Our spring sale is now live — get full access for just $2/week, 50% OFF for 12 months. Lock in your rate before the offer ends. Greetings!In this newsletter: I dive back in after a long break, take the temperature of the box office and look at a bunch of ratings. I'm back! Thanks to the incomparable Adam Chitwood for filling in while I took a much-needed break to go offline. Now, on to the news. The summer box office is in full swing and things are looking rosy, with the four-day weekend bringing in $222 million, well past the $190 million that studio insiders had projected and just a hair below the $223 million recorded in 2022, which featured "Top Gun: Maverick." What's likely to give exhibitors some optimism was the healthy mix of films that performed well. The $100 million take of "The Mandalorian and Grogu" would be good for most films — but marks the worst opening of a Star Wars film under Disney. That didn't matter... | ||||||||||||
