This week on the Boxoffice podcast, co-hosts Daniel Loria, Rebecca Pahle, and Chad Kennerk recap the weekend box office, with Netflix’s KPop Demon Hunters taking the top spot. Then in the feature segments, Chad talks to the filmmakers behind Searchlight Pictures’ The Roses: director Jay Roach, screenwriter Tony McNamara, and stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman. The comedy arrives in theaters from Searchlight Pictures on August 29th.

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What to Listen For

00:00 Intro 

01:00 Netflix Scores First #1 at the Box Office

05:12 Event Cinema & AMC’s Pushback

10:16 Upcoming Releases: Toxic Avenger, Caught Stealing, The Roses

13:14 Interview – Jay Roach & Tony McNamara on Reimagining War of the Roses

18:37 The “Dinner Party” Scene & Balancing Comedy with Darkness

20:41 First Movie Theater Memories & Theatrical Experience

23:35 Interview – Olivia Colman & Benedict Cumberbatch

26:49 Playing Flawed Characters & Filming the Dinner Party Scene

30:42 Acting Styles & Balancing Tone

32:58 Childhood Cinema Memories