Attendance Numbers vs. Box Office Grosses, Captain Marvel, GeoStorm, Venom, American Gangster, Shaun of the Dead & Mark Whalberg

Summary: <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On the October 25, 2017 episode of /Film Daily, </span><strong>Peter Sciretta</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is joined by </span><strong>Ben Pearson </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">and</span><strong> Chris Evangelista </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">to talk about the latest news, including </span><strong>Captain Marvel</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> gets a </span><strong><em>Star Wars</em></strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> villain, </span><strong><em>Geostorm</em></strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">’s box office failure, </span><strong><em>Venom</em></strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> motion capture, a </span><strong><em>Shaun of the Dead</em></strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> sequel, an </span><strong><em>American Gangster</em></strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> prequel tv series and </span><strong>Mark Wahlberg</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> asks God for forgiveness. And in The Mail Bag, we’ll answer a question about why box office numbers don’t tell us attendance figures.</span></p><br> <p> </p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">You can subscribe to /Film Daily on </span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/film-daily/id1254073246?mt=2"><span style="font-weight: 400;">iTunes</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><a href="https://play.google.com/music/m/Iehcpduswejzvkmow2swayr6ife?t=Film_Daily"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Google Play</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><a href="https://overcast.fm/itunes1254073246/film-daily"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Overcast</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and all the popular podcast apps (here is the </span><a href="http://daily.slashfilm.com/feed/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">RSS</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> URL if you need it).</span></p><br> <p> </p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the </span><strong>News</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">: </span></p><br> <p><a href="http://www.slashfilm.com/ben-mendelsohn-in-talks-for-captain-marvel-villain/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ben Mendelsohn In Talks</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> For ‘Captain Marvel’ Villain</span></p><br> <p><a href="http://www.slashfilm.com/geostorm-box-office"><span style="font-weight: 400;">‘Geostorm’ Might Lose $100 Million</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, ‘Jigsaw’ Eyeing a $20+ Million</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tom Hardy Will Be Playing Venom </span><a href="http://www.slashfilm.com/tom-hardy-venom-in-motion-capture/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Through Motion-Capture</span></a></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Simon Pegg Pitched Edgar Wright </span><a href="http://www.slashfilm.com/simon-pegg-pitched-edgar-wright-a-shaun-of-the-dead-sequel-with-vampires/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">a ‘Shaun of the Dead’ Sequel With Vampires</span></a></p><br> <p><a href="http://www.slashfilm.com/american-gangster-prequel/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">‘American Gangster’ Prequel Series</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Being Developed, Will Star Forest Whitaker </span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mark Wahlberg Asked God to </span><a href="http://www.slashfilm.com/mark-wahlberg-asked-god-to-forgive-him-for-boogie-nights-but-not-transformers/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Forgive Him For ‘Boogie Nights’</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (But Not ‘Transformers’)</span></p><br> <p> </p><br> <p><strong>Feedback: </strong></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Performances We can’t imagine anyone else playing:</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Geoff S: Kathy Bates as Annie Wilkes in Misery</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Aaron from Iowa City: Ian McKellan as Gandalf. “the Lord of the Rings trilogy is one of the most perfectly cast movies of all-time. I was skeptical of some of the choices, but t</span></p>