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How much money a movie makes drives so much in Hollywood. Which sequels get greenlit, which franchises get rebooted, and how the theater chains try to combat streaming services all comes down to the almighty dollar. But sometimes the industry jargon can be a bit intimidating to new Box office nerds. That's where we come in - From the Avengers: Endgames to the Mortal Engines of the world, the Box Office Watch Podcast is here to break down the financial outcome of each weekend at the box office and help you understand how to think about how money flows in Hollywood.

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6/5/20-6/7/20: Black Movies You Can Watch To Educate Yourself 09.06.2020 13:30

Show Notes Films + TV Series Discussed - The Help, Just Mercy (free on all platforms), Selma (free on all platforms), Criterion Collection Black Films, The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975, Cineplex Black Films, Waves, Harriet, I Am Not Your Negro, Queen and Slim, The Hate U Give, Hidden Figures, Remember the Titans, Do the Right Thing, The Blind Side, 12 Years a Slave, 13th (Available on Netflix You...

5/29/20-5/31/20: HBOMax Misfire | AppleTV courts Scorsese 02.06.2020 17:18

Show Notes Box Office Concept - HBOMax failure to launch; Netflix buys the Egyptian Theater; Netflix skips festival circuit; AppleTV works with Scorsese What I've Been Watching - 1941; The Color Purple; Always Credits Email: boxofficewatchpodcast@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/BOWatchPodcast iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/box-office-watch/id1500197597 Spotify: https://open.s...

5/22/20-5/24/20: Breaking Down Historical Memorial Day Weekend Performance | Box Office News GrabBag including TenetxFortnite, ReleaseTheSnyderCut, and More 26.05.2020 27:45

Show Notes Box Office Concept - Historical Memorial Day Weekend - Per Theater Average Comparison, Saturday to Sunday Drop, Sunday to Monday Drop (Historical) Top 5 Movies - 1) Pirates of the Caribbean At Worlds End 2) XMen The Last Stand 3) Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 4) Fast and the Furious 6 5) Aladdin Other News: Disney head of Streaming moves to TikTok Tenet Trailer rele...

5/15/20-5/17/20: Scoob, Hamilton on Streaming | Disney+ and HBOMax Forecasts | Why Tenet opening this summer if feasible 19.05.2020 25:07

Show Notes Box Office Concept - News on Scoob, Hamilton Moving to Streaming First / XMen First Class new Date / Disney+ HBOMax Forecasts for 2025 / Will Tenet do okay if it opens this summer? What I've Been Watching - Scoob, Amblin, Jaws. Watching Lovebids later this week Credits Email: boxofficewatchpodcast@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/BOWatchPodcast iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/u...

5/8/20-5/10/20: Deadline's Biggest Bombs and Best Small Movies | Funky Hollywood Accounting Explainer 12.05.2020 30:13

Show Notes Box Office Concept - Deadline's Biggest Bombs of 2019 / Best Performing Small Films of 2019 / Hollwyood Accounting What I've Been Watching - Ang Huling El Bimbo / Carole and Tuesday Credits Email: boxofficewatchpodcast@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/BOWatchPodcast iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/box-office-watch/id1500197597 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3...

5/1/20-5/3/20: Universal vs AMC War over Trolls World Tour | Reopening Markets | Oscar Rules Change 06.05.2020 25:46

Show Notes Box Office Concept - Universal vs AMC Battle over Trolls World Tour: https://deadline.com/story-arc/amc-universal-trolls-world-tour-windows-battle/ What I've Been Watching: The Game (1997), FIght Club (1999), Panic Room (2002), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), Gone Girl (2014) for my David Fincher episode of my podcast Filmography in Fo...

4/24/20-4/26/20: Deadline's Most Profitable Blockbusters of 2019 28.04.2020 33:47

Show Notes Box Office Concept - Deadline's Most Profitable Blockbusters of 2019 The 50-40-25 Rule Works The 40% Rule is closer to the 45% rule Box Office makes up about 75% of total revenue, Home Media + TV makes up 25% Marketing Costs - $100-150M for Worldwide with China, $70-100M for any major studio, $50M for US focused films / smaller studios The 2.5x rule for Print and Advertising cost works...

4/17/20-4/19/20: Product Placement in Movies 21.04.2020 18:01

Show Notes Box Office Concept - Product Placement in Movies Nerdstalgic Video - Transfomers: The Longest Commercial Ever made: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l91qkokoPlk Brand Cameo Awards 2016: https://www.brandchannel.com/2016/02/24/2016-brandcameo-product-placement-awards-022416/ POM Wonderful Presents the Greatest Movie Ever Sold: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXRCPObrZYs What I've Been Wat...

4/10/20-4/12/20: Box Office News Grab Bag | Trolls World Tour goes direct to VOD | Holiday 2020 gets more crowded 15.04.2020 22:17

Show Notes Box Office Concept - Top 5 Grab Bag of News - New Movie Dates (My Spy, Suol, Raya and the Last Dragon) and Dune speculation, Movie Production News (Martin Scorsese goes to Netflix again), Movie Theater Woes (AMC bankruptcy and Cinemark sells debt), Streaming news (Disney Plus, Quibi, Ernst and Young report about Theatrical Windows), and Trolls World Tour breaking the VOD opening record...

4/3/20-4/5/20: Release Date Musical Chairs | Top Five Box Office Territories 07.04.2020 33:21

Show Notes Box Office Concept - Top 5 Territories for Box Office What I've Been Watching - A Lot of Anime Credits Email: boxofficewatchpodcast@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/BOWatchPodcast iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/box-office-watch/id1500197597 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Ny5dDxQquInt5YKizlzdi Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen?view=/ps/Ioeups...

3/27/20-3/29/20: Distributor-Exhibitor Splits | Supporting Independent Movie Chains in the Time of Social Distancing 31.03.2020 20:10

Show Notes Box Office Concept - Distributor-Exhibitor Splits Top 5 Movies and New Releases - NA Limited Releases - NA Next Week's Movies - NA What I've Been Watching - Memories of Murder Credits Email: boxofficewatchpodcast@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/BOWatchPodcast iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/box-office-watch/id1500197597 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Ny5dDx...

3/20/20-3/22/20: Theatrical Windows | Why Mulan and Black Widow won't come to streaming anytime soon 24.03.2020 29:31

Show Notes Box Office Concept - Theatrical Windows Top 5 Movies and New Releases - NA Limited Releases - NA Next Week's Movies - NA What I've Been Watching ~ Mother (dir Bong Joon Ho) ~ Barking Dogs Don't Bite (dir Bong Joon Ho) Filmography in Focus: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/filmography-in-focus-1021393 Credits Email: boxofficewatchpodcast@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/BOWatchPo...

3/13/20-3/15/20: Per Theater Average | Coronavirus Shutting Down Theaters! 17.03.2020 27:02

Show Notes Box Office Concept - Per Theater Averages Top 5 Movies and New Releases Onward Bloodshot I Still Believe The Invisible Man The Hunt Limited Releases ~ Total Box Office this week is the lowest since Sept 15, 2000. Captain Marvel last year made more in box office than all movies this week ~ All films dropped over 60% ~ Sonic the Hedgehog finally beats Detective Pikachu domestically Next W...

3/6/20-3/8/20: Animated Films | Onward, The Way Back 10.03.2020 43:57

Show Notes Box Office Concept - Animation Studios and expected performance by studio Top 5 Movies and New Releases Onward The Invisible Man The Way Back Sonic the Hedgehog The Call of the Wild Limited Releases ~ Emma (wide expansion) ~ Bad Boys for Life (First movie to cross 200M DOM) ~ Extra Ordinary ~ First Cow ~ Hope Gap ~ Burnt Orange Heresey ~ Booksellers ~ Swallow Next Week's Movies ~ Bloods...

2/28/20-3/1/20: Anime Films | The Invisible Man, My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising 03.03.2020 38:06

Show Notes Box Office Concept - Anime Films and How They Make Money Top 5 Movies and New Releases 1 - The Invisible Man 2 - Sonic the Hedgehog 3 - Call of the Wild 4 - My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising 5 - Bad Boys for Life Limited Releases ~ Wendy ~ Greed ~ The Whistler ~ Burden ~ Saint Frances ~ Lost in America Next Week's Movies ~ Pixar's Onward (Wide) ~ The Way Back (Wide) ~ Emma (Expanding Wide...

2/21/20-2/23/20: Drops and Multipliers | Sonic, Call of the Wild, The Boy 2 25.02.2020 25:20

Show Notes Box Office Concept - Drops and Multipliers Top 5 Movies and New Releases 1 - Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - Call of the Wild 3 - Harley Quinn 4 - Bad Boys 4 Life 5 - Brahms: The Boy 2 Limited Releases ~ Impractical Jokers ~ My Boyfriend's Meds ~ Emma Next Week's Movies ~ Emma (Wide) ~ My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising (Limited) ~ Guns Akimbo (Limited) ~ Wendy (Limited) What I've Been Watching ~ P...

What Is The Box Office Watch Podcast? 23.02.2020 4:24

Episode Notes Credits Email: boxofficewatchpodcast@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/BOWatchPodcast A Ninjaboi Media Production Email: ninjaboimedia@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/NinjaboiMedia Letterboxd: http://letterboxd.com/ninjaboi Episode Music Phat Sketch by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4211-phat-sketch License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...