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The Town with Matthew Belloni

The 2024 Box Office Draft

The Town with Matthew Belloni

The Ringer

Society & Culture

4.31.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Matt is joined by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw to conduct the second annual box office draft on ‘The Town.’ Matt and Lucas each draft five blockbusters set to be released in 2024 with the goal of making the most money possible against the production budget. Plus, an added twist that allows each person to saddle the others team with a movie they believe will bomb. For a 20 percent discount on Matt’s Hollywood insider newsletter, ‘What I’m Hearing ...,’ click here. Email us your thoughts! thetown@spotify.com Host: Matt Belloni Guest: Lucas Shaw Producers: Craig Horlbeck and Jessie Lopez Theme Song: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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It is Monday, January 22nd.

1:21.5

2024 is going to be a truly fascinating year at the box office.

1:25.8

Thanks to the strikes, some of the issues plaguing the biggest

1:28.7

franchises. We're looking at you, Marvel, and you, Tom Cruise. We've got a lineup of potential

1:33.8

blockbusters that doesn't look quite like the lineup that Hollywood has put forward in recent years.

1:38.4

A lot of weaknesses, at least on paper, some of the pretty big holes in the calendar. Zero Marvel MCU movies, though there's a Deadpool 3, the first Deadpool made under Disney.

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