Summary: Hollywood studios often try to camouflage the success or failure of their movies. Sometimes they claim a film is unprofitable, yet go on to make several sequels, as Nu Image did with the “Has Fallen” franchise. Other times a studio insists a movie is a modest box office hit despite paying hundreds of millions for the underlying property, as with Universal Pictures’ recent “The Exorcist: Believer.” It many not matter to moviegoers, but it does to those with profit participation.<br> There is no denying that Taylor Swift’s “Eras Tour” concert film is a huge success after its weekend in cinemas around the world. Though it didn’t live up to early box office forecasts, its opening was three times bigger than any concert movie in history. It became the highest grossing such film of all time in North America after just three days.<br> Of course we also cover the week’s top entertainment headlines including the latest on the actors’ strike, some questions over Spotify’s audiobook offering and Microsoft finally completes its acquisition of Activision Blizzard.<br> <br> <br> ‘Taylor Swift: Eras Tour’: Swifties Drop Everything Now For Concert Pic’s Global Opening, Shelling Out $123M+<br> <a href="https://deadline.com/2023/10/taylor-swift-eras-tour-global-international-box-office-1235574038/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://deadline.com/2023/10/taylor-swift-eras-tour-global-international-box-office-1235574038/</a><br> Taylor Swift Box Office: ‘Eras Tour’ Opening Lowered to $92.8M but Still Belts Out Record Numbers<br> <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/taylor-swift-eras-tour-box-office-opening-1235618828/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/taylor-swift-eras-tour-box-office-opening-1235618828/</a><br> 2,000+ Top Producers Sign Petition To Drop Second “P” From AMPTP, Part Of Larger Push To Address Inequities<br> <a href="https://deadline.com/2023/10/producers-petition-change-amptp-name-hollywood-labor-1235567984/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://deadline.com/2023/10/producers-petition-change-amptp-name-hollywood-labor-1235567984/</a><br> Directors Guild to Members: Our Contract Deal Was Good, Too<br> <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/directors-guild-defends-deal-social-media-criticism-1235615979/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/directors-guild-defends-deal-social-media-criticism-1235615979/</a><br> SAG-AFTRA Alleges ‘Bully Tactics’ as Studios Suspend Negotiations<br> <a href="https://variety.com/2023/biz/news/sag-aftra-talks-suspended-1235752709/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://variety.com/2023/biz/news/sag-aftra-talks-suspended-1235752709/</a><br> How SAG-AFTRA Talks Collapsed: ‘I Was Taken Completely By Surprise,’ Union Chief Says<br> <a href="https://variety.com/2023/biz/news/sag-aftra-talks-collapse-streaming-residual-1235753971/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://variety.com/2023/biz/news/sag-aftra-talks-collapse-streaming-residual-1235753971/</a><br> What’s Really Inside the Hollywood Writers’ Deal?<br> <a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2023-10-07/wga-amptp-contract-annotation" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2023-10-07/wga-amptp-contract-annotation</a><br> Now What? The Five Crises Confronting a Post-Strike Hollywood<br> <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/writers-actors-strikes-end-hollywood-crises/the-kids-prefer-tiktok/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/writers-actors-strikes-end-hollywood-crises/the-kids-prefer-tiktok/</a><br> Microsoft’s $69 Billion Activision Blizzard Acquisition Finally Approved<br> <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/qai/2023/10/16/microsofts-69-billion-activision-bl..."></a>
