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.

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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