July 1, 2025 • 34 mins
Matt is joined by Blumhouse CEO Jason Blum to discuss why his new film, ‘M3GAN 2.0’, significantly underperformed in its opening weekend, making only $10M domestically, Blumhouse’s recent slump, what he has learned from this year, the state of the horror genre, and the highs and lows of moviemaking (02:20). Matt finishes the show with an opening-weekend box office prediction for ‘Jurassic World: Rebirth’ (28:03).
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Host: Matt BelloniGuest: Jason Blum
Producers: Craig Horlbeck and Jessie LopezTheme Song: Devon Renaldo
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