Afternoon! This is Sean McNulty (connect with me on LinkedIn here if ya like), and here’s the Hollywood + Media news to know on SUNDAY December 24, 2023.

Where there may not have been any ads in the 4th quarter of the PEACOCK-exclusive BILLS vs. CHARGERS NFL game last night… was there an ad break otherwise in the game without a Migration ad in it?

WAKEUP BOX OFFICE POLL

While certainly not an amazing start, Aquaman 2 is at least not in complete bear territory (based on tracking at least), so a tentative kudos to the 35% of you who took $36 Mil to $40 Mil for the 4-day

And a 🤗 to the 6% who took over $46 Million – never stop believing, eternal optimists!

Here’s what tracking has for the three new CHRISTMAS DAY movies:

• The Color Purple: $8-10 Mil

• Boys in the Boat: $2-3 Mil

• Ferrari: $1 Mil-ish

IN THIS EDITION

• LIONSGATE announced the plan for the future of the company on… the Friday going into CHRISTMAS break 🧐. The things to know about who this SPAC is that is bringing the Studio public and more about what’s afoot…

• The 3-day Box Office Breakdown, from Aquaman comps to INDIA continuing to draw, the latest in Specialty and more.

AND: A Merry Christmas Eve to all who are celebrating! Note – I’m an XL for shirts & sweaters, and a size 14 for shoes #justsayin.

📽 THE BOX OFFICE 💰

Basically… this is kind of a weird Box Office due to CHRISTMAS falling on a Monday this year – a lot of unofficial estimates for the 4-day, and 3 new wide releases hitting tomorrow as well.

So, I’ll do a follow up chart in my Wednesday column with final numbers, along with the NETFLIX Films numbers from last week. But certainly a lot to dive into today which indicates what’s ahead this week.

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