‘Dune’ Sequel & More ‘Sopranos’: WarnerMedia Brass On How Box Office From HBO Max Experiment Won’t Curb Franchises

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It’s quite clear that the availability of Warner Bros. theatrical slate on HBO Max day-and-date this year has impacted the studio’s U.S.

box office results. This has either led to a film seeing a big drop in weekend 2 at the B.O. after a solid first weekend or in the case of New Line’s Sopranos prequel feature, The Many Saints of Newark, nothing to brag about at the box office with $8.1M earned in its first ten days.James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad, a reboot for the DC franchise, opened to a very lackluster $26.2M without any tentpole competition over its first weekend, a paltry result that was 80% below the first 2016 movie’s record $133.7M August opening.So has WarnerMedia’s day-and-date HBO Max experiment completely jinxed the potential