Mornin! This is Sean McNulty (connect with me on LinkedIn here if ya like), and here’s the Hollywood + Media news to know on WEDNESDAY January 11, 2023.
Where the GLOBES 2023 are a wrap (here is your winners list). Place your bets on 2024… but according to the Wakeup Poll crew yesterday, 80% of you are expecting an audience under 9 Million, with pretty much all of you expecting below 11 Million.
Special shout out to Mike White who reminded the room that everyone in that room passed on “The White Lotus” besides HBO, and to Eddie Murphy who used the end of his speech to remind everyone of Will Smith.
But sadly Ben Affleck couldn’t make it – he apparently had to pull a shift at DUNKIN’ outside Boston. Yes seriously, why do you ask?
AND NEW PODCAST!
So we’re launching a new thing!
After a 2022 full of… 😭 headlines, I want to start shining more light on things that are succeeding in the industry as we go forward in 2023, and dive into why they’re working from the people behind them!
SO: I asked the 2 big names behind 2023’s first huge success story“M3GAN”, JASON BLUM and JAMES WAN to join me on The Ankler podcast to talk about:
What made the movie & the campaign work
How they look at tracking (or don’t)
When their well-seasoned Horror phenom senses picked up that the film was building a real groundswell
How & when they approach sequels to their franchises
What they’re taking away from the “M3GAN”experience and more.
As Jason put it: “Thank God this one part of the business is still working!”
PAID Ankler subscribers get an exclusive Wakeup early link below in THE SILVER SCREEN section.
BACK TO OUR SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING
ALSO: SAG AWARD noms are announced this morning at 10a ET live via the show’s Insta account here.
AND: BONNAROO announced that the FOO FIGHTERS, KENDRICK LAMAR and ODESZA are headlining this June in TN. Full roster is in the link.
The FOOS are also playing the BOSTON CALLING festival on Fri May 26 as the band prepares for a big Summer. No word on the drumming situ yet.
PLUS: COACHELLA has set BAD BUNNY, BLACKPINK and FRANK OCEAN as the 3 main headliners for the gathering this April. Info on additional acts is in the link, or get out your reading glasses:
IN TODAY’S EDITION:
The latest NETFLIX Global Box Office chart, including some things to note on “The Pale Blue Eye”
AND: A 2019 SONY pic has a huge week… despite not being available in NETFLIX’s 2 largest markets
DISNEY adjusts a few Chapek Theme Park policies. Although not the big ones
Wall Street analysts are now coming around on… WBD? Wait is that right?
One McMahon in, one McMahon out at WWE
PAR+ orders “D&D” series 2.5 months before the movie hits theaters
The final tally of NFL regular season Sunday viewing numbers is in… i.e. all the things that make up that Sportico graphic about Top 100 telecasts of 2022 list.
📽 THE SILVER SCREEN
At the NETFLIX Global Box Office
usual caveats: back of the napkin math, assumes everyone finished the movie (including the credits), no one watched twice, or that a bunch of folks didn’t rewind certain parts, etc. so consider these minimum numbers. and it’s based on NETFLIX’s self-reported numbers.
“Glass Onion” fell about 65% from the holiday week-off where everyone was home, with “The Pale Blue Eye” proving to be a formidable challenger in its first full week, especially compared with other NETFLIX OSCAR hopeful pics.
“Onion” has a little under 2 weeks…
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