What Black Widow's Box Office Means For The Future Of Movies

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🗓️ 12 July 2021

⏱️ 21 minutes

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On the July 12, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film Editorial Director Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film senior writer Ben Pearson to discuss this weekend’s Black Widow box office and what it means for the recovery of theatrical exhibition and also what the streaming numbers might mean for the future of movies. In The News: Jeremy: ‘Black Widow’ Smashes Pandemic Box Office Records With the Biggest Opening Since ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’Is the box office returning to normal? Look at 2021 How does this compare? Disney didn’t wait to give out premiere access numbers Disney Premiere Access - the new norm? Also mentioned: All the other stuff you need to know: You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside the show notes. /Film Daily is published every weekday, bringing you the most exciting news from the world of movies and television as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (RSS). Send your feedback, questions, comments and concerns to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention the e-mail on the air. Please rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts, tell your friends and spread the word! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to Slash Film Daily for Monday, July 12, 2021. On today's episode,
0:07.0	we're going to discuss the latest film and TV news, this is Slash Film Editorial Director Peter
0:12.0	Sorretta, and joining me out to his
0:13.4	podcast slash film senior writer Ben Pearson. Hey what's going on? So not much has
0:18.8	actually happened in the world of movies since I you last heard from us on Friday.
0:23.6	But one thing did happen.
0:25.0	Black Widow came out in theaters.
0:27.0	And that box office report is very interesting.
0:31.4	We're going to dive into it in today's episode. It's going to be a shorter episode.
0:34.9	But Ben, tell us about the Black Widow's performance.
0:38.8	Yeah, Black Widow actually did better than F9 last week. It debuted to $80 million domestically at the box office and then it also pulled in an additional $78 million internationally.
0:52.0	So that's $158 million for those of you who are keeping score at home.
0:56.1	Yeah, and our headline on slash film was Black Widow Smashes Pandemic box office records
1:00.8	with the biggest openings since Star Wars,
1:02.8	The Rise of Sky Walker.
1:04.6	So is everything returning to normal, Ben?
1:08.8	Is this a good sign that the theatrical business?
1:15.0	We were all kind of doom and gloom during the pandemic.
1:18.0	We're all like saying, you know, because all this Premier Access was popping up,
1:22.0	Warner Brothers just going to HBO Max Direct.
1:25.0	And we were kind of like,
1:27.0	oh, this is bad for movie theaters.
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