WEBVTT - Daily Variety – Box Office: ‘Project Hail Mary’ Holds on Tight to No. 1; Why ‘The Bold and the Beautiful’ is Launching a Streaming App

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Daily Variety, your daily dose of news and

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<v Speaker 1>in our Box Office segment, Bridy's Brent Lang breaks down

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<v Speaker 1>the numbers and the second weekend sigh of relief at

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<v Speaker 1>Amazon MGM Studios as Project Hail, Mary hangs in at

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<v Speaker 1>Number one, and Michael Schneider speaks to daytime TV soap

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<v Speaker 1>mogul Bradley Bell, the writer producer who has launched a

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<v Speaker 1>subscription app for die hard fans of CBS's The Bold

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<v Speaker 1>and the Beautiful. But before we get to that, here

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<v Speaker 1>that the deal is likely to violate anti trust laws

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<v Speaker 1>based on the sheer market share that the combination of

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<v Speaker 1>the two companies would provide. This fight is coming as

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<v Speaker 1>at the Cannes Film Festival later this year. It doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>it's Monday, we're talking box office. Brent Lang, Variety's executive editor,

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<v Speaker 1>details a big second weekend for Project Hail Mary, which

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<v Speaker 1>is good news for Amazon MGM Studios. Brent Lang Thank

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<v Speaker 1>you again for joining me to talk about the box office.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks for having me.

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<v Speaker 1>It wasn't the most dramatic weekend to end the month

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<v Speaker 1>of March in the first quarter at the box office,

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<v Speaker 1>but I have to believe once again there were cheers

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<v Speaker 1>at Amazon MGM studios to see their big bet, Ryan

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<v Speaker 1>Gosling's Project Hail Mary top the box office two weekends

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<v Speaker 1>in a row. How did it perform in weekend two?

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<v Speaker 2>It held on remarkably well. I think it only dropped

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<v Speaker 2>about thirty two percent, and that's very impressive because major

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<v Speaker 2>movies usually drop between their opening and second weekend of

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<v Speaker 2>at least fifty percent, sometimes sixty or even seventy percent.

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<v Speaker 2>So this shows that there's some stained power here and

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<v Speaker 2>that the word of mouth is very positive for this film.

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<v Speaker 2>And I think the only people that might be more

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<v Speaker 2>happy about this than Amazon MGM are movie theater owners,

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<v Speaker 2>which really need more product. And I think it's thanks

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<v Speaker 2>to films like Project tail Mary overperforming that you actually

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<v Speaker 2>see the box office up about twenty three percent year

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<v Speaker 2>over year. So this is a group of people that

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<v Speaker 2>are feeling much better about their business.

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<v Speaker 1>Of course, there's the Ryan Gosling factor. I mean he

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<v Speaker 1>is just cementing himself as a leading man for the ages.

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<v Speaker 1>Is there something about the movie itself though, because it

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<v Speaker 1>feels like, you know, this is a very dark time.

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<v Speaker 1>You have war in the Middle East, you have protests

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<v Speaker 1>on the streets of this country, in mass numbers being

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<v Speaker 1>it's a polarized time, as we all know. Is there

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<v Speaker 1>something about the nature of this movie a fantasy set

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<v Speaker 1>in space. Is there something about that that you think

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<v Speaker 1>is energizing box office?

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<v Speaker 2>I think definitely it works as kind of a spectacle,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's doing particularly well in imax, for example, which

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<v Speaker 2>is where people seem to prefer to see big movies.

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<v Speaker 2>I think that you're also tapping into something, which is

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<v Speaker 2>that this is a movie that speaks to our present

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<v Speaker 2>day and some of the concerns that we all have

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<v Speaker 2>about the health of our planet. But it does it

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<v Speaker 2>in a light way. It's very humorous and hopeful, and

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<v Speaker 2>I think that the fact that it is reflecting some

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<v Speaker 2>of the concerns that people have but not doing it

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<v Speaker 2>in a manner that is just overwhelmingly pessimistic, is part

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<v Speaker 2>of the reason it's been so successful. I think the

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<v Speaker 2>other thing that's helping this movie is that yes, it

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<v Speaker 2>is appealing to adults, it is appealing to women, and

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<v Speaker 2>it is appealing to men. But it's a Peach thirteen movie,

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<v Speaker 2>so you actually can bring younger people to it. And

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<v Speaker 2>it's not a really violent movie. So this is a

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<v Speaker 2>four quadrant hit. And I would say that this is

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<v Speaker 2>the first blockbuster of the year.

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<v Speaker 1>And we should also shout out credit to directors Phil

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<v Speaker 1>Lord and Christopher Miller. Their style seems to be a

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<v Speaker 1>good fit with what you just said. Something that has

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<v Speaker 1>a message, but it's not clubbing you over the head

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<v Speaker 1>with it, and it's got Ryan Gosling in a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of humor.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, it's almost a redemption for Lloyd and Miller

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<v Speaker 2>because they had a very very public firing from Solo

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<v Speaker 2>a Star Wars story. I think it was in like

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<v Speaker 2>twenty seventeen, and I think that was really embarrassing. It

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<v Speaker 2>was a bit of a setback for them. They had

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<v Speaker 2>tried to do a very like improvisitory approach to Star Wars.

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<v Speaker 2>It did not go over well with Kathy Kennedy and

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<v Speaker 2>Lawrence Kasten and sort of the brain trust over there. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>they did the same approach here, and you know, the

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<v Speaker 2>result has been a very very successful movie, whereas Solo,

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<v Speaker 2>which ended up getting directed by Ron Howard in a

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<v Speaker 2>really tortured production process, was a huge flop and really

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<v Speaker 2>helped to slow down Disney's cinematic ambitions for Star Wars.

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<v Speaker 2>So this is really showing just how able they are

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<v Speaker 2>as filmmakers and how successful they our unconventional approach can

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<v Speaker 2>be if matched with the right studio and the right

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<v Speaker 2>material too.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the fun of covering this stuff day by day,

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<v Speaker 1>is you knowing that just off the top of your

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<v Speaker 1>head from almost ten years ago.

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<v Speaker 2>Just to stay on the Star Wars if things for

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<v Speaker 2>a second. Sort of interesting because Ryan Gosling is going

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<v Speaker 2>to be starring in Star Wars Starfighter, which I think

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<v Speaker 2>internally at Disney there's a sense that this is the

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<v Speaker 2>film that actually kind of recaptures the Star Wars magic.

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<v Speaker 2>They're a little more nervous about Mandalorian and Grogu, so

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know, maybe everything just leads back to Star Wars,

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<v Speaker 2>but I'm sure that Disney is looking at the results

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<v Speaker 2>of this film and looking ahead to Starfighter and feeling

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<v Speaker 2>much better about that investment as well.

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<v Speaker 1>Well. Ryan Gosling is a busy guy. Let's talk about

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<v Speaker 1>a couple of other strong titles that are hanging in

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<v Speaker 1>Pixars hoppers. This is now Weekend three.

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<v Speaker 3>This is real.

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<v Speaker 1>They got themselves a new hit.

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<v Speaker 2>Absolutely again. I'm sure a sense of relief at Picks

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<v Speaker 2>are because original animated films have been kind of their

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<v Speaker 2>achilles heel. But this film seems to be doing very well,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's doing very well internationally as well. It's to

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<v Speaker 2>make almost three hundred million dollars, and since it cost

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<v Speaker 2>about one hundred and fifty million dollars, this is setting

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<v Speaker 2>up to be a profitable film for Disney and potentially

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<v Speaker 2>the start of another franchise, which I think is very

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<v Speaker 2>important to them because a lot of their other animated

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<v Speaker 2>series are getting a little low on the tooth.

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<v Speaker 1>Another film that we've talked about the last couple of

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<v Speaker 1>weeks is Reminders of Him, another flex of a very

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<v Speaker 1>savvy IP creator, Colleen Hoover, the novelist who has really

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<v Speaker 1>forged her own path. This film opened at number one

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<v Speaker 1>a couple of weeks ago and is still in the

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<v Speaker 1>top five for this kind of movie in particular, that

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<v Speaker 1>seems a real feat.

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<v Speaker 2>Colleen Hoover has been one of the most consistent kind

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<v Speaker 2>of hit makers in the past few years. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>not only did this film do quite well, but she

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<v Speaker 2>also wrote It Ends with Us that was made into

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<v Speaker 2>a movie that was very successful, Gretting You, which was

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<v Speaker 2>another successful movie, and then she has a movie of

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<v Speaker 2>her novel Pretty coming up, which I think people at

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<v Speaker 2>Amazon MGM are feeling very good about. But this is

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<v Speaker 2>just a great piece of counterprogramming. It didn't cost that much,

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<v Speaker 2>cost twenty five million dollars. I think it's made over

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<v Speaker 2>sixty globally. Again, this is going to be a very

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<v Speaker 2>profitable film and a reminder that female audiences will turn out.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, this is what we saw with The Housemaid

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<v Speaker 2>and some other films last year. But you really need

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<v Speaker 2>to keep offering content up for this audience in Hollywood.

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<v Speaker 2>Doesn't do that enough.

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<v Speaker 3>Well.

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<v Speaker 1>Again, good news for Disney, good news for Universal. Not

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<v Speaker 1>so good news for Warner Brothers in Newline with their

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<v Speaker 1>latest horror effort, They Will Kill You, starring the great

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<v Speaker 1>Zazzi Beats.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, this one really bombed. It only made five million dollars.

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<v Speaker 2>I think it made. It was good enough for a

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<v Speaker 2>third place finish, but it's a complete disaster. And unfortunately,

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<v Speaker 2>after having a really really great twenty twenty five. Warner

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<v Speaker 2>Brothers is off to a rough start because this comes

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<v Speaker 2>on the heels of The Bride, which was a massive

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<v Speaker 2>flop for the studios. It is interesting because this film

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<v Speaker 2>it was co financed by sky Dance's Genre label, so

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<v Speaker 2>David Ellison, who will soon be the boss of Warner Brothers,

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<v Speaker 2>is responsible for this flop. So I guess the executives

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<v Speaker 2>can breathe a little easier that they don't totally own

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<v Speaker 2>this one. Obviously, this happened well before the deal was

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<v Speaker 2>ever agreed to, but obviously a sign of just how

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<v Speaker 2>interconnected all of these players are.

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<v Speaker 1>Brent, what are you looking forward to next week at

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<v Speaker 1>the box office? It will be it should be a

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<v Speaker 1>busier frame.

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<v Speaker 2>The big news here is going to be the Super

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<v Speaker 2>Mario Galaxy movie coming out, which will be a massive hit.

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<v Speaker 2>The previous film earned a billion dollars or more. So

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<v Speaker 2>I think that you're looking at a movie that's probably

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<v Speaker 2>going to do something similar, similar level of business and

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<v Speaker 2>really begin the second quarter on a very very strong note.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I will look forward to checking in with Rebecca

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<v Speaker 1>rubin our box office stalwart will be back for that

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<v Speaker 1>big weekend Brent, deeply appreciate you taking the time and

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<v Speaker 1>always love your insights.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks for having me back.

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<v Speaker 1>And now we turned to Michael Schneider, Wrighty's television editor.

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<v Speaker 1>He broke the news last week that Belle Phillip Television

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<v Speaker 1>Productions is launching a subscription streaming app for The Bold

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<v Speaker 1>and the Beautiful. The CBS soap is one of the

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<v Speaker 1>last daytime serials standing and it's about to hit its

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<v Speaker 1>fortieth anniversary next year. Bradley Bell, who heads Bell Philip TV,

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<v Speaker 1>explains to Schneider why they decided to launch an app

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<v Speaker 1>to house more than nine thousand episodes.

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<v Speaker 3>Thanks, Cynthia, and that's right. The Bold and the Beautiful

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<v Speaker 3>fans are about to get the ultimate binge, thirty seven

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<v Speaker 3>complete seasons consisting of more than nine thousand episodes all

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<v Speaker 3>in one place. The daytime soap opera's producer, Belle Phillip

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<v Speaker 3>Television Productions, has just launched a new streaming app called BBTV,

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<v Speaker 3>featuring the series entire library. So The Bold and the

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<v Speaker 3>Beautiful premiered on March twenty three, nineteen eighty seven, as

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<v Speaker 3>a companion show to the Young and the Restless, which

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<v Speaker 3>also came from creators William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell.

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<v Speaker 3>Now their son, Brad Bell, oversees The Bold and the

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<v Speaker 3>Beautiful as executive producer and head writer. And I spoke

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<v Speaker 3>to him as he was about to head on over

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<v Speaker 3>to the show's thirty ninth anniversary celebration. What do you

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<v Speaker 3>get a cast, What do you get folks on their

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<v Speaker 3>thirty ninth anniversary.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, we do a big cake on stage as always.

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<v Speaker 4>In this year we did the in and out Hamburger truck.

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<v Speaker 5>And you got the fans. A streaming service.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, it really began as a conversation between friends. A

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<v Speaker 4>dear friend of mine, Rhino Orlemans, who works as this

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<v Speaker 4>company Octopian, and they've been doing these platforms and streaming services,

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<v Speaker 4>and he said, you should really do one. And I said,

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<v Speaker 4>I've been thinking about it, but you know, you'll have

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<v Speaker 4>to show me the way a bit on this. I'm

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<v Speaker 4>buried in words and scripts and daily episodes. And we

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<v Speaker 4>combined forces, and a year and a half later, here

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<v Speaker 4>we are.

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<v Speaker 5>Obviously there's hoops you have to go through, helped by

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<v Speaker 5>the fact that you do still own all these episodes,

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<v Speaker 5>that this is still you know, kind of in an

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<v Speaker 5>era where it's so important to have IP. You have

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<v Speaker 5>this great IP that's existed for nearly forty years in

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<v Speaker 5>Bolden and Beautiful.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, yes, this has been my life. Many people's people

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<v Speaker 4>here have given their lives to this show, their creativity.

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<v Speaker 4>We started, you know, I started with my father and mom.

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<v Speaker 4>Nineteen eighty seven, I had just I was at UCLA

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<v Speaker 4>and we moved to Los Angeles as a family. He

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<v Speaker 4>was doing The Young and the Restless, and we decided

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<v Speaker 4>to do this new show, The Bolden the Beautiful. It

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<v Speaker 4>was really a family project and it was writing from

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<v Speaker 4>pre production till still this day, thirty nine years. I

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<v Speaker 4>had never thought it would go so long, but it's

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<v Speaker 4>been an amazing ride.

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<v Speaker 5>The business has changed, obviously so much in this time.

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<v Speaker 5>You know, some things haven't changed. Your stories haven't changed,

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<v Speaker 5>and the idea of what you're doing with Bowl and the Beautiful,

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<v Speaker 5>but this larger environment. You're one of the few daytime

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<v Speaker 5>soap operas that are even left. Now, what do you

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<v Speaker 5>make of that?

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah? There were many years there where people were saying,

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<v Speaker 4>what are you going to do next? What will you

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<v Speaker 4>do after this? Maybe fifteen twenty years ago, and soap

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<v Speaker 4>operas were dropping and dying off. They went from twenty

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<v Speaker 4>or so now to just a handful of us and

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<v Speaker 4>gh and days of our lives. But you know, we

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<v Speaker 4>really it was really attention to detail, making sure that

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<v Speaker 4>every show was special and never taking your eye off

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<v Speaker 4>the ball, keeping the drama there, keeping people addicted to

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<v Speaker 4>the characters, in love with the families being really an

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<v Speaker 4>extension of their families.

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<v Speaker 5>We recently saw a new soap opera launch for the

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<v Speaker 5>first time in quite a while on CBS, and you know,

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<v Speaker 5>there's new ways of telling stories now. People are have

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<v Speaker 5>an opportunity to watch Ball and Beautiful, for example, on

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<v Speaker 5>the new BBTV platform. Are there opportunities now maybe to

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<v Speaker 5>reach younger audiences and find new ways to kind of

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<v Speaker 5>keep the candle burden?

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<v Speaker 4>I think so. I think this daily drama two hundred

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<v Speaker 4>and fifty episodes a year format is something that's popular

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<v Speaker 4>around the world and it's gaining popularity in the United States.

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<v Speaker 4>Beyond the Gates, which which started last year, is an

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<v Speaker 4>incredible show. It's so exciting because we're actually part of

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<v Speaker 4>a CBS soap block, Young and the Restless, Bold and

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<v Speaker 4>the Beautiful and Beyond the Gates. So there, it feels

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<v Speaker 4>like there's there's real momentum.

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<v Speaker 5>What is the hope with BBTV talk about sort of

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<v Speaker 5>you know, the plans. I know, there's there's other programming

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<v Speaker 5>that are going to be on the platform beyond just

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<v Speaker 5>the nine thousand plus episodes. There's maybe opportunities to do

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<v Speaker 5>other brand extensions, you know, what's your hope and sort

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<v Speaker 5>of you know, growing this and maybe finding new audiences

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<v Speaker 5>through this.

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<v Speaker 4>We really want to build out our community in the

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<v Speaker 4>United States, have our viewer base even stronger and more

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<v Speaker 4>committed as they have more access to the product, and

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<v Speaker 4>you know, fortify our shows that are airing on Paramount

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<v Speaker 4>Plus and CBS and globally, we've we've had such a

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<v Speaker 4>reach over the years. The early nineties and all throughout

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<v Speaker 4>the nineties was a great time for selling American product

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<v Speaker 4>overseas and we were hitting all over Europe and Africa, Australia,

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<v Speaker 4>India and over the over the years, some of those

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<v Speaker 4>people have dropped out some of those countries, So this

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<v Speaker 4>is really an opportunity to reach back to them and

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<v Speaker 4>say that we're here, we're back, and wherever you left off,

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<v Speaker 4>you can now pick us up and just continue the

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<v Speaker 4>series as though it was never changed.

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<v Speaker 5>Have you talked to any super fans who have said

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<v Speaker 5>they are starting at the very beginning. They may take

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<v Speaker 5>some time, but the plan is they're they're going to

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<v Speaker 5>sit in there, They're going to watch all nine thousand

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<v Speaker 5>plus episodes.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, there have been a few people who have said that,

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<v Speaker 4>and you know, I wish them Bucket and and joy.

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<v Speaker 4>It would take really years to watch them all.

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<v Speaker 5>Forty years young next year, So how are you gonna

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<v Speaker 5>how are you gonna celebrate next year when you have.

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<v Speaker 4>A big blow up already. It's it'll be quite an

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<v Speaker 4>accomplishment one I would say. In nineteen eighty seven, we

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<v Speaker 4>had no dream of existing to twenty twenty seven. But

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<v Speaker 4>here we are, and we're enthusiastic. The group is so energized.

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<v Speaker 4>We see these new opportunities to show what we're doing now,

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<v Speaker 4>but also show what we've done all these years in

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<v Speaker 4>a wonderful way. Through technology, you can navigate yourself through

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<v Speaker 4>the site and you know, search for weddings, cat fights.

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<v Speaker 4>Our guest stars Betty White did like amazing work on

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<v Speaker 4>our show Usher Daddy Yankee that we had Fred Willers,

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<v Speaker 4>so many great talent, sed actors, iconic actors who have

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<v Speaker 4>been with us, and now people get to see it

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<v Speaker 4>again at their leisure, at their pace.

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<v Speaker 5>Congratulations Brad, good luck with the new the new streaming service,

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<v Speaker 5>the app, and more to come from your universe too.

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<v Speaker 4>I appreciate it. Thank you, Mike.

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