>> WHAT DO YOU SEE?
MARIA: THE FORCE IS STRONG WITH
SEEING A BOX OFFICE SUCCESS,
PREVIEW EXPECTATIONS.
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF
MARKETING, HAPPY FRIDAY.
IS IT GOING TO BE -- THE EIGHTH
INSTALLMENT OF THIS FRANCHISE?
>> IT WAS A HUGE BOX OFFICE,
DESTINED TO BE ONE OF THE TOP
GROCERS OF 2017.
THE FOURTH AWAKENS CAME OUT TWO
YEARS AGO, THERE WERE TEN YEARS
SINCE THE LAST STAR WARS, $250
MILLION AT THE BOX OFFICE
POSTING $1 BILLION OVERALL,
THIS WON'T DO THAT.
DEFINITELY A RECORDBREAKER AT
THE BOX OFFICE.
SUPPOSED TO SEE IT'S, THE
CHRISTMAS PARTY, AND AT 10:00.
MARIA: I WILL WAIT UNTIL THE
THEATERS ARE NOT CROWDED.
>> REVIEWS ARE FANTASTIC, A LOT
OF PEOPLE SAYING IT IS THE BEST
ONE SINCE THE EMPIRE STRIKES
BACK.
MARIA: FERDINAND, STANDING IN
THE WAY OF STAR WARS.
>> IT IS ABOUT THE 80-YEAR-OLD
STORY BASED ON THE BOOK
FERDINAND.
THE BOO-HOO WAS BUILT TO FIGHT
BUT BORN TO LOVE AS THE SAYING
GOES.
THERE IS SOMETHING FOR
EVERYONE.
MARIA: WHAT ABOUT CLINT
EASTWOOD?
AND ACTUAL HEROES IN THE MOVIE,
15 TO 17 TO PARIS.
MICHAEL, TELL US ABOUT THE
FILM.
>> AFTER EVERY MOVIE HE IS
ABOUT TO RETIRE AND SETTLE
DOWN, SUCH A GREAT NICHE FOR
HIMSELF WITH MOVIES BASED ON
HEROISM, EVERY DAY AMERICANS DO
EXTRAORDINARY THINGS, HAD
AMERICAN SNIPER, THIS LOOKS TO
BE IN THAT VEIN.
HE IS A MASTER AT THESE
STORIES.
MARIA: SWITCHING GEARS TO
MEDIA, PARTS OF 21ST CENTURY
FOX, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR OUR
FAVORITE MOVIE CHARACTERS?
>> THE BIGGEST MEDIA STORY OF
2017, IT IS A BIG WIN FOR FANS
BECAUSE FINALLY THE AVENGERS
HISTORY BETWEEN THE X MEN,
PLANET OF THE APES, STAR WARS
AND THE REST OF THEM.
MARIA: COMCAST DOESN'T WALK
AWAY ON ITS OWN, THEY SAID WE
WOULD GO WITH DISNEY BECAUSE
YOU HAVE THE SIMPSONS, THE
>> SAYS A LOT ABOUT HOW MUCH
CARE THESE ASSETS TO MAKE SURE
THEY GO TO THE RIGHT HANDS AND
THE RIGHT CARETAKER, ONE OF THE
GREATEST BRANDS IN HOLLYWOOD
HISTORY.
MARIA: YESTERDAY WHEN RUPERT
MURDOCH JOINED US, MAJOR BOB
EIGER STAYED UNTIL 2021.
THE OVERSIGHT OF BOB EIGER IN
2021 WITH SPECULATION OF JAMES
AS WELL.
>> PASSING ON, GREAT
STORYTELLERS IN THIS BUSINESS.
MARIA: WE ARE GOING TO BE HERE.