☀️NETFLIX Top 10 Summer Pics list shows challenges for A-List starsTOP GUN bookends the Summer Box Office / SKYSHOWTIME sets launch plan / College Football extends playoffs in new voteMornin! This is Sean McNulty and here’s the Hollywood + Media news to know on TUESDAY September 6, 2022. Where I ask to please hold your applause until the end of the newsletter. Hopefully everyone’s feet have recovered from all of the standing ovations in VENICE by now… (also 🙋♂️: Is there like an official Timer for these btw or…?) Although given the lack of such ovation reports out of COLORADO every Labor Day weekend, I guess the altitude in TELLURIDE prevents people from exerting to get out of their seats for too long. FWIW: Here’s AO Scott’s take on the pics at TELLURIDE this year this weekend. AND: Here’s your list of CREATIVE ARTS EMMY Winners from the weekend. PLUS: In promising news for the Streaming business… the American public really seems to love a discount 🤑 - 8.1 Million people went to the movies on Saturday for $3 ticket day, the biggest single-day attendance all year according to Variety. And in a great sign of unintended synergy with our Ankler Podcast discussion on Friday - cue DISNEY joining The Great Q3 2022 Streaming Discounting Battle right on time in 3, 2… IN THIS EDITION:
📽 THE SILVER SCREENBOX OFFICE (4-day totals)1. “Top Gun: Maverick” : $8 Million ($701 Million US, $1.44 Billion global)
2. “Bullet Train” : $7.3 million ($88 Million US, $195 Million global)
3. “Spider-Man: No Way Home” : $6.5 Million ($811 Million US)
4. “DC League of Super Pets” : $6.4 Million ($82 Million US, $160 Million global)
5. “The Invitation” : $6 Million ($15 Million US, $18 Million global)
6. Beast” : $5 Million ($27 Million US, $46 Million global)ELSEWHERE AT THE BOX OFFICE
End of Summer 2022 BOX OFFICE tallyCOMSCORE has it at $3.4 Billion:
This weekend’s overall total is still in the dregs of the 2022 list, about the same as last weekend. UP NEXT: Everyone hoping DISNEYFOX’s “Barbarian” turns into the sleeper horror/thriller hit of the Fall this Friday. NETFLIX’s Summer 2022 “Box Office” Top 10 List, and the new A-List movie star dilemmaFIRST: The lack of visible Ad campaign be damned…🧐 NETFLIX algorithm marketing + Wahlberg / Hart starpower worked pretty well on the service for the “Me Time” opening weekend to round out the Summer 👇... Subscribe to The Ankler. to read the rest.Become a paying subscriber of The Ankler. to get access to this post and other subscriber-only content. A subscription gets you:
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