Daily Variety -- 'Scary Movie' Tops Box Office as 'Masters of the Universe' Stumbles

About this episode

Brent Lang discusses the box office performance of 'Scary Movie' and the struggles of 'Masters of the Universe'.

On today’s episode, Variety ’s Brent Lang breaks down a busy weekend at the turnstiles as “Scary Movie” returned for its first installment in 13 years – and first in 25 years with a Wayans at the helm. And it was a truly scary weekend for Amazon MGM Studios’ “Masters of the Universe,” which stumbled in its opening weekend. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Brent Lang

Topics covered

• box office
• film analysis
• movie releases
• entertainment news
• Scary Movie
• Masters of the Universe

Keywords

• box office
• Scary Movie
• Masters of the Universe
• Brent Lang
• Amazon MGM Studios
• film analysis
• entertainment news

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Amazon MGM Studios

Products: Scary Movie, Masters of the Universe

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