Monday Morning QBs
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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
Latest Monday Morning QBs stories
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Richard & Sean: Marvel Panic Again as ‘Fantastic Four’ Drops
Plus: ‘The Naked Gun’ serves up the first true comedy of the year(s)
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Richard & Sean: ‘Fantastic Four’ & the Missing Int’l Audience
Plus: You want original films? You got ‘em (in Q1 2026)
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Richard & Sean: We Know What You Didn’t Do This Summer
Though season box office is up 15%, ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ and ‘Smurfs’ show the increase isn’t all it seems
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Richard & Sean: Zaslav Shows Up the Haters as ‘Superman’ Soars
Why James Gunn’s blockbuster succeeded while other recent superhero flicks flopped
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Richard & Sean Unpack the ‘Jurassic World’ Numbers
Plus: Why Richard remains dissatisfied with the summer’s overall results
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Richard & Sean: Did Mike & Pam Just Buy Flop Insurance?
Plus: Why ‘F1’ zoomed while ‘M3GAN 2.0’ glitched
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Sean, Katey & Chris: The ‘Elio’ Oops
A requiem for Pixar originals, plus Danny Boyle’s big win with ’28 Years Later’
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Richard & Sean: WB & D Consciously Uncouple
Plus: June box office malaise keeps on as ‘Ballerina’ can’t reach ‘John Wick’ heights
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Richard & Sean: A24’s Next Hit; ‘Karate Kid’ Trips; a Box Office Concern
Richard frets for the future after Sony’s August-esque debut. Plus: Sean bets on Celine Song’s romantic comedy ‘Materialists’
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Richard & Sean: Lilo & Tom Turn Up the Nostalgia
Taking stock after a record-breaking Memorial Day weekend
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Box Office: Marvel’s New Normal & Summer Predictions
Richard and Sean predict who’ll win the summer smackdown
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Talking ‘Thunderbolts*’ & Tariffs
Richard and Sean make sense of Marvel’s big weekend & Trump nonsense
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.