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Meg 2 opens wide, Barbie passes $1B Aug 08, 2023

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Meg 2: The Trench and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem debuted this past week, and we bring you all the box office and insights into the audiences. Barbie passes $1B, we compare June 2023’s box office to previous years, and ask ourselves where the crossover of nostalgic IPs and family film intersect on Behind the Screens.

Topics and times:

Domestic box office overview - 1:09
Meg 2: The Trench audience analysis - 3:43
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem box office overview - 7:07
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem audience analysis - 8:22
July 2023 compared to past years - 12:56
Next Week - 15:39

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Box Office Overview:

Barbie, still in first place, brought in $53M domestically, bringing the domestic total to $460M, and has passed the $1B mark after 17 days of release.
Meg 2: The Trench made just over $30M domestically with its opening weekend, with $112M internationally from 76 markets for a worldwide total of $142M.
Oppenheimer grossed an additional $29.1M domestically, bringing its domestic total not to $229M.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem made $28M domestically over the the 3-day weekend, though its total since opening on Tuesday sits at $43M domestically, and 8.5M internationally from 24 markets, for a worldwide total of $51.5M.

Haunted Mansion, Talk To Me, and July’s month-in-review Aug 02, 2023

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New releases Haunted Mansion and Talk To Me hit the big screen this weekend, while Barbie and Oppenheimer continued with fantastic holds. We pause to look back at July’s month in review, and to see how 2023’s year-to-date compares with past years’ box office. As well as audience analyses for both new titles, Matthew and Ryan run us through some upcoming changes to the release schedule, and what it might mean for the coming box office.

Topics and times:

Haunted Mansion box office overview - 3:09
Haunted Mansion audience analysis - 4:31
Talk To Me box office overview - 8:52
Talk To Me audience analysis - 10:34
Box office holdover roundup - 13:50
July month-to-date - 22:16
Release schedule changes - 23:10
Next Week - 25:35

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Box Office Overview:

Barbie in its second week added $93M domestically for a domestic total of $351.4M. Internationally it grossed a further $122.2M, a decline of only 32.2% for a total internationally of $423.1M, and $775M worldwide.
Oppenheimer domestically added $46.2M for a domestic total of $174.1M, and $72.4M internationally for $226.3M as the international total.
Haunted Mansion made $24.2M domestically and $9.1M internationally for a worldwide total of $33.3M — though notably is not yet out in major territories including the UK, Australia, and Japan.
Sound of Freedom continued to made money domestically with another $12.8M, leading to $149.4M in domestic total now.
Mission: Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One added $10.6M domestically bringing its domestic total to $139.1M. Internationally it has reached $308M, for a worldwide total of $447.2M.

Barbenheimer sets the 4th-highest domestic opening of all time! Jul 25, 2023

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Barbie and Oppenheimer were battling for the box office—or in many cases bringing moviegoers in together with Barbenheimer double-features! So how many moviegoers went to see both the bomb and the bombshell, what demographics had the greatest overlap, and what made the atomic blonde combo the biggest domestic opening weekend since Avengers: Endgame? Join us Behind the Screens to find out.

Topics and times:

Barbie box office overview - 1:02
Barbie audience analysis - 3:04
Oppenheimer box office overview - 6:08
Oppenheimer audience analysis - 6:28
The Barbenheimer audience overlap - 9:15
Box office holdover roundup - 10:49
Next Week - 12:47

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Box Office Overview:

Barbie opened to $162M domestically, the highest domestic opening of all time for a female-directed film, and grossed an additional $194M internationally for a worldwide total of $356.3M.
Oppenheimer opened to $82.4M domestically and $98M internationally for a worldwide total of $180M.
This weekend made for the biggest total domestic opening weekend of 2023, and the 4th-highest domestic opening weekend of all time, only behind Avengers: Infinity War, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and Avengers: Endgame.
Sound of Freedom made an additional $19.8M this past weekend.
Mission: Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One grossed $19.5M domestically, bringing its worldwide total to $370M.
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny came in at number 5 with $7M domestically, bringing its worldwide total to $355M.

Mission: Impossible, production costs, and actors join the strike Jul 18, 2023

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Tom Cruise sprinted onto the big screen again this past weekend with Mission: Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One, which had the biggest global opening of the Mission: Impossible franchise to date. Take a Behind the Screens look at the box office and audience analysis for Cruise's latest blockbuster, Matthew's preview of Barbie, and a discussion on the writers & actors' strikes in Hollywood.

Topics and times:

Mission: Impossible box office overview - 1:19
Mission: Impossible audience analysis - 4:07
Rising production costs and the SAG & WGA strikes - 8:20
Box office top 5 roundup - 11:06
Next Week - 14:40

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Box Office Overview:

Mission: Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One opened to a 5-day weekend total of $80M domestically and $155M internationally, for a worldwide total of $235M — the biggest global opening for the Mission: Impossible franchise.
Sound of Freedom earned $27M, up 37% from the previous weekend’s box office for a domestic cumulative total of $85M.
Insidious: The Red Door took an additional $13M domestically, a drop of 66%, for a domestic total of $58M and world-wide total of $122M.
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny passed the $300M mark globally this weekend.
Elemental, in its fifth week of release only dropped 13% to $8.7M, bringing its worldwide cumulative total to $312M.

Diving into the industry with Vista Group CEO Stuart Dickinson Jul 11, 2023

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This week we are joined by Vista Group’s new CEO, Stuart Dickinson, to discuss his experiences and impressions across the businesses and the cinema industry at CinemaCon and CineEurope. In box office news, Sony revives their horror history with Insidious: The Red Door’s debut at #1, alongside Sound of Freedom and Joy Ride. Join us for the numbers, the audiences, and even more insights on this episode of Behind the Screens:

Topics and times:

Insidious: The Red Door box office and audience - 0:38
Sound of Freedom box office and audience - 3:47
Joy Ride box office and audience - 5:40
Box office holdover roundup - 8:01
Interview with Stuart Dickinson - 10:01
Next Week - 26:04

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Box Office Overview:

Insidious: The Red Door opened at number 1 in the domestic box office with $33M for the opening weekend. Internationally it brought a further $31.4M, for a global total of $64.4M.
Sound of Freedom released on July 4th to $14M, and had a weekend result of $19.7M for a current total of $40M.
Joy Ride grossed $5.8M from 2,800 screens.
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny opened last weekend to $60.4M domestically. It grossed an additional $27.4M domestically and $32M from 52 international markets this past weekend, for a worldwide cumulative total now of $248M.
Elemental in its 4th week grossed $10M domestically, and another $30M internationally from 48 markets. Its worldwide total now sits at $252M.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse took 5th position with another $8M domestically. It now sits at a global total of $642M.

The CineEurope Round Table: AI, Content, and Forward Thinking Jun 27, 2023

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Sarah Lewthwaite and Leon Newnham join us for the CineEurope Round Table, discussing all the highlights and insights from the latest industry event in Barcelona. Comedy takes centre stage with box office and audience analyses for No Hard Feelings, and we examine how Asteroid City’s wide release compares to previous Wes Anderson titles on this week’s instalment of Behind The Screens.

Topics and times:

No Hard Feelings box office overview - 0:55
No Hard Feelings audience analysis - 1:49
Asteroid City and Wes Anderson box office comparisons - 5:13
Asteroid City audience analysis - 7:08
Box office top 5 roundup - 11:08
CineEurope Round Table - 17:24
Next Week - 40:06

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Box Office Overview:

No Hard Feelings made $15M domestically from 3208 screens, and $9.5M internationally for a total of $24.6M.
Asteroid City in its wide release made a further $9M domestically and $6.5M internationally, for a global total of $16.7M.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse reached no. 1 in the domestic market again, adding $19M. It now sits $183M ahead of the previous title’s lifetime gross, and has crossed the half-billion dollar mark at $560M globally.
Elemental made a further $18.4M domestically for a total of $65.5M.
The Flash dropped 72.5% from its opening weekend, adding $15.1M for a domestic total of $87.5M, international total of #123.3M, and global total of $210.8M.
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts in its 5th week added $11.8M, bringing the domestic total to $123.1M, with $218M internationally making a global total of $341.4M.
Lost in the Stars, a Chinese title, added $70.4M over the 3-day weekend solely from China. Its total now is $97.6M.

Episode 100! The Flash, Elemental, and The Blackening (+ bonus content) Jun 21, 2023

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Thank you to all our listeners for helping us to reach our 100th episode! While Simon parties in Barcelona at CineEurope this week, Matthew and Ryan discuss The Flash’s disappointing box office performance and the possible reasons for it, as well as audiences for The Flash, Elemental, and The Blackening.

Plus, we bring you a special treat to celebrate our 100th episode!

Topics and times:

CineEurope - 0:16
The Flash box office overview - 2:00
The Flash audience analysis - 3:21
Why did The Flash struggle? - 7:59
Elemental box office overview - 9:30
Elemental audience analysis - 10:34
The Blackening box office and audience - 15:06
Next week - 20:43
Bloopers - 22:16

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Box Office Overview:

The Flash made $55.7M domestically over the 3-day weekend, and $75M internationally for a total of $130.7M.
Elemental made $29.6M domestically and $15M internationally for a total of $44.6M.
The Blackening made $6M from 1775 screens, and has not debuted internationally yet.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse made $27.3M domestically and $27.6M internationally, bringing its worldwide total to $489M.
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts made $20.7M domestically and $37.2M internationally, for a current worldwide total of $274.9M.

Transformers, Spider-Man, and Santikos’ Flash premiere with Andrew Brooks Jun 13, 2023

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Transformers hit the big screen with a roar, while Spider-Man continued swinging this past weekend. We bring you all the box office and audience analysis, plus special guest Andrew Brooks, Executive Director of Sales and Marketing for Santikos, talks us through their premiere of The Flash in San-Antonio!

Topics and times:

2023 Summer Season overview - 1:02
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts box office overview - 1:56
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts audience analysis - 3:34
Do we need better counter—programming? 6:46
Box office holdovers - 9:00
Interview with Andrew Brooks from Santikos - 14:21
Next week - 26:17

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Box Office Overview:

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts made $60.5M domestically and $110M internationally for its opening weekend.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse made another $55.4M domestically and $47M internationally, for a global cumulative total thus far of $389.9M after 10 days.
The Little Mermaid added $22.8M domestically and $29.9M internationalling, bringing its lifetime global total to $414.2M.
Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3 $7M domestically, bringing it to $335.4M so far. Internationally, it made $6.7M for a total of $470.5M.
The Boogeyman made $6.9M and is curently sitting just below $25M domestically, and $39.6M globally.

June’s largest opening weekend in history; Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Jun 06, 2023

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With Spider-Man swinging through the Spider-Verse again this past weekend, June 2023 saw the biggest domestic opening 3-day weekend in history! We bring you all the numbers from throughout the Spider-Verse, covering box office, audience, and more titles to come this week Behind the Screens.

Topics and times:

May 2023 box office performance & year-to-date - 0:24
June’s opening weekend box office overview - 1:41
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse box office overview - 2:23
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse audience analysis - 4:16
The Boogeyman box office and audience - 6:41
Box office holdovers - 9:22
Next week - 12:21

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Mermaids, Machines, and Fathers, oh my! May 31, 2023

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With the debut of The Little Mermaid in cinemas, our hosts ask the big questions: how did Ariel fare compared to other live-action disney remakes? Are the sharks too real? And how scary can a children’s movie be? Along with Mermaids, we’re also talking Machines and Dads with The Machine and About My Father as we bring you all the numbers from the box office for Memorial Day Weekend.

Topics and times:

The Little Mermaid box office performance - 1:35
The Little Mermaid audience analysis - 3:24
The Machine overview and audience - 7:36
About My Father overview and audience - 10:26
Kandahar overview - 12:05
Holdovers - 13:09
Next week - 13:47

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