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Box office: Zootopia 2 retakes the top spot in North America, becomes the top American film of the year worldwide
Also: the week's only new major-studio release, Ella McCay, had the worst opening of any James L. Brooks film even before you take up to 42 years of…
Dec 15, 2025 • Peter T Chattaway
Box office: Five Nights at Freddy's 2 shatters early December records
The film—directed, like its predecessor, by Emma Tammi—also marks one of the very few times that a woman has directed two consecutive hits within the…
Dec 8, 2025 • Peter T Chattaway
Box office: Zootopia 2 scores the 4th-best global opening ever thanks to massive success in China
Also: Wicked: For Good had a steeper second-weekend slide than most musicals, Predator: Badlands became the top-grossing Predator movie in North…
Dec 1, 2025 • Peter T Chattaway
Box office: Wicked: For Good flies to the 2nd-best opening of the year
It also had the 8th-best opening of the decade and the best of any musical that wasn't a remake of a cartoon.
Nov 24, 2025 • Peter T Chattaway
Box office: Now You See Me magic-tricks its way to the top
The third film in the 12-year-old series had the lowest opening of the bunch but was the first to be #1 at the box office. Also: The Running Man…
Nov 17, 2025 • Peter T Chattaway
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