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Eight Obnoxiously Pretentious Box Office Takes From An Underwhelming $127 Million Weekend
As the sixth month of 2025 crawls to a comparative whimper (with hopes that ‘F1’ and ‘M3GAN 2.0’ break out), behold eight key takeaways from a Fri-Sun…
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Scott Mendelson
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Pixar’s ‘Elio’ Stumbles as ‘28 Years Later’ Tops Friday Box Office With $14 Million
Pixar’s latest now *needs* miraculous legs to potentially top $100 million domestic. Danny Boyle’s return to his own groundbreaking franchise opens…
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Scott Mendelson
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Ep. 72 - For ‘Materialists’ Girls, When the ‘Dragon’ Is Enuf
Listen now | It’s an accidental all-star episode, as Kirsten Acuna *and* Aaron Neuwirth stop by to discuss Universal going the Disney live-action remake…
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Scott Mendelson
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Aaron Neuwirth
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Jeremy Fuster
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Lisa Laman
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Kirsten Acuna
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Weekend Box Office: ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ Tops With $198M Worldwide as ‘Mission: Impossible 8’ Passes $500M
A24’s ‘Materialists’ opens with a solid $12 million domestic opening, but Neon’s ‘Life of Chuck’ stumbles with just $2 million in its semi-wide…
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Friday Box Office: ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ Soars to $36M as ‘Materialists’ Nabs Solid $5M and ‘Ballerina’ Drops 78%
Universal’s first crack at a “live action remake of a DreamWorks toon” might top $85 million for the weekend, as ‘Sinners’ defies ‘Gravity’ but ‘Life of…
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Scott Mendelson
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As ‘Sinners’ Tops ‘Gravity,' Thoughts on Warner Bros.' Divorce From Discovery
That WB might soon no longer be anchored down by Discovery (and as much of Discovery’s debt) also means it may be less able to roll the dice on less…
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Scott Mendelson
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Box Office: 'How To Train Your Dragon' Flies to $11.1 Million in Preview Grosses
Unless it’s as frontloaded as a stereotypical MCU sequel, DreamWorks and Universal’s live-action remake may snag a $90-$110 million opening weekend.
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Scott Mendelson
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