By the end of its third weekend, Michael has broken the record for the highest-grossing musical biopic in domestic box office history. The milestone comes despite heavy criticism and negative reviews from much of the Hollywood access media. Audiences—and not just longtime Michael Jackson fans—appeared largely unfazed by the backlash, helping turn the film into a historic theatrical success.
The creators behind KPop Demon Hunters have publicly rejected the idea of a live‑action remake, citing the story’s tone, visual flexibility, and pacing as better suited to animation. Co‑directors and writers Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans addressed the matter in recent interviews.
Leonardo DiCaprio’s One Battle After Another was supposed to be a prestige box office hit — a bold new political thriller from Paul Thomas Anderson.
Instead, it’s collapsing.
James Gunn’s Peacemaker Season 2 is facing serious audience erosion, with multiple analytics sources confirming a steep decline in ratings across the season. What began as a promising follow-up to the acclaimed first season has quickly turned into one of the biggest ratings slides for a DC property on streaming.
Supergirl screenwriter Ana Nogueira recently told Variety that she doesn’t understand past iterations of the character — especially those that emphasized optimism. “I can’t get my head around the version of the character that is so sunny,” she told the outlet.
Just when it looked like Paramount Skydance might have a clear path to acquiring Warner Bros. Discovery, a new contender has stepped into the ring: Comcast.
When Tron: Ares stumbled out of the gate, the entertainment press wasted no time finding its culprit. Forget Disney’s overstuffed release calendar, creative stagnation, or a year of record-breaking box office failures. No—the problem that led to Tron: Ares’ box office failure, according to outlets like The Hollywood Reporter, is Jared Leto.
As Bob Iger’s retirement looms, Disney’s board appears ready to repeat history — and not in a good way. CNBC reports the company is now considering a leadership structure that includes co-CEOs to oversee its future, with the leading candidates rumored to be Dana Walden and Josh D’Amaro. If true, it’s one of the most baffling corporate strategies Disney has floated in years.
In 2025, The Walt Disney Company is enduring what might go down as its darkest theatrical year in memory—accumulating a cascade of box-office disappointments that arguably outstrips any distributor in a single calendar year. In fact, Disney has likely broken the record for most financial failures at the box office in a single year… beating its own previous record in 2023!
In a staggering new report from Forbes journalist Caroline Reid, Disney has officially revealed that Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker cost $593.7 million to produce—making it the third most expensive movie ever made. That number places it behind only The Force Awakens and Jurassic World: Dominion in the all-time rankings of cinematic spending.
When Variety publishes a major profile on a filmmaker, readers tend to notice not only what’s included — but what’s missing. In the case of Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, the two-time Oscar-winning director who was once announced to helm a new Star Wars movie centered on Daisy Ridley’s Rey, a major omission might be the biggest story of all.
Mark Hamill is warning Hollywood about the “terrifying” future of AI performers. In a new Variety interview, the Star Wars veteran blasted the rise of synthetic actors as “ghastly,” “ghoulish,” and “weird.”
But the same man now decrying artificial actors has already been turned into one — at least partially — by Disney.
If the opening weekend for The Smashing Machine was bad, its second weekend box office drop was catastrophic.