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Toy Story 5 vs. the Minions: What the July 4th Box Office Really Told Us
America's 250th birthday weekend delivered a franchise-low opening for Minions & Monsters while Toy Story 5 kept rolling. Here is what the numbers actually mean for animation.
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Avatar: Fire and Ash Hits Disney+: Is the Third Pandora Trip Worth 3 Hours?
James Cameron's $1.49 billion sequel just landed on streaming. Here is whether the darkest, longest Avatar yet earns its runtime at home.
What to Expect From Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey
Nolan follows up Oppenheimer with Homer's epic, shot entirely on IMAX film cameras and led by Matt Damon. Here is everything we know before it opens July 17.
The Hottest Movies in Theaters This Summer (2026)
From Toy Story 5 to Nolan's Odyssey, the 2026 summer slate is loaded. Here is what is playing now and what is still to come, with dates worth circling.
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