Deadline’s Most Valuable Blockbuster tournament is back. While studios during Covid wildly embraced the theatrical day-and-date model when cinemas were closed, they soon realized there’s nothing more profitable than a theatrical release and the downstreams that come with it.
If anything, theatrical is the advertisement for a movie’s longevity in subsequent home entertainment windows. Entering the conversation in 2023 were the streamers, such as Apple, who have also realized the necessity of theatrical to eventize their movies.
The financial data pulled together here for Deadline’s Most Valuable Blockbuster Tournament is culled by seasoned and trusted sources. PAW Patrol: The Mighty MovieParamount Pictures and Spin Master Kicking off this year’s blockbuster tournament with a shocking twist is Paramount and Spin Master’s sequel Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie, a September 29 release that growled loudly at the box office with a $22.7 million domestic opening, a $46M global start and a final of $65.2M stateside and global B.O.
of $202.2M. Interestingly enough, Paramount also notched the No. 10 spot in last year’s tournament with its Paramount+-turned-theatrical horror film Smile.
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