In the midst of a perceived superhero slump, one hero rises above all others (including an overperformer from ancient Greece two weeks prior) to become the pinnacle of what the blockbuster summer genre has to…
Early Movers: Can ‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ Grow Beyond Its Breakout?
Early Movers is a new monthly Greenlight Analytics series designed to surface which upcoming films are breaking through early and how they’re doing it. Each installment examines both full-funnel standouts and month-over-month momentum, offering a…
Early Movers: 4 Films Winning Every Early Signal in 2026
The domestic box office totaled roughly $8.6 billion in 2025—on par with 2024 and still 20–25% smaller than the boom years of the late 2010s. Hollywood’s common post-pandemic refrain of “Survive till 2025” has now…