Box Office
topic on 3 shows · 4 statements across 4 episodes
Masters of Scale 
How I Built This 
the a16z Podcast
4 statements about Box Office, every show
Blockbuster fate is sealed by 3:00 PM opening Friday, says Alex Kurtzman
“Oh, it's, you know, it's, you can call it a crapshoot, or you can call it Russian roulette. I mean, it depends on how you look at it. And it's particularly competitive now, but yes, it's you know, it's a strange thing, because people will spend literally years…”
League: Second-run art house licensing standard is $200 minimum vs 35%
“The way it generally works, there's a minimum of, like, a couple hundred dollars versus 35% of the box office. That's kind of like the standard for second-run art house films”
Shyamalan: Box Office, Critics, and External Validation Are Irrelevant
“So all this other stuff, to be honest, I've learned is irrelevant. How many people did come on the weekend, and what did the New York Times think, and what did that fan think, and oh, that other guy made that much, or did that, or oh, the cover, they offered y…”