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The Town with Matthew Belloni

The 2026 Summer Blockbuster Confidence Ranking

The Town with Matthew Belloni

The Ringer

Society & Culture

4.31.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

It’s almost May, which means summer blockbuster season has officially begun. Matt welcomes back Puck’s Scott Mendelson to run through the most highly anticipated films of the summer, ranking each one by their box office potential and assigning confidence scores for each film.  Email us your thoughts! thetown@spotify.com Host: Matt Belloni Guest: Adam Fogelson Producers: Craig Horlbeck and Jon Jones Theme Song: Devon Renaldo This episode is brought to you by AMC+. Start your free trial today at join.amcplus.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Head to the coast in Abercrombie's latest summer drop.

0:04.5

It's dress season. From minis to maxis, there's a dress for every summer plan.

0:09.5

And Abercrombie's new linen blend matching sets are so light and breathable.

0:14.8

Perfect for brunch or rooftop happy hours.

0:18.0

Dress like you're on holiday.

0:19.7

Shop Abercrombie in the app, online, and in stores.

0:32.3

This episode of the town is presented to you by AMC Networks.

0:36.3

Billy Magnuson and Zach Galfinacus

0:38.2

star in the new series The Audacity on AMC and AMC Plus. Influence rises, people unravel,

0:45.2

and CEO meltdowns are business as usual among Silicon Valley Elite, executive produced by

0:50.2

Jonathan Glasser, a writer producer of succession and Better Call Saul. Watch new episodes of The Audacity, Sundays exclusively on AMC and AMC Plus.

1:00.6

It is Thursday, April 30th.

1:03.5

Tomorrow's May 1st, so it's officially summer in Hollywood, which means the summer movie season is upon us,

1:09.4

which means the town's summer movie confidence scale is back.

1:13.8

Craig, at this point, I think we need some fanfare for this episode.

1:16.8

If you're not familiar, this is when I invite Scott Mendelsohn on the show.

1:20.0

He's our resident box office guru.

1:21.6

He writes for Puck and has its own substack about box office.

1:24.5

And we rank the big movies based on how confident we are that each one

1:29.4

will live up to expectations. This summer is going to be interesting because everyone in town

1:33.8

seems to be cautiously enthusiastic based on the successes of the spring months, the overall

1:39.5

gross being up double digits over last year. There's some heavy hitters as well,

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