Jordan Blake
By the Numbers: How Miranda Priestly Out-Demoed Mortal Kombat II and a Michael Jackson Biopic in the Same Weekend
Three films cleared $36 million domestically the weekend of May 8-10, and the 20-year-old comedy sequel beat them both. The −44% drop is doing all the work — and the demographic data shows exactly why none of the new entrants laid a glove on Miranda Priestly.
Alex Reed
This Week in Movies (Apr 20-27): A Michael Jackson Biopic, The Boys Go Nuclear, and The Mummy's Crash Landing
Last week CinemaCon told us what Hollywood is planning. This week, Hollywood shows what actually works — and what doesn't. Michael drops Friday, Boys S5 gets its midpoint shake-up Wednesday, and The Mummy's $13.5M debut is exactly the crash-landing skeptics predicted.