In this week’s episode of the Boxoffice Podcast, co-hosts Rebecca Pahle and Jesse Rifkin break down the opening weekend of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse–and what word of mouth could mean for holdover potential, as this weekend the superhero sequel is up against new release Transformers: Rise of the Beasts. In the feature segment, co-host Daniel Loria is joined by Romeo Duchene and Russ Fischer in a look back at the impact of the Transformers franchise.

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Episode Resources:

• AMC Theatres On Demand Taps Fandango’s Vudu as Official Streaming Destination
• Weekend Box Office: SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE Spins a $120.5M Domestic Weekend, $208.6M Global Launch
• SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE Co-Director Kemp Powers on Miles Morales’ Inter-dimensional Journey

What to Listen For

• 00:00 Intro
• 02:59 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse opening weekend
• 06:10 Transformers: Rise of the Beasts’ upcoming release
• 09:07 Describe the Transformers franchise
• 12:24 Hasboro adaptations
• 16:56 July 2007 - Transformers
• 40:17 June 2009 - Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
• 52:41 June 2011 - Transformers: Dark of the Moon
• 01:01:53 June 2014 - Transformers: Age of Extinction
• 01:14:10 June 2017 - Transformers: The Last Knight
• 01:25:11 December 2018 - Bumblebee