Judi Dench Rebooted, Scooby-Doo Booted
Falling for streaming trends, Universal gets Scrambled, Bobby Cannavale on Fire, Pride and Prejudice and Mussolini.
Good morning: In today's edition of The Industry, we look at:
Falling for streaming trends, Universal gets Scrambled, Bobby Cannavale on Fire, Pride and Prejudice, and Mussolini.
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STREAMING TRENDS
Last week’s top two films in streaming maintained their position at the top of the charts. In first place was an under-the-radar Rom-Com, Find Me Falling, and in second place, Ron Howard’s Hillbilly Elegy. The first is wonderfully escapist and satisfies the current drought of rom-coms in the market; the other was boosted by the rise in status of the writer (book), JD Vance (VP candidate).
Here’s the breakdown of the top ten (July 26 - Aug 1) by hours viewed:
Find Me Falling (Netflix)
Hours Viewed: 5.16 M
Runtime: 1hr 33min
Est. Views: 3,300,000
Read the rest of the breakdown of the films and series that cracked the top ten list, with analysis:
https://theindustry.co/p/streaming-trends-85
Plus, some charts if you're a visual thinker.
THE INDUSTRY NEWS
Yewouch! Bye Bye Boomerang: Warner Bros Discovery is sadly giving its catalog of old animated shows the boot.