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Plus: "Extraction 2" leads a Netflix top ten filled with new original productions.
A Chilly Summer
”Asteroid City” is a marvel and "Past Lives" continues to delight, but this is one of the worst June weekends in 20 years.
Box Office Preview
Can "Asteroid City" and "Past Lives" appeal to wider audiences? Can an R-rated comedy still thrive in summer?
VOD and Streaming
Low-grossing "Kandahar" has strong debut despite small theatrical response, again showing appeal of action titles.
Auteur as Superhero
'The Flash' and 'Elemental' add to DC Comic and Pixar woes, but 'Asteroid City' is out of this world.
Box Office Preview
It's too early for tracking, but not too soon to look at the summer's most competitive weekend.
Box Office Preview
It's not just "The Flash" and "Elemental" that have opportunities this weekend, but also "The Blackening," more holdovers, and other specialized titles.
Netflix — for the first time — has no originals in their top 10 and only one film more recent than 2018.
"Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" and "The Little Mermaid" have strong holds while "Past Lives" cracks the top 10.
Big Bucks
The studio reveals some real numbers, confirming the bounty — nearly half of its theatrical rental take — from this underreported source.
VOD Report
The animated smash shares #1 honors with "John Wick: Chapter 4," while the unexpected Oscar nominee gets new life.
Box Office Bliss
In three days, the animated sequel grossed almost as much as "Fast X" did in three weekends. "Past Lives" has the best non-horror specialized opening of 2023.
