LISTEN: ‘Mother Mary’ Shows Box Office Promise, ‘Lee Cronin’s The Mummy’ Not So Much; CinemaCon Buzzes About Windows and Warner Bros.

Apr 20, 2026 12:21pm PT LISTEN: ‘Mother Mary’ Shows Box Office Promise, ‘Lee Cronin’s The Mummy’ Not So Much; CinemaCon Buzzes About Windows and Warner Bros.

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On today’s episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, Variety’s Brent Lang breaks down the weekend box office, and Lang gives us his takeaways and impressions about the state of the film industry from his time at CinemaCon last week.

The weekend was dominated by two high-wattage holdovers, “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” and “Project Hail Mary.” A24 got its latest effort, Anne Hathaway starrer “Mother Mary,” off to a good start in its word-of-mouth building release in five locations.

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