Hoppers

Popculturology • The Box Office Report

‘Hoppers’ leaps to Pixar’s best debut for an original story since ‘Coco’

The $46M opening weekend for ‘Hoppers’ further drives home the divide between Pixar’s sequels and new projects.

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Bill Kuchman Mar 9, 2026

The Omnicosm • Saturday Wrap

The ‘Project Hail Mary’ Lego set and ‘Hoppers’ reviewed, Connor Storrie hosts ‘SNL’ and the Big Mac and Big Arch face off

Your weekly rundown of everything from Snackology, Popculturology and The Cold Open.

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Bill Kuchman Mar 7, 2026

Popculturology • Friday Newsletter

‘Hoppers’ is easily my favorite Pixar movie in a long time

I knew ‘Hoppers’ was going to be weird. But I didn’t know how weird. PLUS: The first trailer for ‘Lanterns,’ David Ellison talks Warner Bros., and do the new ‘Mummy’ directors consider the last movie to be canon?

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Bill Kuchman Mar 6, 2026

Popculturology • Special Edition

Rocky! ‘Project Hail Mary’ leads Super Bowl trailers

No Marvel this year, but we got new teasers for Spielberg’s ‘Disclosure Day,’ ‘The Mandalorian and Grogu,’ ‘Minions & Monsters’ and more.

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Bill Kuchman Feb 8, 2026