"I hear this from so many people, so many people ask me and it's just like specific to Netflix," he says. "Why doesn't Netflix reveal numbers? Like what is the, it seems like this is a constant, like why?" He adds that if you're playing poker, why would you reveal your hand? It's as simple as that. The streaming first companies know that data is power."
Hollywood is still shut down by its historic dual strike, but this weekend the industry saw its most explosive box office numbers of the year. So far, Barbie has made over 200 million domestically and Oppenheimer has surpassed 100 million. So are the movies back in business? Or is BarbenHeimer a cultural phenomenon that will be impossible to replicate?
Kara discusses this question with a panel that includes entertainment reporter Matthew Belloni, producer Franklin Leonard and communications expert Brooke Hammerling.
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