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Five Scorchingly Hot Box Office Takes For A Disappointing $130 Million Weekend

Box Office: This June Was Not A Good Month For Movie Theaters

Hiring Denis Villeneuve Buys Benefit of the Doubt That Amazon Might Not F*** Up Their First James Bond Movie

‘F1’ Laps 'M3GAN 2.0' At Friday Box Office

Ep. 73 - How Low Can Pixar's 'Elio' Go?

Why ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ Might Not Launch a Wave of Live-Action DreamWorks Remakes

It Was Disney+ That Killed Pixar's 'Elio'

Eight Obnoxiously Pretentious Box Office Takes From An Underwhelming $127 Million Weekend

Pixar’s ‘Elio’ Stumbles as ‘28 Years Later’ Tops Friday Box Office With $14 Million

Ep. 72 - For ‘Materialists’ Girls, When the ‘Dragon’ Is Enuf

Weekend Box Office: ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ Tops With $198M Worldwide as ‘Mission: Impossible 8’ Passes $500M

Friday Box Office: ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ Soars to $36M as ‘Materialists’ Nabs Solid $5M and ‘Ballerina’ Drops 78%

As ‘Sinners’ Tops ‘Gravity,' Thoughts on Warner Bros.' Divorce From Discovery

Box Office: 'How To Train Your Dragon' Flies to $11.1 Million in Preview Grosses

Lionsgate's 'Ballerina' Catch-22

'Legend of Zelda' Flees Godzilla, King Kong and Sonic the Hedgehog To Annoint Itself As The Summer 2027 Kick-Off Film

‘Superman’ Returns in New Trailer Reminiscent Of... ‘Superman Returns'

‘Jurassic World: Rebirth' Box Office: The Ups and Downs of Hollywood’s Most Profitable (Live-Action) Blockbusters

Ep. 71 - 'Ballerina,' You've Barely Seen Her... Slaying On The Screen

Review: 'How to Train Your Dragon' Remake Is Little More Than Nostalgia-Driven, Blockbuster-Budgeted Cosplay

Box Office: 6 Hot Takes From an Uneventful $115 Million Weekend

Box Office: ‘Ballerina’ Tops Friday With an Okay $11 Million Opening Day

‘Ballerina’ Review: ‘John Wick’ Spin-off Burns Like, Well, a Candle in the Wind

Ep. 70 - 'Karate Kid' Gets 'Suits LA'-ed

Box Office: Seven Key Questions For June

Box Office: 6 Hot Takes From a Refreshingly "Normal" $152 Million Weekend

The Friday Box Office For 05/30/25

‘Bring Her Back’ Review: ‘Lilo & Stitch’ for Sickos (Yes, That’s a Compliment)

Where Have All the Kids Flicks Gone?

Ep. 69 - You either Die a ‘Skyfall’ or Live Long Enough to Become a ‘Spectre'

Review: ‘Karate Kid: Legends’ Has Its Priorities in Order

Box Office: ‘Final Reckoning’ Opened on Par With a ‘Mission: Impossible’ Sequel

Box Office: Six Hot Takes From A Record $326M Memorial Day Weekend

Box Office: 'Mission: Impossible 8' Nabs $25M Friday, Aims For Franchise-Best $63M Fri-Sun Weekend

'Lilo & Stitch' Box Office: Disney's Latest Go Woke Go Broke Disaster Nabs A... Oh Wait... What's This? A $55M Friday?!

Why ‘Michael’ Should Replace ‘Avengers 5’ as the Tentpole That Kicks Off the 2026 Summer Movie Season, and More...

Box Office: 'Lilo' & Stitch' Nabs $14.5M Thursday as 'Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning' Grosses $8.3M

An Hour With Ryan Reynolds...

Ep. 68 - Death Kills At Box Office

‘Lilo & Stitch’ Review: A Muted and Defanged Disney Remake That Feels More Cartoonish Than Its Animated Predecessor

Box Office: ‘Hurry Up Tomorrow’ Fails to Work for the The Weeknd, as ‘Sinners’ and ‘New Avengers’ Each Reach $315M

'Final Destination: Bloodlines' Slays Box Office With $102M Worldwide Debut

Friday Box Office: 'Final Destination 6' Tops With $21M As 'Sinners' And 'New Avengers' Both Pass $300M Global

Review: ‘Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning’ Ends Tom Cruise’s Towering Action Franchise On An All-Time Low

Ep. 67 - 'Thunderbolts' Are... So?

'Superman' Trailer Arrives Amid (Refreshingly) Lowered Expectations

Review: 'Final Destination: Bloodlines'

On Box Office Double Standards...

Box Office: 'New Avengers' Tops Weekend, 'Clown in a Cornfield' Breaks Out, 'Karate Kid: Legends' Nabs $5.7M Overseas

Box Office: 'Sinners' Tops $200M US, 'Minecraft' Passes $900M WW and 'Clown in a Cornfield' Sets New IFC Record

'Thunderbolts' Director Gets an 'X-Men,' 'Conjuring 4' Gets a Trailer, 'Suits LA' Gets A Pink Slip and More

Ep. 66 - Marvel-Less!

Box Office: How Many More Times Must Warner Bros. Save Movie Theaters?

‘New Avengers’ - A Great Twist Arriving Years Too Late To Save An MCU Done Dirty By Disney+

‘Sinners’ Defies 'Gravity' and Avoids Post-IMAX 'Hangover' While China's 'Ne Zha 2' Passes 'Avatar' At Overseas Box Office

'Thunderbolts' Box Office: MCU's Latest Opens With Low (For Marvel) $76M Domestic and $162M Worldwide Weekend

No IMAX? No Problem! - 'Sinners' Tops $200M At Global Box Office

Box Office: 'Thunderbolts*' Earns $31.5 Million Friday

Box Office: 'Thunderbolts' Nabs $11.5 Million Thursday

Review: 'Thunderbolts*' (Amusingly) Forces The Marvel Machine To Confront Its Declining Pop Culture Relevance

Ep. 65 - 'Sinners' Weekend II: 'Revenge' of the 'Accountant'

2025 Summer Box Office Preview - In A Season Uncommonly Dominated By Franchise Déjà Vu, Why ‘Superman’ Has An Edge

Box Office: 'Sinners' Drops Just 5% For Bigger Second-Weekend Gross Than Both 'Inception' and 'Gravity'

Friday Box Office: 'Star Wars III' Tops 'Accountant 2' And 'Until Dawn'

'Sinners' Box Office: Who Needs King Kong, Godzilla or Even Michael Jackson?

Mikey Madison Was Right To Turn Down 'Star Wars'

Box Office: Everything's Coming Up 'Sinners'

Ep. 64: Users Are Losers, but ‘Sinners’ Are Winners!

Why 'Sinners' Might Not Need Sizable Overseas Box Office

Box Office: 'Sinners' Nabs Decade's Top Debut For Original Movie

Box Office: 'Minecraft' Tops 'Wonka' As Jesus Christ Enjoys A Very Good Friday

Box Office: 'Sinners' Tops 'Minecraft' With $19.2 Million Friday

Box Office: ‘Minecraft' Tops $300 Million, Reducing Pressures Placed On 'Superman'

Box Office: 'Sinners' Nabs $4.7M Thursday

Why That New 'Fantastic Four' Trailer Might Remind You Of 'Fant4stic'

Tom Cruise Versus 'Lilo and Stitch' - A Box Office Rematch 23 Years In the Making

Shocker: Disneynature's ‘African Cats’ Shares a Cinematic Universe With ‘Jackass Forever'

'The Accountant 2' Review - More Death, Fewer Taxes

Ep. 63 - ♫ Jesus Christ... Movie Star! ♫

CinemaCon Epilogue: Why The Most Important Lesson For Theaters Came From... The Pinball Hall of Fame

Box Office: 'Minecraft' Tops $550M as 'Chosen' Proves to Be The 'King of Kings'

Friday Box Office: 'Minecraft' Tops and 'Drop' Flops as Two Jesus Flicks Score Big

China's Box Office Bluff, Oscars' Righteous Stunt and Sofia Carson's Netflix Stardom

'Sinners' Review: A Good B Movie Made Great By A-List Talent

Ep. 62 - Mine Crafts and Cinema Cons

Box Office: ‘Minecraft’ Is the Unicorn We’ve Been Waiting For

'Minecraft' Box Office: The Key Lesson From A $314M Debut

Ep. 61 - Jason Statham Killed 'A Unicorn'!

Box Office: Jack Black Powers 'Minecraft' To Boffo $58M Friday

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Box Office: 'Snow White' Drops 66%, 'Hundreds of Beavers' Tops $1M Global

Weekend Box Office: 'Last Supper' Nabs $11.5M As 'Death of a Unicorn' Flops

Box Office: 'A Working Man' Debuts With $30 Million Worldwide

Box Office: 'Working Man' Tops Friday As 'Snow White' Plunges 77%

Can Leonardo DiCaprio Help Both Warner Bros. Discovery and 20th Century Studios Regain Their Pre-IP Mojo?

Box Office: Stop Treating $1 Billion As The Bar For Success

Ep. 60 - 'White' Flight and 'Alto' Nopes

It's Time For The 'Saw' Series To End...

On Disney's Princess Problem(s)

Box Office: 'Alto Knights' Bombs as 'Magazine Dreams' Nabs Just $700K

Box Office: 'Snow White' Flops With Disastrous $87M Worldwide Debut

Box Office: No, 'Snow White' Is Not Bombing Because Of "Wokeness"

Review: 'Death Of A Unicorn' (2025)

Box Office: 'Snow White' Nabs Entirely Business As Usual $3.5 Million Thursday

A Sequel to Pixar's 'Coco' Was Inevitable

Ep. 59 - Everybody Hurts

‘Snow White’ Review: Well, At Least It's Better Than The 1989 Academy Awards

Jonathan Majors’ ‘Magazine Dreams’ Is Now Less a Movie Than a Vessel for Discourse and Debate

Box Office: 'Elio' Must Show That 'Elemental' Was No Fluke For Pixar Toons

'Ne Zha 2' Just Passed 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' and'Avengers: Infinity War' At The Worldwide Box Office

Did 'Electric State' Just Bomb on Netflix?

Yes, Box Office Misses Like 'Novocaine' And 'Mickey 17' Are Still The Exact Movies Hollywood Needs To Save Itself

Box Office: Okay, Now It's A Demand Issue

How ‘Lilo & Stitch’ Could Mark the End of a Disney Era, Why Risks Like ‘Mickey 17’ Are Still Worth It for Hollywood and More

Ep. 58 - 'Mickey' Is Not So Fine (x17)

Amazon Recommits To Theaters, But Will The Third (?) Time Be The Charm?

Box Office: 'Captain America 4' Tops 'Captain America' Amid Harsher Industry-Wide Expectations For An MCU Movie

'Mickey 17' Is Another Box Office Casualty Of Grim Streaming Era Status Quo That Threatens to Turn Theaters Into Arcades

‘Novocaine’ Reviewed, ‘Mickey 17’ Earns Not So Fine $8M Friday, ‘Anora’ Gets Oscar Bump and ‘Thunderbolts’ Goes Arthouse

Box Office: How “Survive 'til '25” Became a Cruel Mirage

Ep. 57 - That's Anora!

'Daredevil: Born Again' Review: Disney Screws *Some* Courage To Sticking Place

Oscars = Good As 'Shrek 5' Spawns Pearl-Clutching and 'Tiana' Gets Tossed

Box Office: No News Is Bad News In Stupidly Empty Oscar Weekend

Box Office: 'Captain America 4' Tops Inexcusably Empty Pre-Oscars Friday

Of *Course* 'Suits LA' Tanked...!

'The Hunger Games' Set to Play This October in Brand New London Theater

An Imax Release For Netflix's 'Narnia' Smells Like A Trap

Ep. 56: James Bond Faces 'Monkey' Trouble in The Amazon

'Mickey 17' Is So Fine, 'Monkey' Shines, 'Andor' Takes Rare 'Star Wars' Victory Lap

Box Office: 'Captain America 4' Crumbles As 'The Monkey' Shines With $14M Debut

The Incredible Shrinking Movie!

‘Captain America 4' Box Office Struggles Debunk Years Of Online MCU Discourse

James Bond: Can Amazon MGM Avoid Disney's Key 'Star Wars' Mistake?

Ep. 55 - America, F*** No!

The 'Captain America' Conundrum As 'Ne Zha 2' Is The Biggest Toon Ever and More!

Universal Denies Us Our Promised Spielberg Vs. 'Avengers' And 'Star Wars' Summer 2026 Box Office Showdown

Box Office: 'Ne Zha 2' Towers Over 'Captain America 4,' Passes $1.6 Billion

'Captain America 4': Why Bad Buzz May Prove More Important Than Big Box Office

'Captain America 4' Box Office: When a $40 Million Friday Isn't Good Enough...

Why 'Bridget Jones 4' Skipped Theaters, Why 'Accountant 2' Didn't and More

Moving 'Elio' Away From 'How to Train Your Dragon' is the Right Choice

Box Office: 'Captain America 4' Nabs $12 Million In Thursday Previews

Ep. 54: Yee Haw for 'Ne Zha'!

'Captain America 4' Review: Maybe This is Just What Marvel Studios Is Now?

NICKEL BOYS is “A CINEMATIC EXPERIENCE UNLIKE ANY OTHER” | Nominated for 2 Academy Awards Including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay

How Kevin Costner's 'Horizon' Became The 'Divergent' of Epic Western Franchises

'Paddington'... In Peru... Review!

Zoe Saldaña’s “El Mal” Performance is the Scene of the Year | Best Original Song Winner - Critics Choice & Golden Globes®

Box Office: 'Ze Na 2' Passes $1 Billion As 'Dog Man' Tops Poor Super Bowl Weekend

Box Office: 'Heart Eyes' Tops Soft Pre-Super Bowl Friday as 'Ne Zha 2' (In China) Soars Past 'Force Awakens' (In America)

THE WILD ROBOT | 3 Oscar® Nominations Including Best Animated Feature

Hollywood Is Now Stuck Offering Rehashed Versions Of Recycled IP

WICKED – 10 Oscar® Nominations Including Best Picture

'Ne Zha 2' Tops $755M, 'Jurassic World 4' Trailer Underwhelms And What 'Wolf Man' Has in Common With 'Morbius'

Ep. 53 - 'Companion' Box Office Goes To The Dog(s), Man!

Box Office: 'Ne Zha 2' Tops $430 Million As 'Dog Man' Opens With $36 Million

Box Office: 'Dog Man' Nabs $11M Friday As 'Companion' Earns $4M

'Heart Eyes' Reviewed While Superman Gets Sued As China Box Office Rebounds

Exclusive: 'Den of Thieves 3' Offically A Go

Ep. 52 - Flight Risks, 'Brutalist' Chatter and Oscar Snubs With Chrissi Michael

Why Not CINEMA?! A Retrospective of the Films from EMILIA PÉREZ Producer Why Not Productions

Box Office: 'Paddington' Kills (Overseas) As 'Sonic 3' Tops 'Warcraft' (Globally)

Box Office: 'Flight Risk' Tops With $4.4 Million Friday as 'Wolf Man' Drops 80%

'Mufasa' Tops $600M as 'Mickey 17' Pushes A Good Time and Paramount Slots 'Scary Movie 6' For Summer 2026

Oscar Nominations - 'Hundreds of Beavers' (And 'Terrifier 3') Snubbed Amid Comcast, Netflix and A24 Domination

'Companion' Review, 'Sonic 4' Release Date, Blumhouse's Declining Rizz and Netflix's Big Ratings For Bad Movies

James Cameron on Jacques Audiard’s EMILIA PÉREZ | “It's just not like any other film that's ever been made. It's bold, daring, a vision.”

Ep. 51 - Somehow, Ryan Scott Returned

The Fire Every Time...

Box Office: 'Mufasa' Tops MLK With $16M Fri-Mon Gross While 'Sonic 3' Passes $420M and 'Moana 2' Tops $1 Billion

Box Office: 'One Of Them Days' Tops 'Wolf Man' With Promising $12 Million Weekend

Box Office: 'Wolf Man' Tops Friday With Mere $4.5M as 'Wicked' Passes 'Star Wars' (And $700M Worldwide)

Lunar New Year Stacked With Follow-Ups And Franchises Aims To Kickstart China Box Office After A 2024 Downturn

Review: This 'Wolf Man' Lacks Nards

Ep. 50 - The Butler Did It, With Brandon Streussnig

'Captain America: Brave New World' Box Office: The Bar For Success Should Be 'Winter Soldier,' Not 'Civil War'

From Script to Screen, Jacques Audiard Redefines the Movie Musical with EMILIA PÉREZ | Winner of 4 Golden Globes® including Best Picture

Box Office: 'Sonic 3' Tops $200M as 'Den of Thieves 2' Wins Weekend With $15.5M

Box Office: 'Den of Thieves 2' Nabs Solid $6M Friday But 'Better Man' Earns $580K

'Shrek 5' Takes Aim At 'Star Wars 7'

From Script to Screen, Jacques Audiard Redefines the Movie Musical with EMILIA PÉREZ | Winner of 4 Golden Globes® including Best Picture

'Wicked' PVOD Haul, 'Carry-On' Netflix Records, 'Den of Thieves 2' and 'The Prosecutor' Reviews

FYC: Luca Guadagnino’s CHALLENGERS Is “a Fresh, Energetic and Layered Masterclass”

2025 Box Office: Scott Mendelson Obnoxiously Picks the Most Important Movie For Each Major Studio

NICKEL BOYS is “a VISIONARY MASTERPIECE and a STAGGERING ACHIEVEMENT” | FYC in All Categories including Best Picture

Ep. 49: Missing That Insidious White Noise

'Wicked's Potential PVOD Peril And What 'Se7en' Can Still Teach Hollywood Amid The First "Normal" January In Years

THE WILD ROBOT – FYC: Best Animated Feature – Go Behind the Scenes with Lupita Nyong'o and Writer/Director Chris Sanders

Box Office: 'Sonic' Trilogy Zooms Past $1 Billion As 'Nosferatu' Tops $100M

Box Office: 'Mufasa' and 'Sonic 3' Top Friday as 'Wicked' Passes 'E.T.' And 'Nosferatu' Continues To Bite And Suck

'Sonic' Boom: Not Every Franchise (Including James Bond) Needs to Spawn A Cinematic Universe

2025 Box Office: Scott Mendelson Again Foolishly Predicts the Top Movie For Each of the Next 12 Months

WICKED – FYC: Best Picture – Go Behind the Scenes with Director Jon M. Chu

The Best Movies of 2024