The Super Mario Galaxy Movie scored the biggest opening of the year for a Hollywood movie, earning $130.9 million over the weekend and $190.1 million in its first five days.
Supporters of platforms like Polymarket and Kalshi argue that when markets reach enough activity, their collective wisdom becomes a kind of crystal ball - faster than experts, smarter than pundits, and better at identifying outcomes before the rest of the culture catches up. Their evidence: prediction markets correctly called 19 of the 24 Oscar categories.
Kayleen Walters, head of Mojang Studios and VP of franchise development for gaming at Microsoft: We wanted to push the story beyond what players experience in-game and do something special for the film, making sure Minecraft not only stayed true to its roots but also created an experience that welcomed new fans into the franchise.
Row K Entertainment was conceived as a niche solution to a specific problem: too many indie movies, not enough indie buyers. Launched in August 2025, the fledgling label entered the movie market with a clear pitch.
The app is incredibly simple. I made use of the wonderful SimpleCSS for my design and then made use of the TMDB API. The TMDB APIs are pretty easy to use, but finding out how to get this information did take a bit of digging.
During a junket interview with OutNow, Gyllenhaal explained that the punctuation mark was included to represent the "whole lot of energy" that comes out when the historically muted Bride of Frankenstein is finally allowed to speak. That's all well and good, but to viewers the titular exclamation point is less of a metaphor and more of a golden arrow saying, "This movie is going to be crazy."
44% of Daily Snapchatters have visited a movie theater in the past six months, which is 1.3x higher than non-Snapchatters and this trend is only increasing in the near future. Daily Snapchatters, for example, are 1.5x more likely to have increased their moviegoing over the past year and 1.7x more likely to expect even more visits next year.
The historic film studios recorded global revenue of $37.3 billion, representing a 5% decrease compared to the previous year due to the decline in the cable business with a loss of advertising on the TNT, Discovery Channel, Cartoon Network and CNN channels.
