☀️SONY wins the OTTO Lotto, blows past tracking sans NY & LA audiencesWBD takes OLYMPICS in Europe / THE WHALE crosses 8-figures / PAR+ gets Morgan Freeman for Sheridan-verseAfternoon! This is Sean McNulty (connect with me on LinkedIn here if ya like), and here’s the Hollywood + Media news to know on MONDAY January 16, 2023. Yes, it’s an afternoon Wakeup. Hey it’s a holiday and the GIANTS won a playoff game for the first time in over a decade… plus - SONY Pics Prez Josh Greenstein was kind enough to hop on The Ankler pod with me this morning to break down the “Otto” story from the inside, so - here I am. Pod link coming shortly. Also lo and behold - the NFL and the Box Office can co-exist and prosper! The NFL (and networks paying them big $$) couldn’t have asked for a better start to the playoffs this weekend, with tight, down to the 4th quarter games across the board… and the Box Office again killing 2022 numbers thanks to things named M3gan and Otto. Now there’s a sequel idea. ALSO: This raised a lot of chatter on Friday night. PLUS: 2 huge new movie role announcements this month… raves in “Aftersun” this Fall… and now apparently taking the UK stage by storm in a “Streetcar Named Desire” revival - yeah get that Paul Mescal stock while you can. AND: Here are your CRITICS CHOICE AWARD winners. IN TODAY’S EDITION:
📽 THE SILVER SCREENBOX OFFICE (4-day totals)1. “Avatar: The Way of Water” : $40 Million ($572 Million US, $1.9 Billion global)
2. “M3GAN” : $21.7 Million ($60 Million US, $91 Million global)
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