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What Lionsgate Gains From ‘Megalopolis,’ as ‘Inside Out 2’ Zooms up Box Office Charts, and ‘Smile 2’ Sells Bigger Scares

What Lionsgate Gains From ‘Megalopolis,’ as ‘Inside Out 2’ Zooms up Box Office Charts, and ‘Smile 2’ Sells Bigger Scares

Review: 'Kinds of Kindness' deliciously blends Yorgos Lanthimos’ newfound studio capital with his prior nastier dissections of humanity's self-destructive tendencies.

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In tonight’s published-later-than-intended newsletter...! 

  • News: What Lionsgate gains from nabbing domestic distribution rights for Francis Ford Coppola’s commercially risky Megalopolis: 

  • Trailer: Smile 2 sells a horror sequel that looks and feels big, pairing well with Paramount’s Quiet Place prequel. 

  • Review: Kinds of Kindness deliciously blends Yorgos Lanthimos’ newfound studio capital with his prior dissections of humanity's self-destructive tendencies.  

  • Box Office: Inside Out 2 is an explicitly 2010s-style success for the Walt Disney Company, while Deadpool & Wolverine will see Bob Iger again capitalizing on a competitor's triumph to sell the notion of Mouse House supremacy. 

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