Everything snapped into place for The LEGO Batman Movie. The animated click—er, flick built itself an estimated $55.6 million take (presumably out of tile-shaped 100-dollar
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To paraphrase Shakespeare, beware the movies of February. The year’s shortest month can’t be short enough for most studios. Whenever a studio exec screens a
Despite three new movies hitting theaters this weekend, Split continues to dominate the box office with a rather ironic, single-minded aplomb. The M. Night Shyamalan
It was almost as if we had a sixth sense. We just knew that director M. Night Shyamalan just might see the top of the
We were braced for a big upheaval at the box office this weekend. A trio of fresh new movies hit theaters, and a handful of
One of the great ironies of the Star Wars franchise is that while its storyline often focuses on an outgunned, outmatched, overwhelmed band of rebels,
Perhaps Obi-Wan Kenobi had something to do with Disney’s record-setting year. Perhaps, unbeknownst to us, the old Jedi stood at the ticket booth as we
Some say that the success of the new Star Wars movies is predicated on nostalgia: the affection we still feel for those beloved first Star
Did the latest Star Wars rocket to top the box office this weekend? Might as well ask if Darth Vader is a mouth breather. Yes,
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