In this episode of the Boxoffice Podcast, co-hosts Rebecca Pahle, Daniel Loria, and Chad Kennerk discuss the Thanksgiving Frame, including the surprise performance of The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes and Disney’s struggle to capture holiday moviegoers with their latest animated musical Wish.Give us your feedback on our podcast by accessing this survey: https://forms.gle/CcuvaXCEpgPLQ6d18 Episode Resources:
Weekend Box Office: BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS & SNAKES Beats Both NAPOLEON and WISH on Thanksgiving Frame
Long Range Box Office Forecast: AQUAMAN AND THE LOST KINGDOM and MIGRATION
Fading Snow: Director Francis Lawrence on Kindling the Franchise with Origin Story THE HUNGER GAMES: THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS AND SNAKES
What to Listen For
00:00 Intro
01:16 What movie did you watch?
03:32 Weekend box office numbers
08:28 The downside of putting movies on Disney+
11:57 Wish international numbers
13:15 Disney’s 100 year marketing campaign
14:26 More weekend box office numbers
16:21 Amazon MGM’s Saltburn  
18:46 Five Nights at Freddy’s
20:59 Lionsgate’s Silent Night 
22:04 Angel Studios’ The Shift
23:29 Renaissance from Beyoncé
26:02 Most watch movies this year