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Box Office

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What Women Moviegoers Want

After years of ignoring female-focused melodramas, romantic comedies, cat-and-mouse thrillers, etcetera—a string of hits like It Ends With Us may finally convince Hollywood to revisit some of its tried-and-true genres.
Scott Mendelson • August 13, 2024
Scott Mendelson • August 6, 2024
No Need to Survive Until ’25?
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Has the box office finally bottomed out? Despite a rough first quarter, ’24 is shaping up to be an inflection year, with an encouraging fourth quarter upon us.
Scott Mendelson • July 23, 2024
A Twist on Summer Movies
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Old-school movie fans flocked to theaters for Universal’s superhero-free storm chaser Twisters, the rare big-budget tentpole with regular people in extraordinary situations.
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Scott Mendelson • July 9, 2024
Can Hollywood Make Old Franchises New Again?
The success of ‘Despicable Me 4’ and ‘Inside Out 2’ demonstrates the power of Gen Z nostalgia at the box office. But a slew of resuscitated, ’90s-era franchises also proves there’s a formula for reinvigorating older movies for this younger generation, too.
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Eriq Gardner • June 25, 2024
The Big Problems Behind the ‘Bikeriders’ Backer
Regency needs hits to elevate its narrative after a bungled succession and a series of flops. A new lawsuit suggests the indie production company may be facing real financial challenges, too.
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Scott Mendelson • June 24, 2024
‘Inside Out 2,’ ‘Deadpool 3’ & The Benefit of the Disney Bounce
There is a certain grim irony in the year potentially being dominated by overperforming Disney toons and MCU spectaculars, like we’re right back to 2016 all over again. We’re not. But Disney’s success is a boon to the overall theatrical industry in profound ways.
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Matthew Belloni • June 18, 2024
Hollywood’s Report Card, According to High School Kids
A surprising conversation with a group of next-generation teen movie watchers about what they actually like, where they watch it, and the stars that move the needle.
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Scott Mendelson • June 18, 2024
Inside Out 2 & The Quiet Re-Emergence of the Family Movie
The underwhelming performances for Disney animated movies over the past few years have helped shape the idea that family films were becoming commercially dicey. The success of Inside Out 2, however, is a rebuttal to that idea.
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Scott Mendelson • June 11, 2024
Sony’s Will Smith Post-Slap Rebound
Smith’s new ‘Bad Boys’ reboot appears to be the first legit hit of the season—and the latest credential for Tom Rothman’s fiscally prudent tentpole strategy at Sony Pictures.
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
Scott Mendelson • June 4, 2024
Bad Boys & The Bummer Summer
Everyone in town is wondering whether ‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die’ will be the latest summer movie to miss on its opening weekend tracking. But what if the tracking, and not the movie, is the problem?