
New Power Players to Lift 2026 Summer Box Office Past $4B: The Sequel
Hollywood loves a sequel and so do we. As "MediaTalk" takes a Memorial Day weekend break, we present a reprise of our summer box office outlook. S&P Global's box office experts, Wade Holden and Mac Mathews, point to a slate packed with major franchises and originals — from The Devil Wears Prada 2 to Supergirl, a new Spider-Man entry, and Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey — as key reasons the market could push past the $4 billion summer threshold.
We'll be back next week with a new episode previewing our upcoming Kagan Media & Telecom Summit, followed the week after with an episode about the…
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