The Summer Box Office Reckoning

The Town with Matthew Belloni

The Ringer

Society & Culture

4.3 • 847 Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2022

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Matt is joined by Forbes’ Scott Mendelson to judge their box office predictions for the most highly anticipated blockbusters of the summer. They discuss the surprise hits, flops, and everything in between, and provide takeaways for each franchise. Host: Matt Belloni Guest: Scott Mendelson Produce: Craig Horlbeck Theme Song: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Would you bet a few thousand dollars that you could sink an eight-foot putt?
0:05.0	What about 10 grand that you could win a drag race against a Camaro with a thousand horse power?
0:10.0	If you bet $2 million, could you bet it all on one football game?
0:15.0	Maybe you wish you could, but you probably wouldn't.
0:19.0	Gamblers is about the people who did.
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1:27.8	It is Thursday, September 8th.
1:30.8	It's been one of the weirdest summers of the box office.
1:33.5	Well, I guess at least since last summer, or the summer before that.
1:37.5	In COVID times, movies continued this slow and odd bounce back.
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