David Reads The Trades, 2/19/25

The box office slows again, even with another potential longlegged thriller… another exec escapes Paramount before the doge… Erivo meets Tony… more misguided whining on Corbet’s payday and Blakedoni… Variety goes Gutfield (did they plastic wrap an air sickness bag with the magazine?)… Maglio tries to lay out the spending by streamers this year…