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Box Office Watch — 167 episodes

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3/1/24-3/3/24 - The Spice Flows for Dune 2 With Highest Opening of Year | Leadership Shakeups at Disney and Netflix | New Movie Dates Across Studios

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2/16/24-2/19/24 - Bob Marley Flies High while Madame Web gets Tangled Up | Lunar New Year Recap | Paramount x Comcast and Sony x Disney | Mickey 17 New Date

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2/9/24-2/11/24 - Lisa Frankenstein Fails to Raise Decades Worst Super Bowl Weekend from the Dead | Disney Earnings Announcements ft Moana 2 & Fantastic Four

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2/2/24-2/4/24 - Argylle Blows Its Cover / Sundance Acquisitions / Lunar New Year Previews / Paramount Bidders / New Sports Streamer

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1/26/24-1/28/24 - An Oscars Box Office Bump (Oh and Millers Girl?)

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1/19/24-1/21/24 - A Quiet Week Post Oscars Nominations

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1/12/24-1/14/24 - On Wednesday We Wear... Bees? + Jan-Apr Movie Rundown

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1/5/24-1/7/24 - We Are So Back - Checking on 2023 Box Office Predictions and Making New Ones for 2024

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11/10/23-11/12/23 - The Not so Marvelous Marvels, SAG AFTRA wins a deal and Hollywood back to work, WB vs Coyote vs Acme, Legend of Zelda Live Action

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What did I miss? Catching up on Barbenheimer, Taylor Swift, SAG/WGA Strikes and more!

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4/21-23 & 28-30/23 - WGA Strike! | Disney v DeSantis | CinemaCon Recap | Deadline's Most and Least Profitable Films | Super Mario Bros Hits 1B!

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4/14/23-4/16/23 - Super Mario Bros Stays on Top while Pope Exorcists Defeats Renfield and Suzume Among New Releases | Beau is Afraid Tops $80k Per Theater Average

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4/7/23-4/9/23 - Super Mario Bros speedruns to the top of the box office | The future of Video Game Adaptations | Air and Amazon | New Star Wars & Max Rebrand | SMB and D&D Reviews

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3/31/23-4/2/23 - Is Dungeon and Dragon's Opening a Nat 20 or a Critical Fail? | His Only Son and the Power of Faith Based Fundraising | Apple's Oscars Dates

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3/24/23-3/26/23 - John Wick 4 Shoots for Franchise Best Opening | Disney's Majors Problems | Suzume Takes China by Storm | John Wick 4 Review

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3/17/23-3/19/23 - Shazam Fury of the Gods Fails to Spark Interest | Creed 3 becomes highest grossing Rocky film | EEAAO Oscar Bump | Apple To Spend 1B for Theatrical | Cocaine Bear Review

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3/10/23-3/13/23 - Scream VI Scares Up Series Best Opening | 65 is a Jurassic Failure | Champions Stumbles with Marketing | New Movie Release Dates

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3/3/23-3/6/23 - Creed III knocks out AntMan's tiny legs for number 1 | Demon Slayer and Operation Fortune Disappoint | So What's Up with Star Wars?

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2/24/23-2/26/23 - Ant-Man has biggest MCU 2nd week shrinkage | Cocaine Bear Snorts up Success | Jesus Revolution Praises Success

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2/17/23-2/19/23 - Ant-Man gets first 100M opener of the year | Avatar 2 beats Titanic for #3 highest grosser WW | Return to Seoul and Winnie the Pooh do decently limited | Quantumania Review

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2/10/23-2/12/23 - Magic Mike Dances to Number 1 on Super Bowl Weekend | James Cameron blocks James Cameron from beating James Cameron | Disney Restructuring Ahead

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2/3/23-2/5/23 - Knock at the Super Bowl ft BTS - 3 new openers in the top 5! | New Movie Dates | Boneheaded Decisions from AMC and Netflix and more

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1/27/23-1/29/23 - Pathaan Dances Up a Surprise Win for Bollywood Films | Avatar #4 film of all time | EEAAO Leads the Oscars Bump | Full River Red Leads 1B Lunar New Year | DCU Announcements!

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1/20/23-1/22/23 - Avatar has 6 consecutive weekends at #1, crosses 2B | Missing finds success | Lunar New Year numbers out of China led by Wandering Earth 2 and Full River Red

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1/13/23-1/15/23 - Avatar passes No Way Home as A Man Called Otto expands and Plane takes off | Previewing Chinese Lunar New Year films | A Week by Week Breakdown of Jan-Apr movies

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1/6/23-1/8/23 - Avatar Approaches $2B | M3GAN dances to $30M OW | A recap of 2022 Box Office | Making predictions for 2023

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12/16-18/22 & 12/23-25/22 - Avatar Way of Water Surges Into Box Offices | Puss in Boots Wishes for Success | I Wanna Dance Stumbles | Babylon a Pile of Elephant Poop | Recapping 2022 Box Office Performance and Best/Worst Box Office News Stories

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12/9/22-12/11/22 - Calm Before Avatar Releases | The Whale Takes Highest PTA of the Year | Avatar Chinese Presales | Henry Cavill Out as Superman

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12/2/22-12/4/22 - Violent Night Delivers A Solid Opening | China Reopens Theaters Ahead of Avatar | New Future of DCU Without Wonder Woman

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11/25/22-11/27/22 - Strange World and Devotion Flop Over Thanksgiving Weekend | Glass Onion Teases Us with Stellar One Week Run | China Just Wants To Watch Movies | Glass Onion & Disney+ Review (Muppets Rankings)

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11/18/22-11/20/22 - Bob Chapek Out, Bob Iger In at Disney | The Menu and The Chosen Serve Up She Said | Bones & All and EO in Limited | Avatar confirms China release | Thanksgiving Film Previews

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11/11/22-11/13/22 - Wakanda Forever Sets New November Opening Weekend Record | The Fabelmans Third Best Limited Opening | Suzume Tops Japan | Blum & Wan to Merge Horror Companies

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11/4/22-11/6/22 - A Quiet Weekend Before Black Panther as Black Adams beat expectations and One Piece Red Takes Sail | Banshees Expands | New Paramount Movie Dates | One Piece Red Review

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10/28/22-10/30/22 - Tricks and Treats for Black Adam, Ticket to Ride, and Prey for the Devil among other Horror films | Armageddon Time Opens Limited | Banshess of Inisherin Review

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10/21/22-10/23/22 - An Upending of DC's Power Hierarchy - James Gunn and Peter Safran Take the Lead | Black Adam and Ticket to Paradise top charts | Halloween Ends Sent to the Grave | Banshees of Inisherin 2nd Best PTA this Year | One Piece Top 10 in Japan | Decision to Leave Review

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10/14/22-10/16/22 - Spooky Season is in Full Swing with Halloween Ends and Smile topping the Charts | Decision To Leave and Till top Limited Releases | New Oscar Movie dates & Black Adam to China?

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10/7/22-10/9/22 - Smile has a Scary Good Second Weekend Drop | Lyle Lyle Crocodile and Amsterdam Whiff | TAR and Triangle of Sadness Lead Limited Launches | New MCU and Dune 2 Movie Dates

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9/30/22-102/22 - Smile Grins At the Top of the Box Office | Did Straight People Kill Bros? (No) | MCU Movie News (Deadpool, Blade and Armor Wars) | Cineplex Turns the Tables on Cineworld

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9/23/22-9/25/22 - Don't Worry Darling, You'll Still Open #1 | Avatar Re-Release Rules Premium Large Format Screens

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9/16/22-9/18/22 - Woman King, Pearl and See How We Run Kick Off Fall Movie Season | New Movie Dates from WB, Sony and Disney | What I've Been Watching Catch Up

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9/9/22-9/11/22 + Catchup - We're Back! Dragon Ball Super Opens #1 | Top Gun Maverick Beats Black Panther | D23 |+ National Cinema Day | Regal Bankruptcy | New WB Woes | Rest of 2022 Film Predictions

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8/5-7/22 & 8/12-14/22: Bullet Train Chugs Along | Easter Sunday Disappoints (and Why) | Warner Bros Batgirl Fallout | Disney New Streaming King | One Piece Red | MiM v Katips | Easter Sunday / Prey / Inu-Oh Reviews

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7/22/22-7/24/22: DC League of Super Pets In the Dog House | Is there Too Much Marvel | Why was the 90M Batgirl Movie Cancelled? | How Much will Easter Sunday Open to? | Mean Girl and A Cinderella Story Review

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7/22/22-7/24/22: Marvel rules SDCC with Phase 5-6 reveal | Nope is a Yup Topping the Charts | Tomb Raider Rights Up for Grabs

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7/15/22-7/17/22: Thor 4 Feels Sore with 2nd worst MCU drop | Where the Crawdads Sing On Tune with Women | Paws of Fury Flames Out

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7/8/22-7/10/22: Thor Love and Thunder Crashes Into the Box Office, but Will This Storm Pass Sooner than Later? | Thor Love and Thunder and Mad God Review

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7/1/22-7/3/22: Minions Breaks July 4th Holiday Opening Records Supported by GentleMinions TIkTok Meme

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6/24/22-6/26/22: Top Gun Maverick hits Altitude of 1 Billion Dollar with more to go | Elvis and The Black Phone overperform while Lightyear Falls (without style) | Marcell the Shell Charms Limited Release | New Movie Release Dates | Marcell the Shell Review

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6/17/22-6/19/22: Lightyear Fails to Take off while Top Gun and Jurassic World Rules Fathers Day

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6/10/22-6/12/22: Jurassic World Dominion Stomps To 145M DOM (and brings China back from Extinction) | Top Gun Crosses 400M WW | Lightyear Banned in Middle East

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6/3/22-6/5/22: Top Gun Maverick Maintains its Altitude with Best Blockbuster 2nd Weekend Ever | It's Morbin Time (Or Not?)

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5/27/22-5/30/22: Top Gun Maverick Soars to Memorial Day Box Office Records | Lost City hits 100M Domestic | Cannes Distribution Pickups | Depp v Heard Implications | Top Gun Maverick + Sonic 2 Review

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5/20/22-5/22/22: Everything Everywhere all at Once is A24's Champion | Downton Abbey and Men Debut | US to retake box office crown from China | Oscars Reinstate Theatrical Requirement | The Lost City Review

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5/13/22-5/15/22: Doctor Strange's Massive Drop | Firestarter Fails to Spark | EEAAO's Crazy Hold | Shin Ultraman Rules Japan

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5/6/22-5/8/22: Doctor Strange 2 Scares Up 187M Opening Weekend Despite Lukewarm Reviews | Doctor Strange (and Wandavision) Review

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4/29/22-5/1/22: Slowest April in Memory Ahead of Doctor Strange 2 | EEAAO Holding Steady | Summer Box Office Preview & 100M Opener/Grosser Check In | CinemaCon Updates

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4/22/22-4/24/22: The Bad Guys Do Good, The Northman Goes South and Massive Talent is Pretty Decent | Cinema Con Updates from Sony, Warner Bros, Disney and Universal

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4/15/22-4/17/22: Fantastic Beasts and Father Stu's Underwhelming Openings | EEAAO Keeps the Ball Moving | Yet Another Indian Box Office Surprise | Netlix Subscriber Woes | DC Restructuring Under Discovery?

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4/8/22-4/10/22: Sonic Sequel Booms At Box Office | Morbius Worst Marvel Drop | Ambulance Crashes | Dumbledore Starts Interntaional Rollout | Dr Strange 2 Presales Numbers | WB Discovery Deal Closes | Everything Everywhere All At Once Review

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4/1/22-4/3/22: Man-Bat Morbius vs Batman at the Box Office | Dr Strange Crashes Ticketing Platforms | Pending Discover Warner Merger leads to exits | Cancelled Movie Stars

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3/25/22-3/27/22: Oscars Streaming Numbers and the Cost of Best Picture | The Lost City Opens #1 Domestic, Indian Epic #1 Globally | Everything Everywhere All At Once Breaks PTA Records | Moonfall Drops in China | 2022 Hollywood Diversity Report | Batman Review

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3/18/22-3/20/22: The Batman and Uncharted Celebrate Spring Break | Jujutsu Kaisen 0 Scares Up Widest Anime Release in Decades | China's Box Office Woes | MGM/Amazon and Discovery/Warner Mergers Finalized

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3/4/22-3/6/22: The Batman Blows Past Expectations For 134M Opening | New Warner Bros Release Dates | The Return of Hollywood to China?

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2/25/22-2/27/22: Hollywood Studios Pull Out of Russia | Uncharted Tops Chart Ahead of The Batman's Release | Cinemark and AMC have stellar Quarterly Results

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2/18/22-2/21/22: Uncharted Tops the Charts while Dog is a Good Boy | Spider-man 3rd highest Domestic Ever | Paramount Announcements

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2/11/22-2/13/22: Episode 100! | Death on the Nile, Marry Me and Blacklight Open Valentines Weekend | The Batman Presales | MoviePass Returns?

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2/4/22-2/6/22: Jackass Lives Forever while Moonfall Crashes to Earth | Worst Person in the World The Best | Lunar New Year Box Office Underperforms | Matrix and Ice Age Legal Issues | Netflix's 2022 Lineup

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1/28/22-1/30/22: A Snowed-In Weekend at the Box Office | Looking Ahead to Lunar New Year Presales | Potpurri of Financial News | Hadestown (Review)

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1/21/22-1/23/22: Slow Week at Box Office as Spider-man closes in on Avatar and takes #6 Worldwide | The Kings Daugther releases 7 years later | Top Studios of 2021 | Mission Impossible delayed | Nightmare Alley (Review)

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1/14/22-1/16/22: Scream scares up #1 on MLK weekend | Spider-man pushes past Black Panther to #4 Domestic All Time | Matrix disappoints in China | Total Tickets Sold since 2001 | Belle (Review)

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1/7/22-1/9/22: January-April Box Office Preview | Spider-man takes Japan while Encanto quiet in China | Turning Red Direct to Disney+ in March | 61% of Americans Haven't Been to Movies in a Year

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12/31/21-1/2/22: Holiday Break Catchup - No Way Home, Sing 2, Matrix 4, Kings Man and American Underdog | Jujutsu Kaisen 0 Takes Japan | Canada and Morbius react to Omicron | Predicting 100M Films and Opening Weekends for 2022

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12/17/21-12/19/21: Spider-man No Way Home Beats All Expectations with 600M Global Open Despite Omicron | Nightmare Alley stumbles out the gate | Is LOTR The #1 Trilly? | No Way Home / Matrix (1999) / To Kill a Mockingbird Reviews

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12/10/21-12/12/21: West Side Story Off Key with 10.5M Opening - Can Spielberg Rally in Second Act? | Douban App Removed in China | Changes to Adult Drama Releases | What I've Been Watching - Flee and House of Gucci

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12/3/21-12/5/21: Quiet Post Thanksgiving Weekend with a Chosen Surprise | Spider-Man No Way Home Presale Numbers, China Woes and Other News

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11/24/21-11/28/21: Spider-Monday Ticket Sales near Endgame Levels | Encanto and House of Gucci Have an Okay Thanksgiving | PTA breaks PTA record with Licorice Pizza | Ghostbusters Afterlife + Tick Tick Boom Reviews

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11/19/21-11/21/21: Ghostbusters Afterlife and King Richard Open Pre-Thanksgiving | New China Release Dates | No Time To Die Top Hollywood Film of 2021 So Far

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11/12/21-11/14/21: Eternals Hangs In There | Clifford the Big Box Office Surprise | Jungle Cruise Sinks in China | Eternals Review

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11/5/21-11/7/21: Eternals Manages to top Box Office Despite Weak Reviews | Lake Changjin now All Time China Highest Grosser | Something Something Chris Pratt Garfield | Ghostbusters (1984) and Army of Thieves Mini-Review

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10/31/21-10/24/21: Tricks and Treats - Mixed Bag at Halloween Weekend Box Office with Dune 2nd Weekend, My Hero Academia, Antlers, Last Night in Soho | Bond crossed 600M WW with China's Help | International Reopenings | Eternals Forecast

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10/22/21-10/24/21: The Spice Flows for Dune | Ron Goes Wrong | French Dispatch New PTA Record | Lake Changjin Takes #1 Box Office Title for 2021 | Dune Reviews

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10/15/21-10/17/21: IATSE Strike Averted for Now | MCU Film Release Date Domino | Halloween Kills a Treat while The Last Duel's a Trick | How High can Lake Changjin Go?

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10/8/21-10/10/21: Bond debuts domestically | Shang Chi crosses 400M | Eternals Presales Looking Good | Venom Impressions

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10/1/21-10/3/21: Venom Surpasses Pre-Pandemic Performance | Bond Overperforms Abroad | Lake Changjin Global Leader | Dune Holds Well | Shang Chi Crosses 200M | Black Widow Lawsuit Resolved

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9/24/21-9/26/21: Shang Chi completes its 4 Week Streak | Dear Evan Hansen Falls Flat | Dune Holds Well Abroad Ahead of Bond Release | October Movie Preview | IATSE Strike Authorization Inbound

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9/17/21-9/19/21: Dune Takes Off in Europe | Shang Chi September Continues | Cry Macho Disappoints

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9/10/21-9/12/21: Shang Chi's 2nd week hold leads Disney to drop Premiere Access | Malignant Disappoints | Dune Begins Intl Rollout and Bond UK Presales Pop Off | Chris Nolan to Universal | Paramount Focuses on Streaming | Shang Chi (and Cinderella) Review

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9/3/21-9/6/21: Shang Chi has a #GoldOpen Labor Day Weekend | Why the Box Office Matters To Me | What Happens To The 2021 Film Slate

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8/27/21-8/29/21: Candyman Opens as First Black Female Directed Film to Top Box Office | Free Guy Continues Its Run with #1 in China | Looking Ahead go Shang Chi | Free Guy Reactions

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8/20/21-8/2/21: Free Guy Has Best Hold of the Summer | Paw Patrol Overperforms While Other New Releases Kind of Flop (especially Reminisence) | No Way Home Trailer Breaks the Internet | Netflix Coming to Theaters This Winter | And Much More!

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8/13/21-8/15/21: Free Guy an original IP success with legs | Suicide Squad Blows Up (In a Bad Way) | Vaccine Passports in NYC/LA/SF | New Movie Dates for Venom and Hotel Transylvania | Shang Chi still Set for Labor Day

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8/6/21-8/8/21: James Gunn's The Suicide Squad Opens to 26M | China faces COVID restrictions as Hollywood returns | AMC and Cinemark Earnings | The Suicide Squad (and Army of the Dead) Review

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7/30/21-8/1/21: Scarlett Johansson sues Disney over Black Widow Premiere Access | Delta Variant woes as NYC introduces Vaccine Passport | Jungle Cruise chugs along to top box office | The Green Knight Review

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7/23/21-7/25/21: Old beats out Snake Eyes for #1 at Underwhelming Box Office while Space Jam drops past Black Widow | Europe battles Delta Variant with Green Passes | Looking ahead at August with Suicide Squad, Free Guy | Legendary For Sale

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7/16/21-7/18/21: Why Black Widow Dropped Harder than in Avengers Endgame | Space Jam 2 Takes the Championship | New Restrictions in LA and Europe to combat Delta Variant | Space Jam 2 Review

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7/9/21-7/11/21: Black Widow hits 80M Opening Weekend | Disney released Premiere Access numbers - What do they Mean for the Industry? | Black Widow (and Top Gun) review

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7/2/21-7/4/21: Universal Hat Tricks July 4th Weekend | F9 Beats 100M Domestic, 500M Worldwide | Black Widow Eyes 100M Opening | Last Night in Soho Delays a Week

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6/25/21-6/27/21: F9 Revs Into a Higher Opening Weekend than Anything in 2020, Boosting Black Widow Expectations | Keeping an Eye on the Delta Variant | Warner Bros Shuffles October Release Dates | In the Heights Review

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6/18/21-6/20/21: The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard tops Fathers Day weekend, In the Height Craters | Happy Cinema Week | Hotel Transylvania now fighting Addam's Family 2 | New Documentary Release dates

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6/11/21-6/13/21: In the Heights' Low Opening Weekend Fails to Top Box Office - Analyzing What Went Wrong | A Quiet Place 2 1st 100M post pandemic film | Conjuring Franchise crosses 2B | Analyzing Black Widow and F9 Presale Data

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6/4/21-6/6/21: Conjuring The Devil Made Me Do It Outscares A Quiet Place 2 | Spirit Untamed Also Debuts | Strong Box Office Leads to Sequel Announcements | Cruella Review

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5/28/21-5/31/21: A Quiet Place 2 Tops Cruella over Memorial Day Weekend | Demon Slayer tops 500M Worldwide | Amazon Buys MGM

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5/21/21-5/23/21: Summer Box Office Preview Extravaganza | F9 Tops 160M International Opening Weekend

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5/14/21-5/16/21: AT&T Spins-off WarnerMedia to merge with Discovery | Amazon may buy MGM | Regal sets new windows | Jungle Cruise moves to Premiere Access | Spiral tops domestic box office

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5/7/21-5/9/21: Wrath of Man Tops Domestic Box Office | Raya Grows Theatrical Footprint | Godzilla v Kong Reactions

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4/30/21-5/2/21: Demon Slayer 2nd Anime Film Ever to Top Domestic Box Office | Steep Drops for Mortal Kombat | New Marvel Movie Dates and Titles

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4/23/21-4/25/21: Mortal Kombat Narrowly Wins Domestic Box Office | Demon Slayer Takes Top 2020 Film Award with Largest Domestic Anime/Foreign Film Opening & Post-Pandemic PTA

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4/16/21-4/18/21: Detective Conan Tops Global Box Office | Previewing Demon Slayer vs Mortal Kombat US Premiere | Rocky Horror Picture Show Continues 40+ Year Theatrical Streak During Pandemic

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4/9/21-4/11/21: Godzilla v Kong can Actually be Profitable | Sony Signs Netflix Streaming Deal | New Paramount Release Dates for Tom Cruise Films | RIP Arclight Cinemas

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4/2/21-4/4/21: Godzilla v Kong's Monster Easter Weekend Box Office and What It Means for the Future of Streaming, Exhibition and the MonsterVerse

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3/26/21-3/28/21: Godzilla v Kong Rampages Overseas for 120M while Nobody tops Domestic | Cinemark & Warner Bros Secure a 45 day Window | Disney Drops a Premiere Access Bomb for Black Window

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3/19/21-3/21/21: Raya and Tom&Jerry Hold Well | Best Picture Nominees Expand | LA's First Weekend Back | New Movie Dates

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3/12/21-3/14/21: Avatar Retakes Top Film Title from Endgame | LA Theaters Reopen Again | Raya Tops Domestic Box Office | New HBO Max Subscriber Estimates

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3/5/21-3/7/21: What does Raya and the Last Dragon's Underperformance mean for Black Widow and Disney+ Premiere Access? | NYC Theaters Reopen After a Year | Various New Movie Dates | One Year of COVID Lockdowns

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2/26/21-2/28/21: Tom and Jerry Tops The Box Office | Paramount Plus Launches Later this Week | Hi Mom 3rd Biggest Film Ever in China

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2/19/21-2/21/21: BOW 1 Year Anniversary | Hi Mom and Detective Chinatown 3 top 600M in Lunar New Year Week | New York City Theaters to Reopen March 5th

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2/12/21-2/14/21: Detective Chinatown 3 Breaks Avengers Endgame Records in Massive Lunar New Year Weekend | Disney+ Gains 8M Users in December | Croods 2 Retakes #1 Domestic After 12 Weeks

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2/5/21-2/7/21: The Little Things Continues at #1 | Soul hangs on in China pre-Lunar New Year | Sundance Acquisitions of Passing and Summer of Soul | WSB Aftermath for AMC

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1/29/21-1/31/21: $AMC Takes Off TO THE MOON 💎🙌🚀🌙 as WallStreetBets tries to #SaveAMC | AppleTV breaks record for Sundance acquisition with CODA | Denzel Washington's The Little Things tops Domestic Box Office | Demon Slayer does well in Korea

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1/22/21-1/24/21: January Wave of Delays - No Time To Die, Cinderella, Kings Man and more | AMC gets $900M financing | HBO Max 17M activated users | Marksman tops Domestic, Soul tops Russia and South Korea

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1/15/21-1/17/21: Netflix's 71 Films in 2021 | Godzilla v Kong Stomps to HBO Max in March | Cinemark and Marcus Upgraded to Buy | Marksman beats out Wonder Woman | The Last Warrior and Master rule Russia and India

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1/8/21-1/10/21: Wonder Woman 1984 Hobbles Along | Warner Bros Makes Nice with Hollywood | Rumors of Wave 3 of Movie Delays On the Horizon

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12/18-21/20 & 12/25-27/20 & 1/1-3/21: Catching up from the Holidays - Wonder Woman 1984's Disappointing Numbers, Soul's China Surprise, and Demon Slayer Beating Spirited Away Finally | 2020 Total Box Office and Top 10 Films (Does China need Hollywood?) | MGM on Sale and other news

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Recapping the 2020 Box Office Industry in Verse | Year End Special

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12/11/20-12/13/20: Literally EVERYTHING announced at Disney Investor Day (Long Live Theatrical) | Fallout from Warner Bros HBOMax First Strategy Continues

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12/4-12/6/20: Diving Deep into Warner Bros' Decision to Move All 2021 Films to HBOMax / Theatrical Simultaneous Release, And The Industry Reactions | Legendary Pictures Threatens Legal Action over Godzilla v Kong and Dune | Monster Hunter Banned in China Over Racist Joke

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11/20/20-11/22/20 & 11/27-11/29/20: Wonder Woman 1984 Does Mixed Christmas Day Release on HBOMax and In Theaters | The Croods 2 Tops Thanksgiving Box Office, Best Post-Pandemic | Demon Slayer Now #2 Film in Japan and #6 Film in 2020 | Godzilla v Kong, Run, and Borat 2 Streaming News/Rumors

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11/13/20-11/15/20: Freaky Tops Friday 13th Box Office | Demon Slayer and China's the Sacrifice Continue to Perform Overseas | Cinemark Signs Deal with Universal | Still no new WW84 date | HBOMax on Amazon TVs and Disney+ crosses 73M subs

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11/6/20-11/8/20: Barely Any Christmas Season Movies Left | Pfizer Vaccine Announced | Let Him Go Tops Domestic | Demon Slayer #5 Movie in Japan All Time

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10/30/20-11/1/20: Come Play Tops Halloween Domestic Box Office | Demon Slayer Continues to Dominate | European Theaters Lockdown | Q3 Earnings Season | RIP Sean Connery

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10/23/20-10/25/20: RIP Quibi 2020-2020 | New Dates for Ghostbuster, Candyman | Rumors of Bond Selling for $600M to Streaming | Demon Slayer Hype Train Chugs On

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10/16/20-10/18/20: Demon Slayer Hype Infinity Train - Anime Film Tops Global Box Office | New York Theaters Reopening Finally but will AMC Survive? | China Officially Top Box Office Market for 2020

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10/9/20-10/13/20: Disney moves Soul to Streaming and Restructures | War with Grandpa tops Tenet at Domestic Box Office | China National Day Holiday Box Office Numbers

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10/2/20-10/6/20: New Wave of Delays (Bond, Dune) after UK Virus Surge | Regal Cinemas Halt Operations Indefinitely | Hocus Pocus Casts a Surprise | China Soars to Pre-Pandemic Levels

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9/25/20-9/27/20: Tenet crosses 40M Domestic | BTS Breaks the Silence | Leap tops China ahead of National Day Holiday

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9/18/20-9/20/20: MCU plays musical chairs while Soul sits still | China drops Mulan and pushes The Eight Hundred to the top

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9/11/20-9/13/20: Mulan stumbles in China debut | Wonder Woman 1984 is now a Christmas release | Tenet and Broken Hearts Gallery obfuscate data | Nomadland takes the Golden Lion

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9/4/20-9/7/20: Tenet opens below expectations Domestically and in China | Mulan has a Gold Open on Disney+ despite controversy

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8/28/20-8/30/20: Tenet saves theaters internationally | The New Mutants is finally here | Tribute to Chadwick Boseman

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8/21/20-8/23/20: The Return of the (Domestic) Box Office - Unhinged Takes #1, The Eight Hundred tops China, Harry Potter makes a Billion, and DC FanDome Recap

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8/14/20-8/16/20: The Calm Before the Storm - A look forward to the return of the box office

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8/7/20-8/9/20: Mulan to Disney+ | WarnerMedia Restructuring | Paramount Decrees Overturned

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7/31/20-8/2/20: AMC and Universal deal challenges theatrical windows | China Box Office Performance of Dolittle and Interstellar impresses, Sonic stumbles

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7/24/20-7/26/20: Tenet explores International First | New Mutants stands steady | Lots of other date changes including Mulan, Avatar and Bill & Ted | The Rental tops theater and VOD

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7/17/20-7/19/20: Tenet moves AGAIN | Peninsula dominates Asian Box Office | NBC's Peacock takes flight | New Mutant rumors

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7/10/20-7/12/20: California Recloses | Quibi 92% Churn | Will NBC's Peacock take Flight? | The Empire Strikes Back at the Box Office

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7/3/20-7/5/20: Hamilton gets a standing ovation on Disney+ | Ghostbusters returns to #1 after 36 years | Tom Hanks beef with Apple | Top July 4th Films of All Time

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6/26/20-6/29/20: Tenet and Mulan get pushed back AGAIN | Movie theaters delay domestic opening and reopen abroad | Streaming Fatigue is a thing

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6/19/20-6/21/20: Masks Rule at the Movie Theater | How to Get the Highest Grossing Film in the Country with One Easy Trick

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6/12/20-6/14/20: TenetWatch, HBOMax missteps, Theater Reopenings - Box Office Headlines

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6/5/20-6/7/20: Black Movies You Can Watch To Educate Yourself

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5/29/20-5/31/20: HBOMax Misfire | AppleTV courts Scorsese

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5/22/20-5/24/20: Breaking Down Historical Memorial Day Weekend Performance | Box Office News GrabBag including TenetxFortnite, ReleaseTheSnyderCut, and More

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5/15/20-5/17/20: Scoob, Hamilton on Streaming | Disney+ and HBOMax Forecasts | Why Tenet opening this summer if feasible

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5/8/20-5/10/20: Deadline's Biggest Bombs and Best Small Movies | Funky Hollywood Accounting Explainer

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5/1/20-5/3/20: Universal vs AMC War over Trolls World Tour | Reopening Markets | Oscar Rules Change

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4/24/20-4/26/20: Deadline's Most Profitable Blockbusters of 2019

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4/17/20-4/19/20: Product Placement in Movies

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4/10/20-4/12/20: Box Office News Grab Bag | Trolls World Tour goes direct to VOD | Holiday 2020 gets more crowded

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4/3/20-4/5/20: Release Date Musical Chairs | Top Five Box Office Territories

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3/27/20-3/29/20: Distributor-Exhibitor Splits | Supporting Independent Movie Chains in the Time of Social Distancing

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3/20/20-3/22/20: Theatrical Windows | Why Mulan and Black Widow won't come to streaming anytime soon

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3/13/20-3/15/20: Per Theater Average | Coronavirus Shutting Down Theaters!

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3/6/20-3/8/20: Animated Films | Onward, The Way Back

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2/28/20-3/1/20: Anime Films | The Invisible Man, My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising

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2/21/20-2/23/20: Drops and Multipliers | Sonic, Call of the Wild, The Boy 2

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