LISTEN: Summer Box Office Will Surpass the $4 Billion Benchmark

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On today’s episode, in our Box Office segment, Variety’s Rebecca Rubin reports that the good news keeps on coming for the movie biz as “Spider Man: Brand New Day” soars in weekend two and “The Odyssey” becomes Christopher Nolan’s highest-grossing film. Most important, the summer tally to date has already hit the $4 billion benchmark that was the norm pre-COVID.

Sony Pictures’ “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” packed ’em in for a second weekend. But it’s Universal Pictures’ “The Odyssey” that is defying gravity as an R-rated adult historical drama. The movie has legs that won’t quit, says Rubin, Variety‘s senior film reporter.

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