Friday Newsletter
Is ‘Dune Messiah’ happening sooner than we thought?
Despite saying he wanted a break, Villeneuve may soon return to Arrakis. PLUS: My latest ‘Acolyte’ thoughts, and ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ tracking for a big opening.
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‘Inside Out 2’ has one billion reasons to feel good
The Pixar sequel joins an elite club as it paces the $1B mark while keeping the ‘Quiet Place’ prequel at bay.
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Vindicated! ‘Spider-Man 2’ swung into theaters 20 years ago this weekend
This makes me feel old. PLUS: My ‘Acolyte’ thoughts and theories, The Rock makes a Santa movie, and you can buy ‘Hot Ones’ for $70M.
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‘Inside Out 2’ makes other studios envious with a $100M second weekend
The Pixar sequel has one of the best second weekends in box office history.
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I have no idea how old anyone in ‘House of the Dragon’ is supposed to be
Are the characters 50? 30? 20? Who knows. PLUS: ‘The Acolyte’ and Darth Teeth, a new ‘Penguin’ trailer, and how ‘Blade’ got snagged.
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‘Inside Out 2’ outperforms expectations with a joyful $155M opening weekend
The sequel had the year’s biggest debut — and the second biggest opener for any Pixar movie.
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Marvel wants you to believe that Taylor Swift *definitely* isn’t in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’
We should totally trust the MCU this time, right? PLUS: ‘The Wild Robot’ trailer stuns, ‘Late Night’ drops its band, and my Internet died for a whole day.
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A good weekend for ‘Bad Boys’ at the box office
Will Smith returns to the No. 1 spot with the fourth entry in the franchise.
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‘The Acolyte’: Good but not groundbreaking. Yet.
The latest ‘Star Wars’ show has potential. PLUS: The first trailer for ‘Venom 3’ doesn’t care about MCU canon, Marvel eyes Shawn Levy for ‘Avengers 5,’ and ‘Alien: Romulus’ looks great.
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‘The Garfield Movie’ goes back for seconds, takes the No. 1 spot
A weak weekend allows ‘Garfield’ to feast while ‘Furiosa’ falls to No. 3.
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Is the first ‘Moana 2’ trailer seaworthy? Or is this one gonna sink?
I don’t have much faith in Disney’s series-to-movie sequel. PLUS: The title and cast unveiled for third ‘Knives Out,’ Seth Meyers talks ‘Day Drinking,’ and ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ gets an obscene popcorn bucket.
The Box Office Report
‘Furiosa’ crashes and burns as ‘Garfield’ looks for a box office tie
Garfield may hate Mondays, but when the final numbers come in, his new movie might beat the latest ‘Mad Max’ film.