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DC’s low-budget Clayface tests a cheaper fix for superhero flops

DC’s low-budget Clayface tests a cheaper fix for superhero flops

The Ankler’s Matthew Frank reports that DC’s $30 million horror film Clayface could match Supergirl’s disappointing $126 million worldwide gross and still count as a win, unlike the costlier flop.

Streaming

Paramount’s untested chiefs now inherit Warner Bros. too

The Ankler’s Matthew Frank reports that Dana Goldberg and Josh Greenstein, 14 months into running Paramount, now also control Warner Bros., overseeing nine labels, three animation divisions and more than 30 films a year under a mandate to cut deeply amid Skydance’s debt load.

Oct 8
Streaming

Small theaters survived a blockbuster summer, but the margins still don’t work

The Ankler revisits the small-town exhibitors it profiled during last fall’s worst domestic October since 1997. A stacked summer filled seats, but holdover mandates and 65% studio splits still eat the good weeks.

Aug 27