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Review: 'Masters of the Universe' Has Got (The) Power, And It Knows How to Use It
If I argue that this 'He-Man' reboot is akin to 'Barbie' for boys, it's in a specific way that makes me even more curious about Mattel's in-development 'Barney' movie.
Masters of the Universe (2026)
Scott Mendelson's Needlessly Long Weekend Box Office Analysis For 05/31/26
'Backrooms’ opens to $81 million as ‘Star Wars’ drops 69% and ‘Obsession’ becomes the first non-December flick since ‘E.T.’ to rise in both weekend two and three.
At long last, the disruptors have been disrupted.
'Star Wars' Collapses, Box Office Endures
An 81% Friday drop for 'The Mandalorian and Grogu' barely mattered amid an overall weekend total that'll be nearly 10% higher than the previous Fri-Sun Memorial Day weekend
Who needs Star Wars? Not movie theaters, as this weekend’s $192 mi...
'Backrooms' Debuts With A Towering $38M as 'Obsession' Jumps 34% At The Friday Box Office
The current generation of self-trained talent isn’t disrupting the theatrical system; rather, it’s picking up the ball Hollywood dropped to affirm its value.
The 3,442 theaters showing Backrooms yesterday became the, uh, opposite of limina...
'Backrooms' Nabs $10.4M Thursday, 'Obsession' Legs Out Past 'Longlegs' and 'Michael' Tops $800M
‘Mandalorian and Grogu’ is no longer #1 in America, but if it’s really as family-focused as hoped, the ‘Star Wars’ story should (regardless of ranking) rally over the weekend.
A24’s Backrooms began its domestic box office sprint with a hea...
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Scott Mendelson got his industry start in 2008 with a self-piloted film blog titled “Mendelson’s Memos.” In 2013, went to Forbes.com where he wrote for nearly a decade specializing in box office punditry. He then spent a year at The Wrap.
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