An Historic Box Office Weekend, Plus The Burial, Fallen Leaves, and More

On the December 11, 2023 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by /Film staff writer and box office analyst Ryan Scott to talk about the weekend’s box office stories.

Opening Banter: The Mask Of Zorro At 25: An Oral History Of The Last Old School Blockbuster

In The News:

• Japan Dominates The U.S. Box Office With The Boy And The Heron And Godzilla Minus One
• Godzilla Is The Fall’s Unexpected Box Office Hero As Minus One Continues To Crush It
• Showtime Is Rebranding as Paramount+ With Showtime, Here's What You Need to Know

In the Water Cooler:

• What we’ve been Doing:
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• What we’ve been Reading:
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• What we’ve been Watching:
• Ryan watched Theater Camp and The Burial.
• Ben watched Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas, Fallen Leaves, and Dream Scenario.
• What we’ve been Eating:
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• What we’ve been Playing:
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