It's funny that WB and Universal have the top movies of the summer but yet it's balanced by other movies not doing so well. Strays is the second flop for Uni in two weeks although they can easily suck it up.
Sony is in a similar boat, Spider-Verse did well but they haven't exactly done well with their other movies.
6 episodes is the average but they can be as low as 3 to 4 episodes. Doctor Who was always an exception to that although it has gotten shorter in terms of episode count and they've had years where there has been only had a handful of episodes.
It's interesting how rare it is in the US to have one person writing a show. Taylor Sheridan on Yellowstone comes to mind as well as Julian Fellowes for The Gilded Age although the latter did that on Downton Abbey as well,
It's likely The Equalizer 3 will dethrone Barbie which would mean Barbie and Oppenheimer would have dominated the top 2 for the entire school holidays which hasn't happened in years.
Writer's rooms are much rarer overseas. In the UK, most scripted programming are written by 1 or 2 writers although some have multiple writers like Doctor Who or soap operas.
Not really, they don't have anyone from the DCEU films in it so they can easily transport Jamie Reyes to the new DCU without any issues. Judi Dench reprised M in the Daniel Craig Bond films so it's possible.
Solid reviews, the opening will be on the low side but I think it'll have decent legs, there's not much in terms of similar competition as The Equalizer 3 and Nun 2 are both R rated.
Some shows can sustain 20+ episodes especially if it's a procedural. Despite people looking down on them, they're very much in demand and indeed on an AVOD platform, something like NCIS would be a big moneymaker.
I do think to be realistic, people won't abandon streaming in favour of physical media and companies won't either.
TBF Salem's Lot is a much easier sell than Demeter but I suspect it's on the shelf because it's very bad. WB might need to dust it off if they're short of content next year.