In his Opening Bell commentary, sport business commentator Tom Mayenknecht, a principal in Emblematica Brand Builders and host of The Sport Market, is bullish on the sport movie genre on the eve of the 96th Academy Awards. With box offices of $275M for Creed III and $90M for Air: Courting a Legend, and a wide variety of releases this past year, he believes sport movies have bounced back in a big way since the shutdowns of the pandemic. He also speaks to the full list of winners in The Sport Market Movie Awards for 2023: Best picture – Air: Courting a Legend (basketball) Box office champion – Creed III (boxing), US $275M worldwide Best drama – Creed III (boxing) Best biopic – The Iron Claw (Von Erich brothers/wrestling) Best documentary – Kelce (football) Best comedy – Champions (basketball) Best commercial short – Higher: Paramount Plus (Super Bowl LVIII ad starring Sir Patrick Stewart, Tua Tagovailoa, Drew Barrymore and featuring music by Creed) Best actor – Jonathan Majors (Creed III/boxing) Best actress – Annette Benning (Nyad/swimming) Best supporting actor – Ben Affleck (Air/basketball) Best supporting actress – Jody Foster (Nyad/swimming) Best cast – Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Jason Bateman, Viola Davis, Chris Tucker, Chris Messina, Jessica Green, Matthew Maher, Marlan Wayans, Julius Tennon (Air/basketball) Best director – Ben Affleck (Air/basketball) Best original screenplay – Keenan Coogler and Zach Baylin (Creed III/boxing) Best photography/cinematography – Peter Zuccarini (Nyad/swimming) Best costume – Charlese Antoinette Jones and wardrobe department (Air/basketball) Best editing – Tyler Nelson and Jessica Baclesse (Creed III/boxing) Best sound – Aaron Glascock and Sound department (Creed III/boxing) Best sound track – Original Soundtrack curated by Andrea von Foerster featuring various artists such as Bruce Springsteen, Cindi Lauper and REO Speedwagon (Air/basketball) Best song in a sport movie – Money for Nothing by Dire Straits (Air/basketball) This podcast was produced by Tino Fera. The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Media Inc. or any affiliate.
In his Opening Bell commentary, sport business commentator Tom Mayenknecht, a principal in Emblematica Brand Builders and host of The Sport Market, is bullish on the sport movie genre on the eve of the 96th Academy Awards. With box offices of $275M for Creed III and $90M for Air: Courting a Legend, and a wide variety of releases this past year, he believes sport movies have bounced back in a big way since the shutdowns of the pandemic.
He also speaks to the full list of winners in The Sport Market Movie Awards for 2023:
Best picture – Air: Courting a Legend (basketball)
Box office champion – Creed III (boxing), US $275M worldwide
Best drama – Creed III (boxing)
Best biopic – The Iron Claw (Von Erich brothers/wrestling)
Best documentary – Kelce (football)
Best comedy – Champions (basketball)
Best commercial short – Higher: Paramount Plus (Super Bowl LVIII ad starring Sir Patrick Stewart, Tua Tagovailoa, Drew Barrymore and featuring music by Creed)
Best actor – Jonathan Majors (Creed III/boxing)
Best actress – Annette Benning (Nyad/swimming)
Best supporting actor – Ben Affleck (Air/basketball)
Best supporting actress – Jody Foster (Nyad/swimming)
Best cast – Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Jason Bateman, Viola Davis, Chris Tucker, Chris Messina, Jessica Green, Matthew Maher, Marlan Wayans, Julius Tennon (Air/basketball)
Best director – Ben Affleck (Air/basketball)
Best original screenplay – Keenan Coogler and Zach Baylin (Creed III/boxing)
Best photography/cinematography – Peter Zuccarini (Nyad/swimming)
Best costume – Charlese Antoinette Jones and wardrobe department (Air/basketball)
Best editing – Tyler Nelson and Jessica Baclesse (Creed III/boxing)
Best sound – Aaron Glascock and Sound department (Creed III/boxing)
Best sound track – Original Soundtrack curated by Andrea von Foerster featuring various artists such as Bruce Springsteen, Cindi Lauper and REO Speedwagon (Air/basketball)
Best song in a sport movie – Money for Nothing by Dire Straits (Air/basketball)
This podcast was produced by Tino Fera.
The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Media Inc. or any affiliate.