Mornin! This is Sean McNulty and here’s the Hollywood + Media news to know on MONDAY December 19, 2022.
Where if the MINNESOTA VIKINGS can come back from a 33-0 deficit to win their game on Saturday, maybe there’s hope for the Streaming biz after all.
Though it was Tom Cruise ftw in this spot that dropped during Sunday NFL games yesterday. Well done PARAMOUNT 👏. Although all best in topping that for the SUPER BOWL.
ACTUALLY: A busy day across the board for big Hollywood NFL Ad spends:
NETFLIX pumping “Glass Onion” pic and “The Recruit” series
PAR continuing with their “Babylon” campaign
UNI utilizing that NBC Sunday Night Football promo inventory for their “Oppenheimer” trailer drop (link below in the TRAILER HOUSE – note: they also spent $$ on “60 Minutes”), and of course “Puss in Boots” as well
Not seen: SONY’s Whitney Houston movie, but maybe it was during a bathroom break in my football watching.
ALSO: Sending a Happy Hanukkah out to all readers who celebrate.
AND: Deadline reminds us that the MGM library that AMAZON acquired may not be so stale, noting that NETFLIX’s now #3 biggest show of all time “Wednesday” is actually from AMAZON’s MGM TV. Renewal negotiations expected to happen in the new year.
PLUS: A nice SNL farewell for Cecily Strong this weekend. I’m also putting another great sketch / impersonation from the underrated Chloe Fineman at the end of today’s newsletter to play me off today too. Points also go to Austin Butler for a good showing!
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📽 THE SILVER SCREEN
BOX OFFICE
1. “Avatar: The Way of Water” : $134 Million ($435 Million global)
A Cinemascore, and a very low Friday to Saturday dip (-16%, other big movies like these 👇 were more like -40%, even “Top Gun” was -27%)
Some recent comps on the same pre-CHRISTMAS weekend:
“Spider-Man: No Way Home” opened to $260 Million last year… and fell -67% on CHRISTMAS weekend.
“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” did $177 Million in 2019… and dropped -59% on CHRISTMAS weekend.
Both were a good 45+ minutes shorter.
Although“Wakanda Forever” did $181 Million at just 30 mins shorter.
CHINA however is kind of flashing red unfortunately…
AHEAD IN TODAY’S EDITION:
The “Avatar” CHINA numbers are quite troubling #thanksCovid, a look at all the comps & IMAX numbers, and the latest numbers on the Dec (mostly) failing specialty pics.
BLUMHOUSE sets up horror pic outside of UNI over at SONY
A grim new report on TV Series order numbers since the Summer
Scott Stuber speaks, giving a fresh outlook on NETFLIX’s movie plans
FOX’s WORLD CUP audience takes a big hit without the US playing
Elon’s latest attempt to get out of his TWITTER job
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