Jason Blum Opens Up About the 'M3GAN 2.0' Flop, the Blumhouse Slump, and Bouncing Back

The Town with Matthew Belloni

The Ringer

Society & Culture

4.3 • 847 Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Matt is joined by Blumhouse CEO Jason Blum to discuss why his new film, ‘M3GAN 2.0’, significantly underperformed in its opening weekend, making only $10M domestically, Blumhouse’s recent slump, what he has learned from this year, the state of the horror genre, and the highs and lows of moviemaking (02:20). Matt finishes the show with an opening-weekend box office prediction for ‘Jurassic World: Rebirth’ (28:03). For a 20 percent discount on Matt’s Hollywood insider newsletter, ‘What I’m Hearing ...,’ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠click here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Email us your thoughts! ⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠ Host: Matt BelloniGuest: Jason Blum Producers: Craig Horlbeck and Jessie LopezTheme Song: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:13.9	company of mostly scary movies that's run by Jason Blum, the Oscar-nominated producer
1:18.6	who's made a fortune in the low-budget horror genre.
1:21.7	Just in 2025 alone, Blumhouse has been behind Wolfman, The Lady in the Yard, Drop,
1:27.4	and now Megan 2.0,
1:29.3	the sequel to the mega hit Megan, all released by Universal those movies, his longtime partner.
1:34.5	None of these movies cost a ton to produce.
1:36.7	Most are in the $20 million range or so, but none of them connected.
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