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Box Office

Pam Abdy, Mike De Luca

Hollywood’s Heroes of the Year Are… The Warner Bros. Duo

In 2025, Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy went from dead executives walking to a six-month stretch of blockbusters and Oscar contenders that silenced the town and offered a middle finger to their boss, David Zaslav. In an era when I.P. has taken over Hollywood, and their studio has been sold to Netflix (or Paramount?), they decided to go out swinging…
Matthew Belloni • December 30, 2025
Scott Mendelson • December 2, 2025
Why China Uncaged ‘Zootopia 2’
Zootopia 2
Disney’s Thanksgiving smash notched a surprisingly outsize win in the fickle territory, but studios shouldn’t mistake its success for a sign that the gaudy numbers of the 2010s are about to return—except, maybe, for ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash.’
Scott Mendelson • November 18, 2025
The Glen Powell Paradox
Glen Powell
Leading men, take heed: “The Running Man” remake’s soft opening is a lesson about the difference between bankable I.P. and fare maybe best left to history. Meanwhile, movies made by, for, and/or starring women continue to power the box office, with “Wicked” on deck.
Tron Ares movie
Scott Mendelson • October 14, 2025
‘Tron’ Fails the Franchise Test
Disney’s ‘Tron: Ares’ shows what happens when studios keep resurrecting half-dead I.P., mistaking brand recognition for audience demand, and doubling down on nostalgia plays that nobody asked for.
Leonardo DiCaprio
Matthew Belloni • September 12, 2025
Is Leo DiCaprio Still Hollywood’s Unicorn?
For years, DiCaprio has been the pinnacle of Hollywood: a prestige movie star who can actually open movies, with grosses of more than $7 billion. But as Leo hits 50 and starts promoting One Battle After Another, does he still have the same power? A new study runs the numbers.
Kpop Demon Hunters
Matthew Belloni • August 29, 2025
Can Gen Alpha Save the Box Office?
According to a new study from NRG, the under-15 crowd loves movie theaters, which represent an exotic and alluring escape to a generation whose upbringing has taken place entirely in front of screens and devices, and whose socialization metric has never been anything other than digital.
weapons movie
Scott Mendelson • August 19, 2025
Hollywood’s Summer of Meh
Most of the big studio movies performed as well as they needed to for their own commercial success. But a lack of regular releases, zero surprise breakouts, and a slew of less-special-than-before franchise titles left theaters begging for a #Barbenheimer…
Scott Mendelson • July 28, 2025
Is $800 Million the New $1 Billion?
As summer hits its final stretch, box office watchers are doing the math on all the ways in which 2025, even with its fearsome foursome and a Man of Steel, could be playing catch-up until Christmas. The subdued month of July tells the story.
Jurassic World Movie
Scott Mendelson • July 7, 2025
A Jurassic-Age Blockbuster Formula
With ‘Jurassic World: Rebirth,’ Universal once again proves that there’s more than one way for Hollywood to build a blockbuster franchise.
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Scott Mendelson • June 22, 2025
A Midsummer Box Office Dream
A timely 2025 midyear health check on the theatrical business, which is outpacing 2024 but behind 2023, as the industry plays with old formulas to manufacture new hits. So far, with a strong incoming late summer slate, $4 billion domestically looks like the floor.