Hollywood promised that the summer of 2025 would be the big comeback. Bob Iger told Wall Street earlier this year that Marvel and Disney’s film slate would be the strongest since 2019 in terms of summer box office. Analysts across the trades said the industry could finally hit a $4 billion summer, marking the first real rebound since the 2020 lockdowns. The message was clear: after years of decline, Hollywood would deliver a box office season worth celebrating.
The summer 2025 box office has wrapped, and the headlines will tell you that Disney came out on top. That’s technically true. But if we’re being honest, this “victory” says more about how dismal the competition was than about Disney’s strength. This was not a coronation. It was a race where everyone tripped over their shoelaces, and Disney just happened to hobble across the finish line first.
The summer box office is supposed to be Hollywood’s surest bet. Big-budget blockbusters, loaded with effects and franchise branding, are meant to draw in global crowds and deliver the kind of revenue that keeps the industry afloat. Instead, the 2025 summer box office season has ended not with fireworks but with alarm bells.
A new lawsuit could expose Disney for hypocrisy when it comes to gender messaging.
The Walt Disney Company has built an empire in recent years on the language of empowerment and virtue signaling. From turning Marvel into a “girl brand” to leaning hard into Force is Female “girl power” messaging across Star Wars and the theme parks, Disney has marketed itself as the corporate face of gender progress. Now, the company finds itself accused of something that cuts against that very image. A former top lawyer, Alisa Clairet, has filed a lawsuit against Disney in Los Angeles Superior Court alleging gender pay discrimination, retaliation, and wrongful termination.
When families board a ferryboat at Walt Disney World, they’re supposed to be gliding toward the Magic Kingdom — not bracing for a disaster that sends dozens of guests flying. Yet that’s exactly what happened on the night of July 30, 2025, when the General Joe Potter ferryboat slammed into the dock at the Transportation and Ticket Center.
Labor Day at Walt Disney World, particularly in the Magic Kingdom, should be the grand finale of the summer season. It’s a day when Florida schools are closed, parents have time off, and families from up North take their last vacations before heading back to classrooms. Yet in 2025, what should have been a triumphant crowd surge instead looked more like the lockdown-era doldrums of 2020.
Nintendo has a strange problem on its hands in 2025: the hottest “new” Mario Kart game isn’t the one it just launched on its brand-new console. Instead, it’s a re-release that first showed up over a decade ago. Yes, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is outselling Mario Kart World on the Switch 2.
Star Wars Outlaws is reportedly having major issues ahead of its launch on Nintendo Switch 2. But for anyone familiar with the game, this should come as no shock.
A wild rumor has been spreading across social media, claiming Stephen Colbert has signed a $13.5 million contract with Netflix for a seven-episode docuseries. The supposed project was described as a behind-the-scenes look at Colbert’s rise to fame. It sounded...
The HBO Harry Potter reboot series just got a major injection of nostalgia in the form of veteran actor Warwick Davis.
In a move that has longtime fans buzzing, Warner Bros. and HBO announced that Warwick Davis will reprise his role as Professor Filius Flitwick, the Hogwarts Charms Master, in the sprawling multi-season reboot. Davis’ return marks the first time an original film cast member has been confirmed to cross over into the new production.
When fans think of Walt Disney World, the image that most often comes to mind is Cinderella Castle rising above Main Street U.S.A. It’s the symbol of Magic Kingdom, the focal point of countless family photos, and the single most recognizable icon of the resort. On August 31, 2025, at Destination D23, Disney Imagineers announced that this legendary structure will soon be returning to its roots. Disney will repaint Cinderella Castle with a more classic and timeless look that many longtime guests have been waiting to see.
The controversy surrounding the Snoop Dogg apology over his Disney Pixar Lightyear comments just took a bizarre new turn. What started as a blunt critique of Disney’s storytelling has spiraled into a cultural tug-of-war — and now, even Snoop’s own Instagram account is at the center of the storm.
The rappers reps have now claimed that despite originating on Snoop Dogg’s Instagram account and remaining up as of this writing, the apology was not written by Snoop himself.