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Megalopolis
Scott Mendelson October 1, 2024
With six bombs in a row, the ‘Megalopolis’ distributor has leaned on foreign presales to paper over an astoundingly bad slate of 2024 movies. Thankfully, at least, the next year is looking up.
transformers one movie
Scott Mendelson September 24, 2024
Despite some incredible prerelease buzz around ‘Transformers One,’ the latest entry in the toy franchise proved to be another cautionary tale about what happens when a studio keeps exploiting franchises past their sell-by date.
beetlejuice beetlejuice
Scott Mendelson September 10, 2024
Not all legacy sequels work out, but ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ had a number of factors guiding its success—multigenerational appeal, the return of Tim Burton, and a pair of stars who are nearly as relevant now as they were more than 30 years ago.
Mike De Luca Pam Abdy
Scott Mendelson August 27, 2024
From August 2022, when Amazon officially acquired MGM, through to this past weekend’s flop Blink Twice, the studio released copious features greenlit by predecessors Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy. So, how’d they do? Not great… but not awful considering the grim new normal.


franchise summer movies
Scott Mendelson August 21, 2024
Overseas matters more than online controversies, younger moviegoers already want to relive their youth, audiences are hungry for old-school movie stars, and other revelations from this year’s better-than-expected blockbuster season.
it ends with us blake lively justin baldoni
Scott Mendelson August 13, 2024
After years of ignoring female-focused melodramas, romantic comedies, cat-and-mouse thrillers, etcetera—a string of hits like It Ends With Us may finally convince Hollywood to revisit some of its tried-and-true genres.
trap movie m night shyalaman
Scott Mendelson August 6, 2024
Has the box office finally bottomed out? Despite a rough first quarter, ’24 is shaping up to be an inflection year, with an encouraging fourth quarter upon us.
twister movie
Scott Mendelson July 23, 2024
Old-school movie fans flocked to theaters for Universal’s superhero-free storm chaser Twisters, the rare big-budget tentpole with regular people in extraordinary situations.


despicable me 4
Scott Mendelson July 9, 2024
The success of ‘Despicable Me 4’ and ‘Inside Out 2’ demonstrates the power of Gen Z nostalgia at the box office. But a slew of resuscitated, ’90s-era franchises also proves there’s a formula for reinvigorating older movies for this younger generation, too.
deadpool & wolverine
Scott Mendelson June 24, 2024
There is a certain grim irony in the year potentially being dominated by overperforming Disney toons and MCU spectaculars, like we’re right back to 2016 all over again. We’re not. But Disney’s success is a boon to the overall theatrical industry in profound ways.
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