Popculturology • The Box Office Report
Get your dinosaur puns ready. ‘Jurassic World Rebirth’ stomps to $147.3M 5-day debut.
It T-Rex’d the box office? It Pteranodon’d the weekend crown?
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Is Ryan Gosling’s ‘Project Hail Mary’ the next ‘Martian’?
The duo behind ’The Lego Movie’ brings Andy Weir’s latest book to life. PLUS: The first ‘Running Man’ trailer, Amazon wants a baby ‘Bond,’ and Disney plans an ‘Indy’ reboot?
Popculturology • The Box Office Report
Vroom vroom. ‘F1’ races to a No. 1 opening for Brad Pitt
The heavily promoted movie lapped its opponents to give director Joseph Kosinski and Apple a big win.
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The Monthly June 2025
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Popculturology • Friday Newsletter
The next ‘James Bond’ director is Villeneuve. Denis Villeneuve.
The ‘Dune’ director will helm Amazon MGM Studios’ franchise reboot. PLUS: Sorkin to write and direct ‘Social Network’ sequel, ‘Fantastic Four’ gets final trailer, and Channing Tatum is ‘Roofman.’
Popculturology • The Box Office Report
‘Elio’ no ... Pixar’s latest crash lands with studio’s worst debut
Universal’s ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ redo holds on to the No. 1 spot while ’28 Years Later’ scares up franchise’s best debut.
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‘Always Sunny’ gangs up on ‘Abbott Elementary’ and ‘The Golden Bachelor’ in new trailer
The series returns for Season 17 next month. PLUS: Cruise and Parton get honorary Oscars, Gunn talks ‘Superman,’ and the summer of Seth Meyers continues.
Popculturology • The Box Office Report
‘How to Train Your Dragon’ redo reheats box office with an $83.7M opening weekend
A live-action remake dethrones a live-action remake to claim the No. 1 spot.
Popculturology • Friday Newsletter
The summer of Seth Meyers
As if his late-night show, YouTube segment and two podcasts weren’t enough, the host is suddenly everywhere. PLUS: It’s splitsville for Warner Bros. Discovery, Disney turns its lawyers on an AI image generator, and a Wonder Woman movie is in the works.
Popculturology • The Box Office Report
‘Ballerina’ loses to ‘Lilo & Stitch’ remake in box office dance off
The ‘John Wick’ spinoff didn’t have the moves to dethrone Disney’s latest live-action cash grab.
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First ‘Wicked: For Good’ trailer brings the fight to the Wizard
Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande take us back to Oz. PLUS: Trailers for ‘Frankenstein,’ ‘Wake Up Dead Man’ and more, first look at Josh Brolin in ‘Whalefall,’ and Marc Maron ends ‘WTF.’
Popculturology • The Box Office Report
‘Karate Kid: Legends’ fails to put up a fight against ‘Lilo & Stitch’ and ‘Mission: Impossible’
The legacy sequel earned a respectable $21 million — but that wasn’t enough to overpower the tag team of Disney’s latest remake and Tom Cruise.