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Movie Box Office Numbers and Analysis. I talk about last week's box office numbers and then make predictions for the upcoming weekend's opening movies. I also talk about the fantasy game Hollywood Stock Exchange. Very wonky, nerds only!

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    7.29.2020 Universal AMC Deal: The End of Movie Theaters?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2020 47:11


    6.7.2020 "AMC Going Under, Movie Production Restarts, Home Video Winners"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2020 48:57


    AMC Theaters Reopens First Theaters National Association of Theatre Owners Believe 90% of Movie Theaters will be open for the July 17th opening of Tenet AMC Entertainment Sees Massive Q1 Losses Of Up To $2.4B ‘Mission: Impossible 7' Set To Restart Filming In September LA Film production restarts this week New Streaming Films DEG Watched at Home Top 20 Chart

    5.24.2020 "Snyder Cut, Movie Business Reopens, VOD Charts"

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2020 56:59


    Justice League Snyder Cut Movie Production Restarting in Georgia Avatar 2 resuming production in New Zealand this week. Micheal Bay is producing a pandemic film called Songbird, starting to film in LA in July. Movie Theater reopening in LA - July 4th New Study says 70% would rather stay home to watch movies Capone Takes Home 2.5 Million in VOD Scream 5 is a go So much more!

    5.17.2020 "Theaters Reopening, The VOD Boom, New Mutants Saga, Scoob!"

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2020 64:29


    We chat about... Italy is reopening theaters AMC Plans to Reopen in July VOD Wars - Trolls Booms Alamo Draft House Franchise in Arizona filing for Bankruptcy EDO Survey “Movie Theaters and Social Distancing New Mutants shifts to August 2020 Scoob! DEG Watched at Home - Top 20  

    5.11.2020 "Future of Theaters, Bad Boys Dominates at Home, Most Profitable Small Films"

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2020 58:29


    We chat about... Movie News - Cinemark hiding financials, AMC might be getting bought by Amazon, Disney Plus sub numbers, and much more DEG's Watched at Home Top 20 Deadline's Biggest Profits Small Films list  

    Quarantine Special 5.3.2020 - Release Shuffle, VOD War, Biggest Flops of 2019

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2020 53:11


    We discuss:  The constantly changing release dates of current films The VOD War between Universal and AMC Theaters The Most Watched at Home Top 10 (VOD Rentals and Sales) Deadline's Biggest Flops of 2019

    Quarantine Special 4.26.2020 - Release Shuffles, Top 10 VOD Movies, Top 10 Most Profitable Movies of 2019

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2020 61:13


    We discuss:  The constantly changing release dates of current films The Watched at Home Top 10 (VOD Rentals and Sales) Deadline's Most Profitable Films of 2019 (Top 10!)

    Quarantine Special 4.19.2020 - Release Shuffles, Most Profitable Movies 2019, Time Machine

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2020 74:25


    We discuss:  The constantly changing release dates of current films Deadline's Most Profitable Films of 2019 (Top 20!) Top 5 Box Office This Weekend in April 2015 Top 5 Box Office This Weekend in April 2000

    Quarantine Special #4: Release Date Shuffle, Most Profitable Movies 2019, Time Machine

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2020 64:25


    We discuss:  The constantly changing release dates of current films Premium VOD Making Its Debut Deadline's Most Profitable Films of 2019 Top 5 Box Office This Weekend in 2017 Top 5 Box Office This Weekend in 2013

    Time Machine Special #3: Top 5 Box Office in April 2016, 2011, 2006, 2001

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2020 58:21


    We discuss:  The constantly changing release dates of current films Birds of Prey Hollywood Reporter Interview with Director Top 5 Box Office This Weekend in 2016 Top 5 Box Office This Weekend in 2011 Top 5 Box Office This Weekend in 2006 Top 5 Box Office This Weekend in 2001

    Time Machine Special #2: Top 5 Box Office in March 2014, 2009, 2004, 1999

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2020 62:51


    Chris is Back! We discuss:  The constantly changing release dates of current films Top 5 Box Office This Weekend in 2014 Top 5 Box Office This Weekend in 2009 Top 5 Box Office This Weekend in 2004 Top 5 Box Office This Weekend in 1999

    Time Machine Special #1: Top 5 Box Office in March 2015, 2010, 2005, 2000

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2020 59:39


    We are taking a jaunt in the time machine back to March 2015, March 2010, March 2005, and March 2000 to see what was happening at the box office. We cover the top 5 movies at the box office this weekend back in those years. Some memorable films, some not so much. What has changed?  Plus VOD New Releases!

    Weekend Box Office 3.15.2020 "3 New Openers Bomb with Virus Fears, What Happens Next?"

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2020 40:23


    Weekend Box Office 3.8.2020 "Onward Bumbles to 40m, Way Back Bricks at 8.5m, Corona Reeks Havoc"

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2020 44:22


    3.1.2020 Weekend Box Office "Invisible Man Hits 29m OW, Time Machine 1995, Candyman Preview"

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2020 53:53


    Weekend Box Office 2.23.2020 "Chris Co-host! Sonic Edges Out Call of the WIld, Time Machine 2005"

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2020 51:11


    Weekend Box Office 2.16.2020 "Sonic Speeds to 57 million, Fantasy and Photograph are Average, Downhill Crashes"

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2020 52:59


    Weekend Box Office 2.9.2020 "Oscars Special with co-hosts Dan and Chris!"

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2020 50:35


    Weekend Box Office Top 10 Oscars Chatter and Predictions Timemachine 2010 plus 3 Movies in Development Upcoming Releases

    Box Office Weekend 2.2.2020 "Chris Guest Host! Bad Boys 3-Peat, 1917 Cashes In, Gretel and Rhythm Flop"

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2020 47:16


    Weekend Box Office 1.26.2020 "Gentlemen Shines, Turning Gets F, Time Machine 1990"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2020 54:27


    Weekend Box Office 1.19.2020 "Bad Boys Shoots to 58M, Dolittle Bombs, Time Machine 1995"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2020 58:29


    Weekend Box Office 1.12.2020 "1917 Explodes to 36 million, Underwater Scuttles, Time Machine 2010!""

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2020 59:45


    Weekend Box Office "Grudge Gets Dreaded F CinemaScore, Time Machine 2005!"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2020 62:01


    2019 Box Office Year In Review "Disney Can't Save This Ship"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2020 69:31


    Our yearly hootenanny. We talk top 10. We talk up months and down months. I make the case for how this was a terrible year at the box office, and how the industry will continue to contract. Who doesn't love a little doom and gloom? But we will always have Disney remakes! 

    Box Office Weekend 12.22.2019 "Star Wars Stalls for 175m, Cats Uses All 9 Lives"

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2019 53:17


    Weekend Box Office 12.15.2019 "Jumanji 2 Pops Off, Richard and Black Xmas Fail"

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2019 49:27


    Weekend Box Office 12.8.2019 "Frozen 2 Skates Past 800 million, Holiday Holdovers Shine, Timeline 1984!"

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2019 64:23


    Weekend Box Office 11.24.2019 "Frozen 2 Freezes Out Compeition, Time Machine Nov 1999!"

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2019 59:03


    Weekend Box Office 11.17.2019 "Ford vs Ferrari Leaves Charlie's Angels in Dust, Time Machine 1989"

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2019 59:14


    Weekend Box Office 11.10.2019 "Midway Flys High, Doctor Sleep Stalls Into Ground"

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2019 63:58


    Weekend Box Office 11.3.2019: "Terminator Implodes, Harriet Wows, Timeline 2009!"

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2019 61:03


    Weekend Box Office 10.27.2019 "Joker Won't Quit, Genre Flicks Cash-In, Timeline 2004!"

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2019 59:31


    Weekend Box Office 10.20.2019 "Maleficent Stalls, Zombieland 2 Cruises, Limited Releases Soar"

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2019 52:37


    Box Office Weekend 10.13.2019 "Joker Crushes 2nd Weekend, Addams Family Surprises, Gemini and Jexi Flop"

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2019 51:09


    Weekend Box Office 9.29.2019 "Abominable Melts, Judy Sings for Oscars"

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2019 32:58


    Weekend Box Office 9.22.2019 "Downton Abbey Reigns, Ad Astra and Rambo Battle for 2nd"

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2019 39:51


    Weekend Box Office 9.15.2019 "Hustlers Ignites with 33 Million, Goldfinch Stalls Into Ground"

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2019 42:42


    Weekend Box Office 9.8.2019: "IT Chapter 2 Misses High Mark, Awards Season Kicks Off!"

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2019 40:38


    Fall Movie Box Office Preview 2019: IT Ch 2, Joker, Terminator, Doctor Sleep

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2019 53:07


    Here it is, all the big fall movies for 2019. How will Joker do at the box office? Will the Terminator series get saved by Dark Fate? Another Charlie's Angel reboot? The Shining sequel could be the biggest film of the fall, maybe so.  Join me as we walk through all the big films opening up this fall to see who will hit a home run and who will strikeout.

    Summer Box Office Review 2019: "A Huge Head Start Squandered, Did Disney Save the Summer or Hurt It?"

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2019 69:57


    Weekend Box Office 8.25.2019 "Angel Ascends to First, Time Travel Back to 1999"

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2019 61:34


    Weekend Box Office 8.18.2019 "Good Boys Surprises, Rest Flop, Timeline with Chris!"

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2019 53:30


    Weekend Box Office 8.11.2019 "Pile of New Wide Releases, Scary Stories Wins, New Segment with Guest Host!"

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2019 58:21


    Weekend Box Office 8.4.2019: "Hobbs and Shaw Hits the Mark, But Can It Overcome High Costs?"

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2019 43:52


    Weekend Box Office 7.28.2019 "Biggest Tarantino Opening, Disney Continues World Domination"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2019 37:26


    Weekend Box Office 7.21.2019 "Lion King Shines with 185 Million OW, The Farewell Dazzles in Limited Release"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2019 40:03


    Weekend Box Office 7.14.2019 "Crawl Cruises to 12m, Stuber Fumbles at 8m"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2019 45:53


    Weekend Box Office 7.7.2019 "Spider-Man Soars North of 180m, Midsommar Pits Nerds Vs Norms"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2019 42:27


    Weekend Box Office 6.30.2019 "Annabelle Success, Yesterday WOM Hit, Flops Continue to Flop"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2019 51:03


    Weekend Box Office 6.23.2019 "Toy Story 4 Shrugs to 118M OW, Child's Play Opens Decent, Summer Slumpers Continues"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2019 48:13


    Weekend Box Office 6.16.2019 "Men In Blacks Fails, Shaft Flounders, Late Night Bombs"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2019 59:57


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