Monday Morning QBs
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‘Clayface’ Just Made ‘Supergirl’ Look Like an Even Bigger Flop
The $30M horror gamble could be DC’s new playbook? Plus: the strange disappearance of ‘Ali G’
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A24 Just Turned Elizabeth Holmes Into Gen Z’s ‘Borat’
Nathan Fielder’s doc is fall’s gotta-see movie for the under-35 set — and its success comps to early Sacha Baron Cohen
Latest Monday Morning QBs stories
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The Gen X IP Bubble Has Popped
With ‘Scary Movie’ exploding and ‘Masters of the Universe’ in its flop era, a look at the trouble with ’80s faves
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‘Michael’ Is Huge. Everything Else Isn’t
Five of the top 10 films barely crack $2M as warning signs mount
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Zendaya Makes Her Case as A24’s Box Office Queen
A24’s ‘The Drama’ opens strong but ‘Super Mario Galaxy’ steamrolls the weekend with a $190M launch
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After Burning Cash, Amazon Finally Scores With ‘Project Hail Mary’
The marketing gambit that paid off
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Warners’ 9-Film No. 1 Streak Left at ‘The Bride!’ Altar
Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy’s big swing strategy means an inevitable miss
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Glen Powell & A24 Fail to Make a ‘Killing’
The hottest star and beloved distributor combined for a whiff
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Only Two Sequels in the Top 10 — And That’s the Story
‘Wuthering Heights,’ ‘GOAT’ and ‘Crime 101’ powered a rare genre revival
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Curious Case of Kevin James; Charli XCX’s ‘Moment’ Missed
Plus: All those awful, awful Super Bowl ads
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The ‘Melania’ Mirage: A $7M ‘Hit’ That Isn’t
The uncomfortable math behind Brett Ratner’s doc, minus the spin
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Amazon MGM’s First Swing of ’26: Hit, Miss or TBD?
Plus: ‘Hamnet’ plays this year’s ‘Anora’ at the box office
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Was the ‘28 Years Later’ Sequel Netflix’d?
Matt & Ben’s ‘The Rip’ reopens the debate over streaming as box office gravity
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Sequel Math Comes for ‘Avatar’
James Cameron’s Disney blockbuster lags behind its predecessors as the studio’s ‘Zootopia 2’ is poised to wear the year-end crown
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📹 ‘The Housemaid’ Proves Hollywood’s ‘Dead’ Genres Still Have Life
Counter-programming strikes back amid ‘Avatar’ and ‘Zootopia 2’
Start each week with Monday Morning Quarterbacks as Sean McNulty unpacks the weekend’s box office performance and biggest stories — what worked, what didn’t and what it means for the industry.