© 2024 WWNO
WWNO skyline header graphic
Donate
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations
Local Newscast
Hear the latest from the WWNO/WRKF Newsroom.

THANK YOU to everyone who donated in support of WWNO during GiveNOLA Day! Your generosity makes everything you hear and read from WWNO possible.

The Business Plan Behind 'Sharknado'

Published July 12, 2013 at 12:55 PM CDT
Detail of a promotional poster for "Sharknado." (Sharknado/SyFy)
Detail of a promotional poster for "Sharknado." (Sharknado/SyFy)

The campy movie “Sharknado” about killer sharks caught in a tornado and dumped in Southern California, premiered yesterday on SyFy and unleashed a storm on Twitter.

At its peak, it produced 84 tweets per second. So what is the secret to this low budget film’s rabid success?

Guest

  • Ryan Bradley, senior editor for Fortune Magazine. He tweets @theryanbradley.

Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.

👋 Looks like you could use more news. Sign up for our newsletters.

* indicates required
New Orleans Public Radio News
New Orleans Public Radio Info