Is Box Office Indicative Of Quality? Guardians 3, Han Solo, Netflix, Star Trek, Hamilton

Summary: <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On the October 17, 2017 episode of /Film Daily, </span><strong>Peter Sciretta</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is joined by </span><strong>Hoai-Tran Bui </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">and</span><strong> Jacob Hall </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">to talk about the latest news, including </span><strong><em>Guardians of the Galaxy 3</em></strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and the future of the MCU, the </span><strong><em>Han Solo</em></strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> movie gets an official title, </span><strong>Netflix</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">’s content budget, and </span><strong>William Shatner</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">’s pitch to appear in </span><strong><em>Star Trek Discovery</em></strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">. In The Mailbag, we’ll answer a reader's question about box office numbers. And at the Water Cooler, Ben will be talking about finally seeing Hamilton during the musical’s Los Angeles run.</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><strong>Feedback: </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">A couple corrections from previous episodes:</span></p><br> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/maclee31/status/918945767552937984"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tyler Smith</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> points out that “regarding Gambit’s release date, Fox had great success releasing Deadpool on the same weekend.”</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Also, Peter incorrectly mentioned that Tim Burton didn’t direct Corpse Bride, he meant to say A Nightmare Before Christmas.</span></p><br> <p> </p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In </span><strong>The Water Cooler</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">: </span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ben has finally seen Hamilton.</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> </p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’ </span><a href="http://www.slashfilm.com/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-3-will-kickstart-marvel-phase-4/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Will Kickstart Marvel’s Phase 4</span></a></p><br> <p><a href="http://www.slashfilm.com/han-solo-movie-title/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Han Solo Movie Officially Titled</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story,’ Wraps Production</span></p><br> <p><a href="http://www.slashfilm.com/netflix-8-billion/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Netflix Might Spend $8 Billion</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> on Content in 2018, Including 80 Original Films</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Here’s How William Shatner Thinks He Can Appear on ‘Star Trek: Discovery’</span></p><br> <p> </p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In </span><strong>The Mailbag</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">: Logan in Seattle writes in in response to all these studio folks complaining about RT and Metacritic, “completely ridiculous arguments if you ask me, and trying to understand what the real culprit is against movies of quality. The reason I don’t buy the RT ki</span></p>