It feels like every time I log onto the internet, someone is talking about the box office for One Battle After Another. There are people telling us it's going to lose $100 million and bemoaning how it should prove studios can't give these ideas money.There are dozens of hot takes all over the internet, and I'm here to just give some truths. The One Battle After Another box office does not matter.Yes, you heard that right.Let's dive in. - YouTubewww.youtube.comMovie Studios Plan For These Things If you run a movie studio, you look at your slate every year and hope it's diverse enough to weather the storm of the box office. But it's actually kind of predictable.You want to have a few four-quadrant movies to make money, take chances on some lower-budget genre fare to see if they break out, and then budget in some awards swings that keep big directors happy and build relationships with talent.Pam Abdy and Mike De Luca are the co-chairs and CEOs of Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group. They're responsible for the studio's global theatrical production, marketing, and distribution. The duo, who have worked together for years, recently had their contracts renewed after a successful streak of hit films like Minecraft and Sinners. And those hits at WB keep coming.This year, Warner Bros has had a spectacular box office showing. They had seven movies open over $40 million, and even with whiffs like Mickey 17, they more than made up for it with movies like...
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