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WorldPingSUNDAY AM WRITETHRU, after Saturday AM post: Well, it’s clear, the summer moviegoing pace is over at the box office with fall distractions setting in as the entire weekend at $83.4M (per Rentrak), -44% off from a year ago ($124.
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The new sequel has been even more harshly panned than the 1998 original.But it wasn't made to be high art — it was made to celebrate sisterhood…
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Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman's sequel joined fellow newcomers 'Runner' and 'The Uprising' for the box office frame that was down more than 40 percent from the equivalent 2025 weekend.
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WorldPingWarner Bros/Alcon’s Practical Magic 2 wound up flying to a $46M global debut, with $16M overseas and $30M domestic. Note the sequel to this Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman 1990s property is stateside driven, so expect a bulk of the gross to come from there.
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WorldPingEXCLUSIVE: Comedian Dyon “Mojo” Brooks (aka Mojo Brookzz) has announced that his debut special, I Know You Lying, is set to premiere globally on Netflix on October 6. No word on what Brooks discusses in the special.
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WorldPingThis week’s stories highlighted crypto’s widening reach — and its risks. Pump.fun paired memecoins with tokenized stocks, while Hunter Biden’s LAPTOP token collapsed 98% after launch.
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