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…
Weekend Preview: Can ‘Toy Story 5’ Go to Infinity & Beyond at the Box Office?
It’s easy to say Toy Story 5 will open to big dollars without any data. Death, taxes and blockbuster box office for this franchise are facts of life. Like The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, the…
Early Movers: Summer 2026 Has the Demand. Does It Have the Discipline?
Please indulge me for a moment as I do my best impression of a carnival barker (clears throat): “Step right up, folks, to the annual summer movie season. Come and see this hallowed Hollywood highway…
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…