Scott Mendelson

Not all legacy sequels work out, but ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' had a number of factors guiding its success—multigenerational appeal, the return of Tim Burton, and a pair of stars who are nearly as relevant now as they were more than 30 years ago.

Despite some incredible prerelease buzz around ‘Transformers One,' the latest entry in the toy franchise proved to be another cautionary tale about what happens when a studio keeps exploiting franchises past their sell-by date.

With six bombs in a row, the Megalopolis distributor has leaned on foreign presales to paper over an astoundingly bad slate of 2024 movies. Thankfully, at least, the next year is looking up.

At one point, a big-budget follow-up movie that grossed less than the original was an anomaly. But with The Marvels and now Joker: Folie à Deux, it's becoming a trend.

The success of ‘Terrifier 3' further proves that a mainstream theatrical release still trumps nontheatrical distribution—at least in terms of cash-in-hand revenue and pop culture impact.

Anora, which has earned more than half a million dollars from six theaters and goes wide next month, is testing the viability of the old platform release model.

Why is Disney considering the Thor actor for ‘Prince Charming' despite prodigious evidence that he has failed to lure audiences to theaters outside of his Marvel movies?

As it turns out, avoiding monstrous budgets and not always swinging for the fences can be a solid way to make money on a mid-sized global hit like ‘Venom: The Last Dance' or ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice'—with or without China's occasionally significant (but far less reliable) returns.

For the first time since ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald' opened days before ‘Ralph Breaks the Internet,' in 2018, this year's mid-November box office slate will mimic the pattern from the prior two decades. Everyone should win.

The Rock's kidnapped Santa caper sure looks like a $253 million Christmas catastrophe for Amazon MGM Studios. It also represents the peril of a certain kind of genre and a limit to its star's bankability.