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Newsbites: The King of Kings! The Promised Land! Godspell!

The King of Kings is a box-office hit in South Korea; the Moses comedy The Promised Land reveals a couple new characters; and a documentary about…

Jul 26, 2025 • Peter T Chattaway

Box office: Superman has one of the best second-weekend holds of the year

Meanwhile, attempts to revive the I Know What You Did Last Summer and Smurfs franchises fell flat.

Jul 21, 2025 • Peter T Chattaway

Box office: Superman takes off, but how high can he fly?

The latest Superman reboot had a slightly smaller opening than the last one, Man of Steel. But it also had the best opening of any PG-13 superhero movie…

Jul 14, 2025 • Peter T Chattaway

Box office: Dinosaurs rule the planet once again

Jurassic World: Rebirth had a five-day opening on par with the three-and-a-half-day openings of the last two Jurassic World movies.

Jul 7, 2025 • Peter T Chattaway

Box office: F1 races to the top of the chart

Brad Pitt's car-race flick had one of the five best openings of any "original" movie this decade. Also: M3GAN 2.0 opened to only a fraction of what the…

Jun 30, 2025 • Peter T Chattaway

Box office: 28 Years Later sets series high, while Elio marks new Pixar low

28 Years Later revived its franchise with the best opening ever for director Danny Boyle, while Elio had Pixar's worst opening ever even before taking…

Jun 23, 2025 • Peter T Chattaway

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