Showbiz Sandbox 653: Godzilla and Kong, Once Again, Prove Movie Theaters Aren’t Dead
April 2, 2024
The monstrous global box office opening of “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” may have been a surprise to film critics or anyone paying attention to industry tracking in advance of its release, but it surely proves that if you put movies in movie theaters, audiences will show up. Especially if those theaters offer premium auditoriums like IMAX. Even “Oppenheimer” opened well in Japan over this past weekend, becoming filmmaker Christopher Nolan’s biggest debut.
Meanwhile, the Walt Disney Company and the State of Florida have made overtures toward settling their recent legal disputes. As we predicted, despite the battle in the court of public opinion, it will all come to nothing.
Of course we also cover the week’s top entertainment headlines including Paramount Global’s ongoing financial woes, the discovery of some new Marvin Gaye music and how vinyl records are outselling compact discs.
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‘Godzilla X Kong’ Reigns With $194M Worldwide Bow; ‘Dune 2’ Rises To $626M & ‘Oppenheimer’ Opens In Japan
https://deadline.com/2024/03/godzilla-x-kong-the-new-empire-china-global-international-box-office-1235871670/
‘Godzilla x Kong: New Empire’ Roars to Monstrous $80M Box Office Opening, $194M Globally
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/godzilla-x-kong-new-empire-huge-box-office-opening-1235863501/
BBC Doc Looks At J-Pop Scandal, Says Near 1000 Men Came Forward to Discuss Abuse
https://deadline.com/2024/03/johnny-kitagawa-johnny-and-associates-abuse-1235869618/
Paramount Debt Is Cut to Junk on Worsening Outlook for TV
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-27/paramount-debt-is-cut-to-junk-on-deteriorating-outlook-for-tv
Collection of Unreleased Marvin Gaye Songs Found in Belgium
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/mar/31/collection-of-unreleased-marvin-gaye-songs-found-in-belgium
Vinyl Records Outsold CDs for the Second Year Running
https://www.popsci.com/technology/vinyl-sales-cds-2023/
Only 1 of the Top 20 Best-Selling Albums Globally Last Year Wasn’t by a K-Pop Act
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/seventeen-taylor-swift-top-20-best-selling-albums-globally-in-2023/
NBC News Ousts Ronna McDaniel After Staff Uproar, CAA Drops Ex-RNC Chair
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/nbc-news-ronna-mcdaniel-contributor-1235860170/
Disney Ends Its Fight With DeSantis Over Resort Development
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/27/business/disney-desantis-florida-lawsuit.html
‘Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’ Season 13 on Track to Achieve Franchise’s Best 35-Day Viewership Since 2014
https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/real-housewives-beverly-hills-ratings-season-13-1235953338/
MIP London Is Launching In 2025 – New Event Will Run Alongside The London Screenings As MIPTV In Cannes Ends
https://deadline.com/2024/03/mip-tv-london-moving-from-cannes-screenings-rx-france-savoy-1235865646/
Chance Perdomo Dies: ‘Gen V’ Star Was 27
https://deadline.com/2024/03/chance-perdomo-dead-1235872414/
Barbara Rush, Award-Winning TV and Film Actress, Dies at 97
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/01/movies/barbara-rush-dead.html
Louis Gossett Jr., ‘An Officer and a Gentleman’ Star Who Broke Barriers in Hollywood, Dies
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2024-03-29/louis-gossett-jr-dies-an-officer-and-a-gentleman-roots-star
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