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The Ankler x Wakeup Summer Box Office Finale

Indy to 'Insidious'; 'Little Mermaid' to 'The Meg 2': an end-of-season scorecard reveals which studios won, lost and spent the most

 
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Richard Rushfield
Elaine Low
Sean McNulty
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DOG DAYS R-rated talking canine comedy Strays. (credit: Universal)

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Barbenheimer aside, summer’s movies seem to have melted into one big blurred memory (did Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse really only happen in June?!). But Sean McNulty, Elaine Low and Richard Rushfield, who, after making a number of bold box office predictions at Memorial Day, kept score and return to talk about the titles — whether Flash-es in the pan, dogs (yes that includes Strays) or turnarounds (Elemental) — that took in $4 billion stateside. Meanwhile, the trio dish out a few awards, and crown one winning workhorse studio with the highest return on summer movie investments.

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