Daily Variety — Box Office Monday: ‘Weapons,’ ‘Freakier Friday’ Impress as Superhero Alternatives; Why the Locarno Film Festival Punches Above its Weight

11/08/2025 18 min Episodio 17
Daily Variety — Box Office Monday: ‘Weapons,’ ‘Freakier Friday’ Impress  as Superhero Alternatives; Why the Locarno Film Festival Punches Above its Weight

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Episode Synopsis

On today’s episode Variety executive editor Brent Lang explains why the strong opening for “Weapons” and “Freakier Friday” are a good sign that mid-budget movies can still be superhero counter-programming at the box office. And Variety international veteran John Hopewell weighs in from Locarno on why mid-sized European film festivals are more important to the industry and movie marketing than ever before.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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