
Studio Signal — Week Ahead, Sunday, August 9, 2026
Kai Rivers breaks down David Ellison's bold lobbying strategy to save the Paramount and Warner Bros Discovery merger by promising theater owners a guaranteed thirty-film annual slate. Plus, an analysis of how Spider-Man's historic second-weekend box office performance proves the theatrical exhibition model is still alive and well.
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