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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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