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Sofia Carson Rules and 'KPop Demon Hunters' Rises While Marvel Distracts But Universal Chickens Out
‘My Oxford Year’ tops Netflix’s weekly ratings while ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ is weeks away from topping ‘Red Notice’. Yet even while Marvel seems to be…
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Scott Mendelson
Hollywood's Ill-Advised Summer Vacation
It has been a great box office season for Warner Bros. Discovery and a mostly solid one for Disney and Universal (and A24). However, #survivetill2025…
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Scott Mendelson
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The Better Late Than Never Weekend Box Office Report For 08-10-25
WBD’s horror hit was both scary and funny, thus providing unexpected competition for ‘Naked Gun,’ ‘Bad Guys 2’ and Disney’s body swap laffer. Quality…
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Box Office: Warner Bros. Can't Stop (Won't Stop) While Disney *Actually* "Saves" the Big Screen Comedy
Zach Cregger's buzzy 'Weapons' should be WBD's sixth-straight $40 million opening weekend, but Disney's 'Freakier Friday' is opening exceptionally well…
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Scott Mendelson
'Fantastic Four' Decline Highlights Marvel Studio's Seemingly Insurmountable 'Power Rangers' Problem
When the IP itself is not (or is no longer) an automatic must-see event among general moviegoers, even making good or great movies barely moves the…
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Scott Mendelson
Ep. 78 - Marvel: Ragnarök
Listen now | Aaron Neuwirth returns for the fourth (!) time as we sort through a ‘Fantastic Four’ decline, a so-so ‘Naked Gun’ debut and a…
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Will Mel Gibson's Two-Part 'Resurrection of the Christ' Be A FOMO Event or a For-Fans-Only Affair?
Despite what the Internet proclaims, if regular moviegoers like "part one of two," they tend to show up for "part two of two." So, to what extent will…
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'Sketch' Review - Angel Studios' Festival Acquisition Is a Mitzvah of a Movie
Seth Worley delivers a promising feature debut with this excellent kid-sized “horror” fantasy; a compelling and nuanced fable anchored by clever…
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Scott Mendelson
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Review: 'Weapons' is a Spectacularly Engrossing Fractured Fairy Tale
Zach Cregger cashes all of his post-'Barbarian' chips with a narratively sprawling, superbly constructed and grimly topical horror thriller. It’s pretty…
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Scott Mendelson
Box Office: 6 Hot Takes Following a Not-So-Fantastic $122M Weekend
One well-liked 'Naked Gun' movie can’t save the big screen comedy, while Universal is churning out new (mostly small-scale) franchises, and Alison Brie…
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'Fantastic Four' Gets Clobbered, Drops Galactus-Sized 66% at Weekend Box Office
$71 billion spent, thousands of jobs lost, and an entire entertainment industry restructured to the detriment of the filmmakers. Still, at least ‘The…
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Scott Mendelson
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Box Office: 'Bad Guys' Nabs $9.2M Friday As 'Naked Gun' Earns $6.3M Opening Day
Alison Brie and Dave Franco's (justifiably) buzzy body horror flick, 'Together,' will earn a "terrific for Neon" $7 million Fri-Sun and $11 million…
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