Summer Box Office Report Cards + Future Projections & Over / Unders - ORC 8/29/24

Mike, Mike, and Oscar

INTRO - Professor M1, Adjunct Prof M2 and why we’re not doing Emmy Bets. SUMMER MONTH BY MONTH BOX OFFICE RECAPS 2:31 - June Recap of how we did with our picks on Bad Boys, Inside Out 2, and A Quiet Place 4:46 - July’s huge wins for Minions, Longlegs + Deadpool & Wolverine. But Twisters was weird 6:26 - August’s Alien: Romulus victory + a surprise smash hit with It Ends With Us SUMMER BOX OFFICE REPORT CARDS BY STUDIO 9:18 - Disney is back! And deserving of the highest grade. 10:43 - Neon gets its smash hit in Longlegs and another terrific grade from us. 11:20 - Sony’s strong grade comes with franchise plays new & old. 13:18 - Universal’s grade is propped up by the Minions 14:51 - Warner Bros hopes for a massive fall after a disappointing summer. 16:25 - A24 doesn’t do much with Sing Sing YET, and MaXXXine was a letdown. 20:06 - Lionsgate had its worst case scenario, but at least it got jammed into 1 fiscal quarter FALL & WINTER OVER/UNDERS 22:48 - Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Venice reception & some debate on its projections. 29:49 - Transformers One is one of the trickier Over / Unders for us to set 33:40 - The Wild Robot could suffer from robot fatigue? 35:47 - Joker: Folie À Deux 38:00 - Sleeper Hit potential for Saturday Night, Terrifier 3, & Piece by Piece 39:42 - Smile 2 is hoping for big Halloween box office & we’re rooting hard for Anora 44:10 - Venom: The Last Dance has two Mikes on opposite sides of the goo here 46:27 - Nickel Boys, Here, Conclave, Blitz & A Real Pain cook up some Oscars intrigue. 48:26 - Gladiator II & Wicked both worry us a lot 51:39 - Moana 2 is another tricky O/U to set 52:54 - Early December’s Oscar Plays like Nightbitch & Hard Truths 52:37 - Kraven The Hunter and who is jacked up to see this one 54:50 - The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim and how families are back 56:53 - Sonic The Hedgehog 3 could hit a new level with the holiday corridor 58:14 - Mufasa: The Lion King is gonna be us being hilariously wrong 1:00:25 - Nosferatu is another highly anticipated one for the film people 1:03:52 - A Complete Unknown could resurrect Walk The Line numbers… or not. 1:08:31 OUTRO RECAP: MMO Socials, Your Homework, and how to contact us. Plus, we discuss what’s coming next with the fall festival Oscar Race Checkpoints and some words of wisdom about betting on the Emmys.