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Entertainment and Media industry analysis and conversations from The Wakeup columnist Sean McNulty with folks inside Hollywood and the many smart folks who write about them.

  1. 22時間前

    How 'Godzilla Minus Zero' Is The Perfect 2026 Movie, Why 'Cat in the Hat' Fell Flat

    Godzilla Minus Zero's opening weekend encompasses many of 2026's favorite box office trends all in one movie -- join host Sean McNulty and The Ankler's Christopher Rosen to dive into how this movie went above and beyond expectations at the box office. Plus, why Cat In the Hat came up short of IP expectations for WB, and what is has going for it in the month ahead. Read my full weekend Box Office Analysis over at The Ankler here: https://theankler.com/fox-roku-c-suite-shuffle-collier-sud-out/

  2. 10月26日

    Did 'Clayface' succeed, as the Elizabeth Holmes doc meets the rest of America in weekend 2

    Lotta mixed reaction out there to the Clayface opening weekend -- The Ankler's Christopher Rosen joins host Sean McNulty to break down the key comps to understand this movie's box office results, and if it shows a financially viable path forward for comic book movies that aren't Batman, Avengers or Spider-Man. Then, it's one thing to succeed in 850 specifically selected US theaters -- it's another to play everywhere from coast to coast. How did You Can See Everything fare as it expanded wide across America? Plus, WTF happened to the Ali G movie?! Read The Wakeup at The Ankler: https://theankler.com/the-wakeup/

  3. 10月19日

    How "You Can See Everything" stormed the Box Office and a Brad Pitt mea culpa

    It's great to have another organic phenomenon at the box office, with A24 once again delivering the goods in the Elizabeth Holmes doc You Can See Everything. Dive into the audience demos that drove the big weekend, and The Ankler's Chris Rosen and host Sean McNulty debate the corollaries to it being a Borat for a different generation. Then, Street Fighter and Whalefall competed for the action demos to ... middling results -- plus Sean's mea culpa to Brad Pitt. Read The Wakeup at https://theankler.com/the-wakeup/

  4. 10月12日

    Why 'Social Reckoning' Went MIA at the Box Office

    The only reckoning at the box office for social media this weekend was for the folks who made a movie about it -- dive into why The Social Reckoning missed the mark with audiences alongside host Sean McNulty and The Ankler's Christopher Rosen, and why Artificial may be the tech movie of 2026 instead. Plus, an award for 'Other Mommy' and a look at the lackluster quality of fall movie season so far as we hit the mid-point. Read The Wakeup at https://theankler.com/the-wakeup/

  5. 10月5日

    The 'Digger' Debacle & State of Elder Gen X Movie Stars

    'Digger' was unfortunately as bad as feared at the box office. The Ankler's Managing Editor Christopher Rosen joins host Sean McNulty to break down where the decisions went awry and the big losses involved for WB. Plus, what older Gen X / younger Boomer movie stars still have pull at the box office? And a look at Colleen Hoover's latest successful outing at the box office via AMAZON MGM. Read The Wakeup at The Ankler at: https://theankler.com/the-wakeup/

  6. 9月21日

    How 'Resident Evil' Captured the September Box Office Zeitgeist

    September had 2 movies going into the month that were made for $75M and both looking to dominate the box office conversation. One of them opened to twice as much as the other one. The Ankler's Christopher Rosen joins host Sean McNulty for a Monday Morning Quarterbacks box office conversation to dive inside the numbers driving the huge 'Resident Evil' opening weekend at SONY, and what the week 2 numbers for WB's 'Practical Magic 2' indicate about the strategy behind that effort. Read The Wakeup over at The Ankler at https://theankler.com/the-wakeup/

  7. 8月31日

    Why 'Dog Stars' Whiffed With Audiences, 2026 Box Office Chases Record

    DISNEYFOX took a pretty big swing with an on the rise star this weekend in 'The Dog Stars' to underwhelming results. The Ankler's Christopher Rosen joins The Wakeup's Sean McNulty to dive into where the project went wrong, and if there were ways the results could have been better. Plus, 'Coyote vs. Acme' finally got its due in movie theaters from KETCHUP after being previously unceremoniously dumped by WB. We breakdown why the results kinda worked for both parties even though this was absolutely not the way to handle a movie. Then, we have one week left to chase the Summer Box Office record -- we dive into why this summer is a big win even if it doesn't catch it. Read The Wakeup's full Box Office analysis here: https://theankler.com/dis-dog-stars-in-dog-house-as-coyote-delivers/

  8. 8月24日

    PARAMOUNT's Tough Settlement Route, 'Insidious' Keeps Summer Horror Strong

    PARAMOUNT got dealt another setback to start off the week, with initial trial settlement talks with the state AGs called off on the morning they were supposed to start. Dive into the dueling tactics afoot, and PAR's tall order in finding solutions to avoid a trial. Then, dive into how SONY is ruling the Q3 box office, as 'Insidious' tops August openers and it's looking like SONY has the big movie for September as well. PLUS: 'The Odyssey' keeps shifting IMAX distribution decisions as another pic seemingly suffers in the wake of Nolan's epic actually increasing its revenue in its 6th weekend. AND: The latest box office demo datapoint showing that moviegoing activity is dominated by people under 40 ... although you wouldn't know that from the September release schedule -- why is Hollywood not making more movies with specific appeal for the audiences that engage most with its product? Christoper Rosen from The Ankler joins WAKEUP host Sean McNulty to dive into all of above and more. Read THE WAKEUP here at The Ankler: https://theankler.com/the-wakeup/

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