Show Notes
With three newcomers, an encore, and holdovers, there's a lot to cover this week in the box office. Lauren and Matthew tackle Heart of the Beast, Primetime, and the especially interesting audience breakdown of Forgotten Island, as well as how Avengers: Endgame Encore is setting the scene for Doomsday later in the year.
Meanwhile, upcoming titles Digger and Verity look to provide an even wider audience appeal across the box office this weekend; join us Behind the Screens to see how the pre-sales tracking and audiences are shaping up.
Topics and times: Fall Summit - 0:51
Box office weekend overview - 1:23
Heart of the Beast audience analysis - 3:38
Heart of the Beast critical and audience sentiment - 6:45
Primetime box office and audience analysis - 7:52
Robert Pattinson's popularity and performances in 2026 - 11:00
Forgotten Island box office opening - 12:11
Forgotten Island's audience surprises - 13:21
How Forgotten Island could find longevity from word of mouth - 16:19
Avengers: Endgame Encore's box office results - 17:03
Digger pre-sales tracking and audience - 19:01
IMAX's widening genre appeal - 21:59
Verity pre-sales tracking and audience - 23:40
Next week - 26:32
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