The number reported about Squid Game certainly suggests that they have a guess as to how valuable their shows are. So the idea that they don't know how valuable the show is or how much money it's bringing them strikes me as, again, we're going to say that so that we don't have to share the information because once the Pandora's box is open, we'll never get it closed.
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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