02 Nov Box-Office Duds Are Becoming Streaming Hits [Bloomberg]
by Lucas Shaw
November 2, 2025| Good afternoon from Los Angeles, home of the back-to-back World Series champions. I just got back from Ojai, where we ate well, hiked and checked out a very cute movie theater with some dangerous frozen palomas.
I will be in Stockholm and New York later this month, reach out if we should meet up. We’re going to talk through some scoops on the movie business, a savvy David Zaslav move and two huge podcast deals.
Box-office duds become streaming hits
When Madame Web debuted on Netflix last year, it proved quite popular with the streaming service’s customers. Despite being a box-office bomb, Madame Web was the No. 1 movie on all of streaming during its first week. It scored a bigger opening than box-office hits like Anyone But You and It Ends With Us.
Read more on Bloomberg