TikTok Has Broken Hollywood, RIP Bob Barker and Arleen Sorkin, Box Office, and More
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4.6 • 930 Ratings
🗓️ 29 August 2023
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
On the August 29, 2023 episode of The /Film Show, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by /Film staff writer and box office analyst Ryan Scott to talk about the weekend’s box office numbers, and then by /Film editor BJ Colangelo to talk about the latest film and TV news.
Opening Banter:
In The News:
- Bottoms Just Beat A Pandemic Era Box Office Record Set By Everything Everywhere All At Once
- Bottoms Grosses $516k From Just 10 Locations In Small But Mighty Opening Weekend
- Before Bottoms, Ayo Edebiri & Rachel Sennott's Short-Lived Miniseries Is Essential Viewing
- Blue Beetle Scores Solid Second Weekend At The Box Office Thanks To National Cinema Day
- You're Not Dreaming: Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer Has Passed Inception At The US Box Office
- Sony Claims Gran Turismo Beat Barbie At The Weekend Box Office, But It's Pretty Sketchy
- Barbie Is Now Warner Bros.' Biggest Movie Ever At The Global Box Office
- Barbie Passes Mario To Become Highest Grossing Film Of The Year At The Domestic Box Office
- Jurassic Park's 30th Anniversary Box Office Take Proves People Still Love Spielberg's Dinos
Take a break
- Bob Barker, Legendary Host Of The Price Is Right, Has Died At 99
- Arleen Sorkin, The Original Voice Of Harley Quinn, Has Died At 67
- Disney+ Won't Release The Spiderwick Chronicles TV Show That's Already Completed Filming
- After A Messy Production And Awful Reviews, HBO Has Canceled The Idol
- The Lord Of The Rings Animated Film Is Delayed, So The War Of The Rohirrim Will Have To Wait
- Dune: Part Two Has Officially Been Delayed Until March 2024
- Why Dune Director Denis Villeneuve Wants To Adapt Dune: Messiah
- TikTok Has Broken Hollywood And No One Knows What To Do About It
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone and welcome to the slash film show today's Tuesday August 29th |
| 0:03.8 | 2023 on today's episode of the show we're going to be talking about the |
| 0:07.2 | weekend's box office numbers and then talk a little bit about the latest film |
| 0:10.9 | and TV news my name is Ben. I am an editor at slash |
| 0:14.3 | film.com and I'm joined on today's episode by slash film staff writer and |
| 0:17.9 | box office analyst Ryan Scott. Hey everyone how's it going. All right Ryan |
| 0:22.3 | let's get into it. |
| 0:23.7 | Let's talk a little bit about what happened at the box office |
| 0:26.3 | this past weekend. |
| 0:27.0 | It was National Cinema Day on Sunday. |
| 0:30.1 | Did you go out and see a movie for $4? |
| 0:33.0 | Ryan? |
| 0:34.0 | I did not have the opportunity to do so, |
| 0:36.0 | but I also have like a season pass to the Alamo Draft House, |
| 0:39.0 | so like, you know, I pretty much, |
| 0:41.0 | I pay my 20 bucks a month and go, |
| 0:42.0 | but I also am a big proponent of this whole thing. |
| 0:45.2 | It worked out well last year, it seemed to work out again this year too. |
| 0:48.0 | Yeah, yeah, definitely. |
| 0:49.5 | Okay, so let's go through some specifics. |
| 0:52.1 | I think the movie that I'm most excited about being out in theaters now |
| 0:56.0 | and is going to actually, I think, |
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