The 2026 Summer Box Office Winners, Losers, and Head-Scratchers
About this episode
Matt Belloni and Scott Mendelson discuss early predictions for the 2026 summer box office, analyzing potential hits and misses.
Matt is joined by Puck’s box office expert Scott Mendelson to judge their early summer box office predictions by looking at the biggest hits, misses, and questions from the 2026 summer slate. 'The Devil Wears Prada 2' (02:53) 'Mortal Kombat II' (05:41) 'Mandalorian & Grogu' (06:51) 'Masters of the Universe' (09:09) 'Scary Movie 6' (11:55) 'Disclosure Day' (13:46) 'Toy Story 5' (15:55) 'Supergirl' (17:53) 'Minions & Monsters' (22:15) 'Moana' (27:09) 'The Odyssey' (33:31) 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' (37:11) 'The End of Oak Street' (42:35) Host: Matt Belloni Guests: Scott Mendelson Producers: Craig Horlbeck, Jessie Lopez, and Stefano Sanchez Theme Song: Devon Renaldo Bob Iger, James Cameron, Kevin Feige, Jon Favreau and More Featured in New Disney+ Documentary ‘Disney Worldbuilders.’ Now Streaming on Disney+. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
People in this episode
Host: Matt Belloni
Guest: Scott Mendelson
Topics covered
- box office predictions
- summer movies
- film analysis
- entertainment industry
- movie sequels
Keywords
- box office
- 2026 summer movies
- film predictions
- movie analysis
- Hollywood
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Disney+
Books & works: The Devil Wears Prada 2, Mortal Kombat II, Mandalorian & Grogu, Masters of the Universe, Scary Movie 6, Disclosure Day, Toy Story 5, Supergirl, Minions & Monsters, Moana
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