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Comscore Sells Movie Division for $70 Million to Advaya Capital, Rebranding as Rentrak thewrap.com/industry-news/…

Will ‘Mandalorian And Grogu’ Get Lost In The ‘Backrooms’? Pic Eyes Record Opening For A24 With $40M-$45M – Box Office Preview deadline.com/2026/05/box-of… via @Deadline

Final daily numbers for Monday May 25, 2026 1. Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu - $16.42M for $98.09M 2. Obsession - $8.02M for $62.36M 3. Michael - $6.47M for $321.31M the-numbers.com/box-office-cha… #BoxOffice #StarWars #Obsession #michael @MovieNumbers

‘Obsession’ Did Something at the Box Office That Hasn’t Been Done Since… ‘Sound of Freedom’ indiewire.com/news/box-offic… via @IndieWire

What do Star Wars, a YouTuber and sleuthing sheep have in common? They helped fuel a surprisingly strong Memorial Day box office comeback. While #TheMandalorianandGrogu showed signs of an older-skewing audience, YouTuber-turned-filmmaker #CurryBarker scored a rare indie horror box office breakthrough with #Obsession not seen since “Sound of Freedom.” Read the full report: thewrap.com/industry-news/… Photo: Lucasfilm, Focus Features

Global Box Office Top 10: ‘Mandalorian & Grogu’ $163M WW, ‘Michael’ Nears $800M WW, China’s ‘Dear You’ Touches $151M+ deadline.com/2026/05/box-of… via @Deadline

Check out our exclusive @Comscore @csMoviesUS @CSGlobalMovies #MemorialDay weekend chart! This year’s first summer holiday frame boasts @starwars @themandalorian and Grogu making its debut but we need to keep in mind that last year's comparable weekend was the biggest Memorial Day weekend ever with the combination of “Lilo & Stitch” and “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” powering the best ever tally of just over $330M for that all important holiday weekend. Thus, comparisons to ‘25 are as expected tough with the overall weekend down about 34% vs. last year at an estimated $175M for the 3-days and the 4-days with a projected $220M for the holiday frame. As a bonus let’s not forget In its second weekend of release Focus Features’ Gen Z and Millennial horror hit “Obsession” posts unprecedented numbers with a three-day weekend estimate of $22.4 million, a very rare 30% increase from its opening weekend! Memorial Day weekend performance is based on the appeal of the films on offer thus the revenue earned over this holiday weekend can vary wildly. A striking example of this is the fact that in ‘24 the industry felt the pinch of the lowest grossing overall Memorial Day weekend in about 30 years (generating a mere $132,323,297 for the 4-days when “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” led the weekend with a $32,343,145 debut, but then was followed a year later in ‘25 with the highest grossing overall 4-day frame for this key holiday weekend. Audiences have embraced wholeheartedly pure escapist entertainment (“Super Mario,” “Project Hail Mary,” ‘Michael,” “Prada 2” to name a few) and movies that are family-friendly have done extraordinarily well this year so this could be good news despite mixed reviews for the big screen version of #TheMandalorian in the coming weeks. @Lucasfilm @Jon_Favreau @Disney

‘Tuner’ Plays Well For Black Bear In Limited Opening, ‘I Love Boosters’ Cracks Top 10 – Specialty Box Office deadline.com/2026/05/indie-… via @Deadline

Weekend Box Office: The Kids Are Obsessed With @FocusFeatures and @blumhouse’s #Obsession! bit.ly/4v0giL8 via @ScottMendelson

Full Cannes 2026 Winners List: ‘Fjord’ Wins Palme D’Or deadline.com/2026/05/cannes… via @Deadline

Obsession kicked off its second weekend at the domestic box office on Friday by earning an estimated $6.07M from 2,655 North American theaters. The film is projected to earn $19.9M over the 3-day wknd and $24.8M over the 4-day wknd. the-numbers.com/movie/Obsessio… #obsession #boxoffice

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Saturday Early Weekend Estimates: 1. THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU | $82M 3-Day / $100M 4-Day 2. OBSESSION | $20M 3-Day / $25M 4-Day 3. MICHAEL | $18M 3-Day / $24M 4-Day 4. THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2 | $11M 3-Day / $14M 4-Day 5. THE SHEEP DETECTIVES | $8M 3-Day / $11M 4-Day

The Wizard of Oz turns 87 this year, and back in 1998, critic Rick Polito wrote what might be the greatest one-line TV listing ever for TCM.

"I believe that the cinema should be dynamic... For me, the cinema is a slice of life in movement that is projected on a screen; it is not a frame. I do not believe in the cinema unless there is movement on the screen." - Orson Welles

#MemorialDay weekend is off to a great start as @starwars: The Mandalorian and Grogu” @themandalorian earns $12M in Thursday previews. The film officially opens in the US and Canada today in 4,300 theatres, including 425 IMAX auditoriums, 1,100 Premium Large Format screens, 2,400+ 3D locations, 400 D-Box/4D motion screens, and 135 ScreenX locations. Last year's Memorial weekend was the biggest ever with the combination of “Lilo & Stitch” and “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” powering the best ever tally at a whopping $330M domestically.  Check out our Exclusive @Comscore @csMoviesUS @CSGlobalMovies chart of the Top Memorial Day weekends. @Disney @Lucasfilm

Boots Riley’s ‘I Love Boosters’, ‘Tuner’, ‘Ask E. Jean’ & Body Horror ‘Saccharine’ Set Indie Holiday Weekend – Specialty Preview deadline.com/2026/05/indie-… via @Deadline

Cannes 2026 Movies Sold So Far: Critics’ Week Winner ‘La Gradiva’ Bought by 1-2 Special indiewire.com/news/festivals… via @IndieWire