After years of empty seats and stale popcorn, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie and Project Hail Mary are giving theaters a renewed sense of hope. Both films have delivered strong box office performances, signaling that audiences are returning. Yet it isn’t superhero franchises or auteur-driven event films leading the charge this time.
If you can believe it, we're already two months into the 2026 calendar year with spring almost upon us. And after a very rough last two years for Hollywood's domestic box office (actually, it's been awful since the pandemic), many were hoping this year would finally...
As we enter into the dawn of Hollywood-level production values deflated by almost infinite levels via artificial intelligence, one film is proving that the Day of Independent Content Creators has finally arrived. The independently produced thriller Iron Lung is poised...
Melania and Iron Lung have shocked the Tinsel Town system, and it may create permanent change. In a weekend that surprised Hollywood insiders, Iron Lung, a self-financed horror feature written, directed, and headlined by YouTube creator Mark Fischbach (better known to...
Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel’s attempt to cast doubt on the Rotten Tomatoes audience score for the Melania documentary just ran headfirst into a wall of reality — and this time, it came from the very platform he was implying had been manipulated. According to a new...
Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel is once again taking aim at President Trump — but this time his target isn’t the former reality star or the White House. Instead, Kimmel has set his sights on the Amazon MGM documentary Melania, spinning what many viewers see as baseless...
As of early January 2026, Wicked: For Good has generated $522.3 million worldwide, comprised of $341.8 million domestic and $180.5 million international. In a vacuum, that is a major commercial outcome for a PG-rated musical-fantasy sequel. In context, however, it represents a clear step down from Wicked (2024), which finished at $758.8 million worldwide ($475.0 million domestic, $283.8 million international).
The Avatar box office story has once again hit a major milestone, but context matters more than headlines. Avatar: Fire and Ash has officially crossed $1 billion at the worldwide box office, doing so in roughly three weeks of global release. While that number will inevitably be touted as another unquestionable victory for James Cameron and Disney, the underlying data tells a more complicated—and far less triumphant—story when placed next to its direct predecessor.
At the end of a rough year for the company, Disney had a historic win. Zootopia 2 has become Walt Disney Animation’s highest-grossing movie ever, with $1.46 billion at the global box office. Previously, the record was held by 2019’s Frozen II, with $1.45 billion. While many of the company’s 2025 releases, like Snow White and Captain America: Brave New World, faltered at the box office, Zootopia 2 could provide a template for projects in other franchises.
On New Year’s Day in China, a surprising Disney box office Civil War unfolded as Zootopia 2 overtook Avatar: Fire and Ash.
After 37 days in theaters, Zootopia 2 surged back to #1 in China, overtaking Avatar: Fire and Ash, which has been in release for just two weeks.
Hollywood entered 2025 with modest hopes for theatrical box office recovery — and still came up short.
According to year-end domestic ticket sales data reported by Variety, the 2025 box office closed at $8.87 billion, narrowly missing the already-reduced $9 billion projection that analysts had framed as a realistic benchmark. While the industry has attempted to spin the result as progress, the numbers tell a far less flattering story.
"Avatar: Fire and Ash" might be getting all the headlines, along with Zootopia 2, but despite passing up "Lilo & Stitch" at the box office... it's the little furry blue alien that probably made Disney all their money this year! Disney’s 2025 theatrical story in...
The box office story surrounding David did not end with its record-setting opening weekend. Instead, the animated Biblical film delivered something far more important for long-term success: staying power.