HWD Daily – 2020’s Box Office Bust
Hello, and welcome to 2021! Maybe this year will be better than the last—for the movie business, at least. Because as Jordan Hoffman writes, domestic box office earnings fell a disastrous 80% last year as a direct result of the coronavirus pandemic, plummeting to the lowest tally in 40 years. But hey, look on the bright side: There’s nowhere to go but up!
Elsewhere in HWD, Yohana Desta bids farewell to Bond girl Tanya Roberts; the Little Gold Men podcast crew chats with a pair of 2020’s breakout comedy stars; Bryan Cranston opens up to Christopher Rosen about his thoughtful new Showtime series, Your Honor; and Molly Oswaks considers the revenge thriller, recently remade in the form of Promising Young Woman.
How Low Can You Go?
Theatrical releases earned an estimated $2.3 billion domestically in 2020—versus $11.4 billion in 2019.
RIP, Tanya Roberts
Roberts starred in 1985’s A View to a Kill as Bond girl Stacey Sutton and in the hit sitcom That ’70s Show as the daffy Midge Pinciotti.
Funny Ha Ha
On a special year-end episode of the Little Gold Men podcast, conversations with Palm Springs star Cristin Milioti and Borat 2 director Jason Woliner.
Dancing With the Devil
Bryan Cranston on killing baby Hitler, recovering from COVID, and how Showtime’s Your Honor lured him back to the small screen for the first time since Breaking Bad.
Best Served Cold
Carey Mulligan preys on predators in Promising Young Woman, Emerald Fennell’s darkly funny revenge fantasy.
