About this episode

The hosts discuss box office trends and preview upcoming films while making predictions for Moana Live Action.

We argue over New Zealand box office wins and losses as Toy Story surges on nostalgia while Minions and Monsters opens far below expectations. Then we preview the school holiday slate and put bold opening-week numbers on the line for Moana Live Action while sharing indie and upcoming films we think could surprise. • reconciling our box office guesses and the running scoreboard • why Toy Story connects with both kids and adults • why Minions and Monsters may be delayed by hol...

People in this episode

Hosts: Brent Harbour, Ross Churchouse

Topics covered

• box office analysis
• film previews
• nostalgia in cinema
• independent films
• holiday movie slate

Keywords

• box office
• Toy Story
• Moana
• Minions
• Monsters
• film predictions
• indie films

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: New Zealand

Books & works: Toy Story, Minions, Monsters, Moana Live Action

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