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‘Weapons’ To Beat ‘Freakier Friday’ At Box Office With $30 Million+

‘Weapons’ To Beat ‘Freakier Friday’ At Box Office With  Million+

In what’s one of the last big showdowns at the summer box office, New Line’s Weapons, which is strong across the board, and Disney’s femme-skewing, much millennial-loved Freakier Friday are about to face off, with the tracking reports indicating a too-close-to-call race for No. 1 with $30 million-plus expected for both. However, there is immense buzz from distribution sources that …

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Fantastic Four Box Office Drop Poses Tough Questions for MCU and Superheroes

Fantastic Four Box Office Drop Poses Tough Questions for MCU and Superheroes

Still, there are few alternative lessons to be considered here. While Fantastic Four just suffered a precipitous drop, and Warner Bros. and DC’s own hard universe-reset in Superman proved to have sturdier legs when it opened slightly bigger and then fell a healthy 53.2 percent in its second weekend, neither superhero movie seems destined to cross $700 million worldwide. Kal-El …

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President Donald Trump joins ‘Squawk Box’

President Donald Trump joins ‘Squawk Box’

President Donald Trump joins Squawk Box at 8 a.m. on August 5, 2025. Click here to watch the CNBC TV livestream. President Donald Trump will join CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on Tuesday around 8 a.m. ET for a wide-ranging conversation on the economy and the state of the U.S. Trump’s interview comes as the administration juggles a slew of tariff negotiations …

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David Zucker Reacts to Reboot Movie’s Opening Box Office

David Zucker Reacts to Reboot Movie’s Opening Box Office

David Zucker, who directed the original Naked Gun film, sees the reboot’s positive reception as a sign that this is a good year — even if he has no plans to watch the new movie that stars Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson. Zucker has been outspoken about feeling burned that he and other members of the original 1988 film’s team …

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First Steps’ Collapsed At The Box Office

First Steps’ Collapsed At The Box Office

Fantastic Four: First Steps Credit: Marvel It’s been a rough year for Disney and Marvel’s MCU. Captain America: Brave New World was met with tepid reviews and a sluggish box office. Thunderbolts was better received, but the relatively unknown characters and title almost guaranteed that it would flop. More on these two in a minute. Fantastic Four: First Steps seemed, …

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Fantastic Four faces steep drop-off at weekend box office

Fantastic Four faces steep drop-off at weekend box office

Could the age of Marvel’s uncontested dominance finally be over? Fantastic Four: First Steps had a “just fine” debut, though it couldn’t reach the heights of DC’s Superman. Now in its second weekend, the latest entry in the MCU faced a disappointing 66 percent drop off. It’s still Marvel’s biggest hit of the year, and it still came in at …

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“Fantastic Four ”suffers significant week 2 drop at domestic box office, but still holds on to top spot

“Fantastic Four ”suffers significant week 2 drop at domestic box office, but still holds on to top spot

Key Points The Fantastic Four: First Steps scored another No. 1 at the domestic box office. Two premieres took the No. 2 and No. 3 spots on the domestic charts: animated sequel The Bad Guys 2 and action-comedy reboot The Naked Gun. Fantastic Four‘s nemeses next week are Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan in another Disney-distributed production, Freakier Friday. …

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‘Jurassic World Rebirth,’ ‘F1’ Hit Box Office Milestone

‘Jurassic World Rebirth,’ ‘F1’ Hit Box Office Milestone

“Jurassic World Rebirth” keeps roaring at the box office with ticket sales clearing the $750 million milestone over the weekend. Universal’s dinosaur tentpole, which rebooted the prehistoric series with Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Bailey and Mahershala Ali at the helm, has grossed $766 million globally after five weekends of release. It’s one of three Hollywood films this year — Disney’s “Lilo …

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‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’ holds onto top box office spot

‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’ holds onto top box office spot

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Marvel’s first family stumbled in theaters in its second weekend, but still held on to the top spot at the box office. “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” earned $40 million from 4,125 North American theaters, a 66% drop from a healthy $117.6 million debut. The film was accompanied by comedies “The Bad Guys 2” and “The …

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