Scott Mendelson
@scottmendelson.bsky.social
A box office columnist for Puck News, but also head over to The Outside Scoop at Substack for everything else worth reading (box office, reviews, analysis, think pieces, etc.)
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November 5, 2025 at 6:48 AM
When the conservative outrage machine *finally* starts complaining about ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER two weeks after it opens in theaters...
October 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
When the conservative outrage machine *finally* starts complaining about ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER two weeks after it opens in theaters...
The Age of Adaline (2015)
October 1, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The Age of Adaline (2015)
DEMON SLAYER: INFINITY CASTLE (2025)
September 15, 2025 at 2:49 AM
DEMON SLAYER: INFINITY CASTLE (2025)
My deep thoughts on the news that Universal has moved SHREK 5 from Christmas 2026 to Independence Day 2027, thus avoiding a showdown against Disney’s AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY...
August 11, 2025 at 11:05 PM
My deep thoughts on the news that Universal has moved SHREK 5 from Christmas 2026 to Independence Day 2027, thus avoiding a showdown against Disney’s AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY...
I have major “issues” with the second season of WEDNESDAY (among them, that the show seems to think we want more members of the Addams Family, namely the grown-ups, hogging the spotlight), but I must also report that my ideal “ship” has yet to become canon.
August 8, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I have major “issues” with the second season of WEDNESDAY (among them, that the show seems to think we want more members of the Addams Family, namely the grown-ups, hogging the spotlight), but I must also report that my ideal “ship” has yet to become canon.
Subscribe to The Outside Scoop (link in bio, obviously), because it’s the only place you can find box office analysis and punditry so hard-hitting and takes so hot and scathing that your eyeballs will melt into your stomach and (eventually) come out your butthole.
July 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Subscribe to The Outside Scoop (link in bio, obviously), because it’s the only place you can find box office analysis and punditry so hard-hitting and takes so hot and scathing that your eyeballs will melt into your stomach and (eventually) come out your butthole.
I am shocked to see that Marvel Studios’ new FANTASTIC FOUR is already on Disney+!!
July 25, 2025 at 6:10 AM
I am shocked to see that Marvel Studios’ new FANTASTIC FOUR is already on Disney+!!
Universal distracting everyone from a miserable opening weekend for Blumhouse’s MEGAN 2.0... achieved!
June 28, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Universal distracting everyone from a miserable opening weekend for Blumhouse’s MEGAN 2.0... achieved!
If you’re not a paid subscriber to The Outside Scoop, this is the kind of “can’t find it anywhere else” box office analysis you’ve been missing!
June 2, 2025 at 5:16 PM
If you’re not a paid subscriber to The Outside Scoop, this is the kind of “can’t find it anywhere else” box office analysis you’ve been missing!
In a time just before online media allowed all of us to read about actors leaving a show or contracts not being renewed, I had no idea that Geoffrey Nauffts' Stan Kelly was going to get blown up in the pentultimate episode of season three of 'The Commish.' It shocked the hell out of me.
May 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
In a time just before online media allowed all of us to read about actors leaving a show or contracts not being renewed, I had no idea that Geoffrey Nauffts' Stan Kelly was going to get blown up in the pentultimate episode of season three of 'The Commish.' It shocked the hell out of me.
Advertise your account with a Simpsons image
May 23, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Advertise your account with a Simpsons image
Post a sequel that really hits
May 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Post a sequel that really hits
So, #Sinners earned another $5.5 million on Monday, dropping just 29% from last Monday (despite that Monday being a holiday for some schools). Maybe I’ll finally drive down to Universal Citywalk to sample the 70mm IMAX version. (Clicks on the noon showtime link)... Sonuvabitch!!!
April 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
So, #Sinners earned another $5.5 million on Monday, dropping just 29% from last Monday (despite that Monday being a holiday for some schools). Maybe I’ll finally drive down to Universal Citywalk to sample the 70mm IMAX version. (Clicks on the noon showtime link)... Sonuvabitch!!!
As the kids say, watched Thunderbolts* for the plot...
(The movie is fine, review dropping later today)
(The movie is fine, review dropping later today)
April 29, 2025 at 4:12 PM
As the kids say, watched Thunderbolts* for the plot...
(The movie is fine, review dropping later today)
(The movie is fine, review dropping later today)
(Godzilla wakes up, briefly checks the news, sees SINNERS’ bonkers-good 6% drop, briefly stretches one *big stretch* before going back to sleep, safe in knowing that movie theaters are doing fine in his absence)
April 27, 2025 at 6:26 PM
(Godzilla wakes up, briefly checks the news, sees SINNERS’ bonkers-good 6% drop, briefly stretches one *big stretch* before going back to sleep, safe in knowing that movie theaters are doing fine in his absence)
‘The Accountant 2’ (2025)
April 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
‘The Accountant 2’ (2025)
You'd think, but...
April 11, 2025 at 4:33 AM
You'd think, but...
I wrote this last week regarding the Universal CinemaCon presentation, and it feels... appropriate this morning.
April 6, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I wrote this last week regarding the Universal CinemaCon presentation, and it feels... appropriate this morning.
The weekend box office in a nutshell...
March 29, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The weekend box office in a nutshell...
I’m pretty sure every actor who has played a significant character in any Marvel film or show*, including Dolph Lundgren as The Punisher (vers. 1 of 4), Sticky Fingaz as Blade, and Matt Salinger as *the true* Captain America, will appear in #AvengersDoomsday.
*Does not apply to Inhumans and Eternals
*Does not apply to Inhumans and Eternals
March 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I’m pretty sure every actor who has played a significant character in any Marvel film or show*, including Dolph Lundgren as The Punisher (vers. 1 of 4), Sticky Fingaz as Blade, and Matt Salinger as *the true* Captain America, will appear in #AvengersDoomsday.
*Does not apply to Inhumans and Eternals
*Does not apply to Inhumans and Eternals
Snow White... There’s nothing here that isn't done better in Cinderella, Ella Enchanted, and Maleficent Mistress of Evil. Yet, there's a reason The Beard plucked Rachel Zegler from obscurity to headline his big musical. I enjoyed the section when it's a gender-swapped remake of The Beguiled.
March 19, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Snow White... There’s nothing here that isn't done better in Cinderella, Ella Enchanted, and Maleficent Mistress of Evil. Yet, there's a reason The Beard plucked Rachel Zegler from obscurity to headline his big musical. I enjoyed the section when it's a gender-swapped remake of The Beguiled.
The real Best Picture winner in our hearts...
March 3, 2025 at 3:47 AM
The real Best Picture winner in our hearts...