The Town with Matthew Belloni
Jason Blum Opens Up About the ‘M3GAN 2.0’ Flop, the Blumhouse Slump, and Bouncing Back
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About the episode
Matt is joined by Blumhouse CEO Jason Blum to discuss why his new film, M3GAN 2.0, significantly underperformed in its opening weekend, making only $10 million domestically; Blumhouse’s recent slump; what he has learned from this year; the state of the horror genre; and the highs and lows of moviemaking (02:20). Matt finishes the show with an opening-weekend box office prediction for Jurassic World: Rebirth (28:03).
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Host: Matt Belloni
Guest: Jason Blum
Producers: Craig Horlbeck and Jessie Lopez
Theme Song: Devon Renaldo