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Nov 2022
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Predicting the Opening Weekend for ‘Blac...

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Matt is joined by Comscore senior media analyst Paul Dergarabedian to discuss the pseudoscience of movie tracking and how box office projections are made before anyone has seen a movie. They discuss the tracking around movies like 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever' and 'Avatar: The Way of Water.'


Host: Matt Belloni

Guest: Paul Dergarabedian


Producer: Craig Horlbeck

Theme Song: Devon Renaldo

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