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Leaving the Theater

On the air since September 2019 · spreaker.com/podcast/leaving-the-theater--4069395

260Films
300Episodes
79Hours of talk
1 yrsAvg. film age

LATELY

Recently covered

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WickerOct 23, 2026
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The Social ReckoningOct 9, 2026The Social Reckoning (w/ Jonquilyn Hill)
DiggerOct 2, 2026Digger (w/ Darryl C Murphy)
PrimetimeSep 28, 2026
Resident EvilSep 21, 2026

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Milestones

First filmJokerOct 4, 2019
50th filmWest Side StoryDec 13, 2021
100th filmCreed IIIMar 6, 2023
250th filmSpider-Man: Brand New DayAug 3, 2026
LatestWickerOct 23, 2026

WHO'S IN IT

Directors

Cast

BY THE NUMBERS

How the films rate on TMDB

Median 7.0 out of 10 · 256 films with 50+ votes
2.0 to 2.5: 0 films22.5 to 3.0: 0 films3.0 to 3.5: 0 films33.5 to 4.0: 0 films4.0 to 4.5: 1 film144.5 to 5.0: 1 film15.0 to 5.5: 3 films355.5 to 6.0: 13 films136.0 to 6.5: 36 films3666.5 to 7.0: 64 films647.0 to 7.5: 76 films7677.5 to 8.0: 46 films468.0 to 8.5: 14 films1488.5 to 9.0: 2 films29.0 to 9.5: 0 films92.0 to 2.5: 0 films22.5 to 3.0: 0 films3.0 to 3.5: 0 films33.5 to 4.0: 0 films4.0 to 4.5: 1 film144.5 to 5.0: 1 film15.0 to 5.5: 3 films355.5 to 6.0: 13 films136.0 to 6.5: 36 films3666.5 to 7.0: 64 films647.0 to 7.5: 76 films7677.5 to 8.0: 46 films468.0 to 8.5: 14 films1488.5 to 9.0: 2 films29.0 to 9.5: 0 films9

Highest rated on TMDB

Project Hail Mary★ 8.6 / 10 · 2026
Michael★ 8.6 / 10 · 2026
Spider-Man: Brand New Day★ 8.5 / 10 · 2026

Lowest rated on TMDB

Snow White★ 4.2 / 10 · 2025
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.★ 4.6 / 10 · 2022
Megalopolis★ 5.1 / 10 · 2024

Box office

A hit grossed 2.5× its budget. A flop grossed less than its budget.
$72.8BWorldwide gross
$25.6BCombined budgets
47% hits21% flops · 32% in between

Biggest hits

Spider-Man: Brand New Day$2.5B on a $225M budget
Avatar: The Way of Water$2.3B on a $460M budget
Spider-Man: No Way Home$1.9B on a $200M budget

Biggest flops

Megalopolis$14M on a $120M budget
The Book of Clarence$6.2M on a $40M budget
Flee$0.7M on a $3.4M budget

THE MIX

99% of the films are American and 30 are from the United Kingdom. 3 aren't in English, mostly Danish and French. 255 were new releases when covered.

Genres

Comedy96
Action95
Adventure83
Science Fiction77
Drama69
Thriller63
Fantasy45

Release decades

1980s: 2 films2'80s1990s: 2 films2'90s2000s: 1 film1'00s2010s: 10 films10'10s2020s: 245 films245'20s

Franchises

Sonic the Hedgehog3 of 4 films covered
28 Days/Weeks/Years Later2 of 4 films covered
Avatar2 of 5 films covered
Bad Boys2 of 4 films covered
Dune2 of 3 films covered
Ghostbusters2 of 4 films covered
Jurassic Park2 of 7 films covered
Mission: Impossible2 of 8 films covered

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