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Ant-Man and the Wasp may have leveled off a bit in its North American box-office debut, but it had no trouble crushing the competition over the weekend with $76 million — or coming in 33 percent ahead of the first Ant-Man as Disney and Marvel Studios cement the standing of …

Universal’s Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom easily dunked the competition in its second weekend, grossing $60 million in North America as it roars toward the $1 billion mark globally. Jurassic World 2, however, continues trailing notably behind 2015’s Jurassic World, which finished its sophomore outing with a domestic total of $402.8 million after …

Even before hitting shelves this August, the forthcoming CROWDED by Eisner-nominated writer Christopher Sebela (Heartthrob, We(l)come Back, Harley Quinn), Ro Stein and Ted Brandt (Captain Marvel, Raven: The Pirate Princess), Triona Farrell (Runaways, Mech Cadet Yu), and Cardinal Rae (BINGO LOVE, ROSE) is stirring up buzz with The Hollywood Reporter …

VIZ Media delivers Season 2 of the action-driven, multigenerational anime series with the home media release of JOJO’S BIZARRE ADVENTURE SET 2: STARDUST CRUSADERS on July 3rd. The new set will be available on DVD and as a Limited Edition Blu-ray Set. Each multi-disc set contains 24 episodes (Episodes 27-50) …

Universal and Amblin’s Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom did notably better than expected in its U.S. debut with $150 million, but still didn’t roar as loudly as its predecessor. Globally, the dinos have already grossed more than $700 million, putting the summer tentpole on course to join the billion-dollar club.The sequel …

VIZ Media announces the new manga series HORIZON: SUN AND MOON on July 10  and an exciting new POKÉMON home media edition with the release of the POKÉMON ADVANCED BATTLE COMPLETE COLLECTION on June 12. POKÉMON HORIZON: SUN AND MOON features story and artwork by Tenya Yabuno and is the latest …

Disney and Pixar’s Incredibles 2 flew to a record-shattering $180 million from 4,410 theaters at the domestic box office over the weekend, blowing past all expectations. Not only did the sequel score the biggest launch ever for an animated film — Pixar’s Finding Dory was the previous champ with $135 …

With few new releases debuting this week,the female-fronted Ocean’s 8 opened over the weekend to a series-best $41.5 million to easily place No. 1 in North America. Overseas, the pic grossed $12.2 million from its first 16 markets, many of them in Latin America, for a global start of $53.7 million. The …

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, A Very Good Production and Red 56 have begun principal photography on Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase, an all-new feature film that returns the American icon to filmed entertainment for the first time in more than a decade. The production is based in Georgia filming …

Solo: A Star Wars Story, in its second weekend, continued to lose altitude, but held the top spot at the box office due to a lack of new competition. The space adventure from Disney and Lucasfilm attracted an estimated $29.3 million in North America, down 65 percent from the $84.7 …