This week on the Boxoffice podcast, co-hosts Daniel Loria, Rebecca Pahle, and Chad Kennerk recap the opening weekend performance of Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another, cover the latest news in exhibition, and preview the October slate—including the surprise addition of Taylor Swift | The Official Release Party of a Showgirl.

What to Listen For

00:00 Intro 

00:28 PTA’s One Battle After Another

01:02 Press Screening Reactions (Smashing Machine)

02:11 PTA Box Office & Career High

02:53 Warner Bros. Hot Streak

04:22 Hollywood Tariff Threats

07:55 Advisory Committee & Industry Response

08:17 October Preview Kickoff

09:07 Taylor Swift: Life of a Showgirl (AMC Event)

10:56 A24’s The Smashing Machine with Dwayne Johnson

13:37 Avatar: The Way of Water Re-Release

13:57 Daniel Day-Lewis in M&A

15:12 Horror Spotlight: Bone Lake (Bleecker Street)

16:22 Tron: Ares Preview

18:14 Paramount’s Ruman (Channing Tatum)

19:07 A24’s If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

19:42 Sony Faith-Based Soul on Fire

20:22 Netflix Thriller House of Dynamite

21:03 Musical Adaptation Kiss of the Spider Woman

21:54 Universal’s Black Phone 2

23:47 Lionsgate’s Good Fortune (Keanu Reeves)

24:42 Angel Studios’ Truth and Treason

25:13 Amazon/MGM’s After the Hunt

26:42 Kelly Reichardt’s The Mastermind

27:22 Chainsaw Man: The Movie (Anime)

28:23 Paramount’s Regretting You (Colleen Hoover)

29:02 Bruce Springsteen Biopic Deliver Me From Nowhere

31:43 Richard Linklater’s Rogers & Hart Film

32:52 Yorgos Lanthimos Sci-Fi Remake