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    Benton Roman Named Group EP At Johannes Leonardo, Will Focus On VW

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    NEW YORK --

    Johannes Leonardo has appointed Benton Roman to serve as group executive producer. He will join the agency to lead day-to-day production on the newly awarded Volkswagen account. Roman will report directly to Dana May, Johannes Leonardo’s head of integrated production in New York.

    Roman brings to his new roost more than 15 years of experience managing and producing creative projects across all platforms. He comes over from Goodby Silverstein & Partners (GS&P) where he oversaw production on BMW, Adobe and First Republic. During his nine-year tenure at GS&P, Roman produced a wide variety of campaigns for brands such as the NBA, Adobe, BMW, Cisco, Specialized and TD Ameritrade. He’s also produced notable branded content including “I Am a Witness” for Ad Council, which was the first interactive video experience on iOS, and “The Neighborhood”, an award-winning short horror film for Xfinity. Prior to GS&P, Roman worked at Furlined, a global production company.

    “I’ve always admired the beautifully crafted work that Johannes Leonardo has put out into the world,” said Roman. “I see this as a great opportunity to contribute to that. Getting the opportunity to work on VW, one of the most iconic brands in advertising, was just icing on the cake.”

    Roman’s appointment comes on the heels of several leadership hires across departments. Just earlier this year, the agency announced the appointment of Hope Nardini as creative director and Samira Ansari as group creative director.

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    “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” Maintains Record Box Office Pace; “The Odyssey” Sets New High For Nolan

    Sunday, August 9, 2026

    "Spider-Man: Brand New Day" continued its blistering pace in theaters, collecting $144.5 million domestically over its second weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday, while Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" set a new high for the director.

    The Sony-Marvel release has accrued $1.67 billion worldwide in just 10 days of release, putting it on a trajectory to be among the biggest blockbusters ever. Domestically, no movie has racked up a higher total faster. In U.S. and Canadian cinemas, "Brand New Day" has grossed $655.1 million thus far. Overseas, it's already surpassed $1 billion.

    It took only seven days for "Brand New Day" to become the highest grossing movie of the year, easily displacing "Toy Story 5" ($1.07 billion worldwide). No Sony film has ever cleared $100 million in its second weekend before. It came close to toppling the best sophomore frame on record: "The Force Awakens," with $149.2 million in 2015.

    Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" also crossed $1 billion. In its fourth weekend, the Universal Pictures release added $31.5 million domestically to bring its global total to $1.1 billion.

    Nolan's Homeric epic is the director's first movie to reach that threshold since 2012's "The Dark Knight Rises." It now ranks as Nolan's biggest box-office hit ever, not accounting for inflation, eclipsing both "The Dark Knight Rises" ($1.08 billion) and 2009's "The Dark Knight" ($1 billion). Nolan's "Oppenheimer" ($975 million) ended just shy of the milestone.

    A big part of that success, of course, has been on IMAX. With $147.3 million domestically on the company's large-format screens, "The Odyssey" now ranks as IMAX's highest grossing domestic release of all time.

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