Gilbert Cruz

And that's my point.

Gilbert, no!

Humans are animals, too.

Do you own a pet?

All right.

All right.

We are going to take a quick break.

And when we come back, we're going to talk about why this franchise has done so well, is continuing to do so well in what is, by all accounts, a pretty dark time for Hollywood.

We'll be right back.

All right.

We're going to talk about Hollywood right now.

Hollywood has not been doing great this fall.

I don't think that's a secret.

The industry, I think, has been struggling to get people into theaters for years now, certainly since the pandemic.

And we have seen the past few months this trend of movies with...

people who at least used to be regarded as movie stars really sort of bombing at the box office or not, not make you a dent in any way.

I think I saw the stat that if you adjust for inflation, which we always must do, I really don't understand what that means and exclude 2020 because of the pandemic.

This October's box office is only one month, but this October's box office was, was the lowest monthly total on record ever.

Kyle, I'd love for you to talk through, you know, what is happening in Hollywood right now and like where does Wicked fit in?

One of the other things that a movie can have, to state the obvious, is a connection to IP, which is a phrase that we've used.