes).

The $1 billion ‘Lilo & Stitch’ has somewhat obscured a slew of box office bombs from Disney’s previously reliable (Pixar) and bankable (Marvel) brands. A last-minute surge from ‘Zootopia 2’ and ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ would further allow Disney to distract from otherwise troubling commercial whiffs.

'Fantastic Four' Gets Clobbered, Plummets A (Comparatively) Galactus-Sized 66% at the Weekend Box Office $71 billion spent, thousands of jobs lost, and an entire entertainment industry restructured to the detriment of the filmmakers. Still, at least ‘The First Steps’ will probably sell about as many tick...

Disney bought Fox and stripped it for parts so that a better-reviewed, MCU-affiliated #FANTASTICFOUR reboot could have post-debut legs about as bad as FANT4STIC, eventual global grosses on par with the first two ANT-MAN films and “tickets sold” earnings essentially tied with the 2005 FANTASTIC FOUR?

Box Office: 'The Bad Guys 2' Nabs $9.2 Million Friday as 'The Naked Gun' Earns $6.3 Million On Its Opening Day Alison Brie and Dave Franco's (justifiably) buzzy body horror flick, 'Together,' will earn a "terrific for Neon" $7 million Fri-Sun and $11 million Wed-Sun debut weekend.

All of the non-Fantastic Four news at the Friday box office…

I mean, viewership on Disney+ doesn’t translate to cash-in-hand revenue. So... not since COCO, I'd argue (offhand).

Box Office: 'Fantastic Four' Flames Out with Grim(m) 80% Friday Drop for A Likely $40 Million (-66%) Second Weekend Disney’s MCU’ Fantastic Four’ relaunch is showing legs akin to ‘Fant4stic’ and is now poised to sell about as many tickets here and abroad as Fox’s 2005 ‘Fantastic Four’ franchise (re)launcher.

Disney’s MCU’ Fantastic Four’ relaunch is now showing post-debut legs akin to ‘Fant4’tic' and is now poised to sell about as many tickets here and abroad as Fox’s ‘005 'Fantastic’Four' franchise (re)launcher.

Once Aspirational Success Stories, New ‘Avatar’ and ‘Zootopia’ Sequels Will Now Primarily Serve as Year-End Bailouts for Disney The $1 billion 'Lilo & Stitch' has somewhat obscured a slew of box office bombs from Disney's previously reliable (Pixar) and bankable (Marvel) brands (remakes).

The $1 billion ‘Lilo & Stitch’ has somewhat obscured a slew of box office bombs from Disney’s previously reliable (Pixar) and bankable (Marvel) brands. A last-minute surge from ‘Zootopia 2’ and ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ would further allow Disney to distract from otherwise troubling commercial whiffs.

'The Naked Gun' Review: A Relaunch Done Right With little reliance on nostalgia and plenty of "can't get this anywhere else" entertainment value, this Liam Neeson-starring action comedy is content to just be consistently hilarious.

With little reliance on nostalgia and plenty of "can't get this anywhere else" entertainment value, this Liam Neeson-starring action comedy is content to just be consistently hilarious.

Ep. 78 - Galactus Demands a Doggy Bag Listen now | The initial grosses for ‘Fantastic Four’ Version 4.0 discussed within the context of prior attempts to launch the IP, Marvel Studios' post-'Endgame' struggles and why 'Superman' has the c...

Listen Now| The “Box Office Podcast” trio discuss initial grosses for ‘Fantastic Four’ Version 4.0 within the context of prior attempts to launch the respective brand, Marvel Studios’ post-'Endgame' struggles and why ‘Superman’ still has the cultural upper hand.
(Ep 78: Galactus Demands a Doggy Bag)

As 'Superman' Passes 'Man of Steel' in North America and $500 Million Worldwide, What James Gunn Learned From James Bond Rather than try to make the Man of Steel edgy and/or hip with the times, the latest DC superhero reboot kept its hero relatively traditional while using our modern world as a fish-out-of-water source ...

Rather than try to make the Man of Steel edgy and/or hip with the times, the latest #Superman reboot used the ongoing template for the 007 series, offering a mostly traditional variation on its marquee hero (be it Superman or James Bond) while using our modern world as a fish-out-of-water conflict.

As 'Superman' Passes 'Man of Steel' in North America and $500 Million Worldwide, What James Gunn Learned From James Bond Rather than try to make the Man of Steel edgy and/or hip with the times, the latest DC superhero reboot kept its hero relatively traditional while using our modern world as a fish-out-of-water source ...

Rather than try to make the Man of Steel edgy and/or hip with the times, the latest #Superman reboot used the ongoing template for the 007 series, offering a mostly traditional variation on its marquee hero (be it Superman or James Bond) while using our modern world as a fish-out-of-water conflict.

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The Naked Gun is an unmitigated laugh riot. It offers 80 minutes of unending sight gags, bemusing slapstick, and clever wordplay, with perhaps 3% of it predicated on anything specific to the “IP.” Oh, and “Comic Superstar: Danny Huston” almost steals the movie. It’s lots of fun.

The “controversy” over the Sydney Sweeney American Eagle jeans ad(s) feels like a macro-sized case of Twitter brain, whereby “I like broccoli.” is followed by “What, how dare you say you hate carrots?!”

Box Office: 'Fantastic Four' Launches With an Inclonclusive $118 Million Domestic and $218 Million Worldwide Opening Weekend Matt Shakman’s MCU reboot opens with what could be a solid start. Now it needs legs closer to ‘Fantastic Four’ (2005) than ‘Fantastic Four’ (2015).

When FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS launches to essentially the same domestic and global grosses as SUPERMAN, it gets essentially the same weekend box office report as SUPERMAN!

I used quotes for a reason, Dirk...!!!

So, as I suspected, the police response to the shootings of Democratic elected officials in Minnesota was actually a complete disaster www.startribune.com/new-details-...

Friday Box Office: 'Superman' Maintains Altitude Alongside 'Fantastic Four' as 'F1' Races Past $500 Million Worldwide Brad Pitt’s racing drama has overtaken Dwayne Johnson’s ‘San Andreas’ to become Hollywood’s highest-earning live-action original since ‘Interstellar’ in late 2014.

In not-so-Fantastic (Four) Friday #boxoffice news…

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Julie Bowen Thought She'd Be Replaced by a Younger Actress in 'Happy Gilmore 2' According to the actress, Adam Sandler had to tell her to stop underestimating her value

Regarding the #HappyGillmore2 promotional tour, you don’t get to argue that a legacy sequel deserves brownie points for not swapping out the now older love interest for a younger/“hotter” love interest when the film kills off that romantic co-star in the first five minutes.

Gerrymandering, union degradation, wage disparity and having the highest marginal tax rate fall from 91% to 37% in 60 years has allowed a billionaire class to gain outsized influence over — if not to essentially purchase — all three branches of government.

Box Office: 'Fantastic Four' Superhero Fatigues To $57M Friday The MCU’s effort to turn Marvel’s First Family into a tentpole-sized franchise earned more on its opening day than the 2005 version made during its entire debut weekend, and more than the 2015 version...

The MCU’s attempt to make Marvel’s First Family a tentpole-sized franchise grossed more on its domestic opening day than the 2005 #FantasticFour earned on its North American weekend and more than the 2015 ‘Fant4stic’ reboot earned in total at the domestic #boxoffice.

My ten-year-old liked FANTASTIC FOUR more than SUPERMAN. Fine, whatever, he’s young and naive. As long as he doesn’t start spouting nonsense like “FANTASTIC FOUR > AQUAMAN”...

Box Office: 'Fantastic Four' Earns A Marvel-ous $24.4 Million Thursday, Suggesting a $135-$155 Million Weekend Even a “for the fans only, actually” Thursday-to-weekend run, think the ‘Twilight’ sequels and the latter’ Harry Potter’ films, gets ‘Fantastic Four’ Version 4.0 to $120 million by Sunday night.

Even a frontloaded “for the fans only” Thursday-to-weekend run, think the ‘Twilight’ sequels and the later ‘Harry Potter’ films, gets ‘Fantastic Four’ Version 4.0 to $120 million by Sunday night.

I am shocked to see that Marvel Studios’ new FANTASTIC FOUR is already on Disney+!!

Ep. 77 - Superman Knows What You Smurfed Last Summer! Listen now | An episode recorded across four different time zones, as Meredith Borders arrives to discuss all things Superman (not just 'Smallville'), whether the Smurfs are still big in Germany, and ...

An episode recorded across four different time zones, as Meredith Borders arrives to discuss all things Superman (not just 'Smallville'), whether the Smurfs are still big in Germany, and more!

Why 'Michael' is Gonna Be Startin' Summer 2026 A Week Early Lionsgate and Universal borrow a page from the MCU playbook to get their “first biggie of summer” designation without opening on a date already occupied by ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ and ‘Animal Friend...

Lionsgate and Universal steal a page from the MCU playbook (re concurrent global openings in late April for AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR and AVENGERS: ENDGAME) to get #Michael its “first biggie of summer” designation without opening on a date already occupied by THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2 and ANIMAL FRIENDS.

this reminds me of the period in american politics when pundits would demand that any black politician of note — really, any black person in politics with a national audience — “condemn farrakhan”

Sneaky bit of "1st biggie of summer" maneuvering. Most of the 2010s MCU summer kick-off off pics opened a week early overseas, and the AVENGERS finales dropped globally in late April. Now, DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2 becomes the second weekend of summer counterprogramming. Well played, Lionsgate..
#michael

Box Office: 6 Hot Takes for a (Somewhat) Super $135M Weekend Superman topped $400 million globally as Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle opened with $40 million in Japan, but both Smurfs and I Know What You Did Last Summer debuted to relative indifference.

#Superman topped $400 million global (and dipped just 53% domestically) while #DemonSlayerInfinityCastle has already earned $44 million in four days in Japan. However, as frankly expected, #Smurfs and #IKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer both debuted to relative indifference.
(The Weekend #BoxOffice Punditry)

'Superman's Box Office and Buzz Gives 'Supergirl' an Advantage Almost Never Afforded to Female-Centric Superhero Movies Unlike ‘The Marvels,’ ‘Elektra,’ and the first ‘Supergirl,’ Milly Alcock’s sci-fi actioner will follow a critically and commercially successful male-skewing superhero movie.

Unlike most female-skewing superhero films (like ‘Elektra,’ ‘The Marvels’ and the first #Supergirl movie), next summer’s Milly Alcock-starring sci-fi actioner will *not* have to follow a poorly-received or commercially unsuccessful male-skewing superhero flick.