{"id":3253,"date":"2026-06-29T23:08:54","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T23:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=3253"},"modified":"2026-06-29T23:08:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T23:08:54","slug":"listen-box-office-supergirl-stumbles-toy-story-5-flexes-and-michael-hits-a-milestone-why-comcast-is-splitting-nbcuniversal-and-sky-from-cable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=3253","title":{"rendered":"LISTEN: Box Office: \u2018Supergirl\u2019 Stumbles, \u2018Toy Story 5\u2019 Flexes and \u2018Michael\u2019 Hits a Milestone; Why Comcast is Splitting NBCUniversal and Sky From Cable"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n\tOn today\u2019s episode of \u201cDaily Variety\u201d podcast, in our Box Office segment, <em>Variety\u2019<\/em>s Jack Dunn breaks down a rough weekend for \u201cSupergirl\u201d and a big frame for \u201cToy Story 5\u201d and \u201cMichael.\u201d And Todd Spangler explains why Comcast is hauling out the corporate meat cleaver to separate NBCUniversal and Sky from the core Comcast cable and tech assets.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=3251\">Tidal to Label AI-Generated Music, Ban Royalties from AI Song Streams<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"pmc-protected-embed\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"180\" id=\"pmc-protected-embed-2\" loading=\"lazy\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/strictly-business\/daily-variety-box-office-supergirl-stumbles-toy-story-5-flexes-and-michael-hits-a-milestone-why-comcast-is-splitting-nbcuniversal-and-sky-from-cable\/embed?media=audio&amp;size=wide&amp;style=cover\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\n\tVariety reporter Jack Dunn says \u201cSupergirl\u201d simply didn\u2019t resonate with enough younger fans in their social feeds to drive a big opening weekend. It\u2019s part of the larger problem around superhero movies.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAs a big consumer of movies, Dunn sees a certain sameness to the storytelling that has set it and needs a big shakeup. \u201cWhoever has the gusto to make a superhero movie that feels different than the last 15 years of superhero movies. DC does have \u2018Clayface\u2019 coming out in October, that movie does seem like it is offering a new lens to superhero genre, with body horror,\u201d Dunn says. DC Studios chief James Gunn \u201ccomes from a horror background. I imagine he must be curating a cool vibe, a spooky vibe for October. I am really curious to see how they take a superhero story in that direction. You saw it with Robert Pattinson\u2019s \u2018The Batman\u2019 [in 2022]. That definitely was more of a drama detective, almost procedural film. And everybody loved that. \u2018Clayface\u2019 will be the test of what DC has That\u2019s their ace up their sleeve  \u2014 they\u2019re willing to experiment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tSpangler, <em>Variety<\/em>\u2018s business editor, unpacks the news early Monday from Comcast that it plans to split up NBCUniversal and the European satcaster Sky into a standalone company that will be separate from the core Comcast cable, broadband and tech assets. Spangler explains it\u2019s all about boosting Comcast\u2019s stock price, which has been weighed down for years. Mike Cavanagh will serve as CEO of NBCUniversal and Sky, former Comcast chief financial officer Michael Angelakis will be CEO of the slimmed down Comcast under chairman Brian Roberts.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=3249\">Director Carl Rinsch Sentenced to 30 Months in Netflix Fraud Case After Keanu Reeves and Attorneys Cite Mental Health Struggles<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe news announced before the market opened sent Comcast shares up as much as 9% in early trading but it settled down to a 4.5% gain at day\u2019s end.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tIn outlining the rationale to Wall Street analysts in a conference call on Monday, \u201cCavanagh said we\u2019ve simply changed our mind that the two businesses are better together,\u201d Spangler explains. \u201cThey\u2019ll be able to spread their wings if they\u2019re on separate tracks now with different underlying financial underpinnings. So the next question is, well, are you guys doing this so that you can look at M&amp;A? And Brian Roberts said absolutely not. This is not about separating what we built together. It\u2019s about positioning these two exceptional businesses to move forward with greater focus, agility, the ability to fully capitalize on the opportunities ahead. Does that mean they\u2019re looking at M&amp;A? He said that\u2019s not the point of this. But remember, they made a bid to combine Warner Bros. streaming and studios with parts of the Comcast portfolio. So, they were in the M&amp;A market [last year] and now they\u2019re not. One wonders how strongly Brian Roberts doth protests here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong><em>Listen to Daily Variety<\/em><\/strong><em><strong>\u00a0on\u00a0iHeartPodcasts,\u00a0Apple Podcasts, Variety\u2019s\u00a0YouTube Podcast\u00a0channel,\u00a0Amazon Music,\u00a0Spotify\u00a0and other podcast platforms.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=3247\">\u2018Persona\u2019 Live-Action TV Adaptation in the Works at Netflix, 21 Laps &amp; Story Kitchen to Produce<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On &#8216;Daily Variety&#8217; podcast, in our box office segment, unpacking what went wrong with &#8216;Supergirl&#8217; and why Comcast is splitting into two companies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3252,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[775,2373,755],"class_list":["post-3253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film","tag-daily-variety","tag-supergirl-2","tag-toy-story-5"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>LISTEN: Box Office: \u2018Supergirl\u2019 Stumbles, \u2018Toy Story 5\u2019 Flexes and \u2018Michael\u2019 Hits a Milestone; 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