Bye, Bye, (Twitter) Birdie & Weekend Viewing: Soccer Goals & Box Office Booms 7/24/23

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4 • 494 Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

“Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” both blew past expectations for their opening weekend in theaters. Variety Executive Editor Brent Lang discusses the box office blowout and the Hollywood strikes that could stall any other big openings for months. The Women’s World Cup garnered millions of weekend views too, as did Lionel Messi in his Major League Soccer debut in Miami. Bruin Capital CEO and sports business executive George Pyne says, it’s America’s moment with a different “football.” Plus, CNBC’s Sharon Epperson discusses workplace inclusion in honor of Disability Pride Month, and Elon Musk is bidding farewell to Twitter as we know it. In this episode: George Pyne, @GFPyne Brent Lang, @BrentALang Andrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkin Becky Quick, @BeckyQuick Joe Kernen, @JoeSquawk Sharon Epperson, @Sharon_Epperson Cameron Costa, @CameronCostaNY

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0:00.0	Bring in show music please.
0:04.0	This is Squawk Pod and I'm
0:07.0	see and we see producer Cameron Costa.
0:09.0	Today's episode is all about weekend viewing.
0:14.0	First, a box office bonanza,
0:17.0	Barbie and Oppenheimer tickets blowing past expectations.
0:21.0	The flashes and the sounds in the theater.
0:24.3	You ever fall asleep?
0:25.7	In the movie?
0:26.3	I try not to.
0:27.3	I tried not to.
0:28.3	The dramatic road ahead for Hollywood with Varieties Executive Editor Brent Lang.
0:34.6	It may well be the last hurrah because if you look ahead, a lot of the major studios are looking
0:39.6	at moving their big tent pole releases in the fall because of the strike.
0:45.0	And from the theater to the soccer pitch,
0:48.0	Lionel Messy's first match in Miami.
0:51.0	Broon Capital CEO George Pine.
0:55.0	Well, I think you're going to see this is going to be the decade of soccer in the United States.
0:59.0	Those stories plus the other huge story today, it's-bye birdie for Twitter or soon to be
1:06.6	X.com. If you thought Meta made any sense at all then this does make a lot of
1:12.4	sense. Did you think Meta made any sense at all. Then this does make a lot of sense.
1:12.7	Did you think Meta made any sense at all?
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