Box Office: ‘Michael’ Returns to No. 1 as Exhibitors Brace for ‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ and the Start of Summer Blockbuster Season

About this episode

Rebecca Rubin discusses the surprising return of Lionsgate's 'Michael' to the top of the box office as the summer blockbuster season approaches.

On today’s episode, in our Box Office segment, Variety’s Rebecca Rubin explains why Lionsgate’s “Michael” made a surprise return to No. 1 in a weekend that marks the calm before the start of summer blockbuster season with Disney’s “The Mandalorian and Grogu” opening over Memorial Day weekend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Rebecca Rubin

Topics covered

• box office
• film industry
• summer blockbusters
• Disney
• Lionsgate
• The Mandalorian

Keywords

• box office
• Michael
• Lionsgate
• The Mandalorian
• summer blockbusters
• Disney
• Memorial Day

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Lionsgate, Disney

Books & works: Michael, The Mandalorian and Grogu

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