☀️NEON Storms Box Office, As 'Moon' Launch Fails
Emerald Fennell eyes next pic / CBS pushes fall launch to Oct / Aronofsky adds cast to SONY pic
Evenin! This is Sean McNulty (connect with me on LinkedIn here if ya like), and here’s the Hollywood + Media news to know on SUNDAY, July 14, 2024.
Where a Presidential assassination attempt, the passing of three notable boldfaced names, an exorbitant wedding of Indian corporate royalty — with a Jonas, two Kardashians and a Cena present — a combination of Hollywood and British royalty in Tom Cruise and Kate Middleton both hitting center court at Wimbledon . . . and another stunner at the box office made for quite a weekend.
Meanwhile, I spent 3 hours of my life on Saturday sitting on the tarmac at JFK waiting for my plane to take off for the West Coast.
AND: A kudos to the next generation of tennis, in Barbora Krejčíková and Carlos Alcaraz taking Wimbledon this year (and pretty sweet $3.45M checks home with them).
HUZZAH!: To Eddie Murphy and Paige Butcher, who made things street legal in a Caribbean wedding ceremony. The two got engaged in 2018, and have two children together.
ALSO: The Daily Show has canceled its shows from the RNC in Milwaukee this week, and will do them from NYC as usual — sans Monday / tomorrow night, which now won’t have a new edition.
PLUS: Kudos to SPAIN for winning its record-setting 4th European ⚽️championship today 2-1. Tough break, ENGLAND.
REST IN PEACE: As mentioned, sadly a trio of boldfaced names said farewell this weekend . . .
Shannen Doherty died at the age of 53, after a several-year battle with cancer.
Richard Simmons died at the age of 76, of natural causes.
Dr. Ruth Westheimer died at the age of 96, in her home of New York City. A lot in this obit that I had no idea about — quite a life before the things we mostly know her for in the U.S.
WAKEUP BOX OFFICE POLL
As expected, the bears definitely won out on Fly Me to the Moon . . .
📽 THE SILVER SCREEN
Okay, who had Longlegs in their 2024 Summer Movie Box Office Preview pieces 8 week ago? Exhibit #1,792 supporting movie business axiom #1: The only way you’ll know whether a movie is a hit . . . is to just make them. It remains as true today in 2024 as it ever was.
Also gotta love two July theatrical surprises in as many years, and audiences also getting a pretty diverse marquee — this weekend has a horror pic, period rom-com, family films on both sides of the coin, a sci-fi action pic, buddy action pic and well, that western is still out there too just in case. Now, if someone in this town can remember how to make a comedy — we’ll be getting places!
But uh, what do we have for August? Cuz we’re gonna need somethin’ . . . here are all the numbers to know and the pertinent comps as well.