Sony's 4 Beatles Movies: "Which Beatle Flopped?"

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What BBN said on air. The facts are in the original report: The Hollywood Reporter.

1. Hank LedgerThe Hollywood Reporter says Sony is weighing releasing all four Sam Mendes Beatles movies on the same day, hiding each film's box office, and selling a four-pack ticket.

2. Hank LedgerSo, panel: should four movies about four people open at once?

3. Chip DarnellYes, absolutely, because nobody should be left out.

4. Chip DarnellI once brought four different pies to a potluck so no aunt would feel judged, and it ended in a family meeting.

5. Dr. Nina ByteNo. Hiding the numbers is cowardice. If one of them flops, the public deserves to know which Beatle it was.

6. Chip DarnellWhich Beatle it was?

7. Dr. Nina ByteYes, Chip.

8. Dr. Nina ByteThere's a ranking in my head, it has been there since college, and I'm not letting a studio blur it with a combined gross.

9. Hank LedgerI'll say the studio is trying to be fair.

10. Hank LedgerI saw them live once, in a manner of speaking, on a rerun, and I didn't pick favorites then either.

11. Chip DarnellThen I'm switching sides. A four-pack means somebody is stuck with the movie nobody wanted, and I'm not letting that be me.

12. Chip DarnellWould any of these four even be cleared for a wing walk?

13. Dr. Nina ByteYou switched because of a seat assignment.

14. Chip DarnellIt's a very important seat.

15. Hank LedgerHands up if you'd buy the four-pack. Chip, no. Nina, yes. That settles nothing, so chat, vote now.

16. Hank LedgerFor the record, I'd buy it, see one, and skip the drummer's.