Month: June 2019

(This is an update to a Pixar box office article originally published in 2017.)

Toy Story 4 opened to an estimated $118 million at the North American box office, easily debuting at No. 1. While that amount is well below industry expectations for the film — which had been widely pegged as opening with as much as $140 million — it’s still the biggest opening weekend ever in the Toy Story franchise. It’s also the third biggest opening weekend (domestically) for a Pixar release.

Last year’s Incredibles 2 remains the highest-grossing opening weekend for a Pixar movie, earning $182.7 million when it bowed in June 2018. That’s followed by 2016’s Finding Dory with $135.1 million.

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Mega-star and internet darling Jeff Goldblum has admitted he’s never played a video game in his entire life.

Page Six reports it was during a Cannes Lions talk on Thursday when Goldblum stated to the crowd that he’s never actually played a video game despite being in them.

“I know nothing about gaming even though I’ve been the voices for, what was it called? ‘Call of Duty.’ ‘Black Ops,’ I think,” said Goldblum to the crowd.

“We were killing zombies, I think. ‘Jurassic Park,’ I did that thing where I play my character Ian Malcolm … so I’m involved in that, but I’ve never in fact played a video game in my life.”

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This is a (mostly) spoiler-free review for Dark Season 2. All 8 episodes are now available to binge on Netflix worldwide. For every upcoming show and movie headed to Netflix in July, click here. 

Simply put, Netflix’s Dark is a damn intimidating series to watch, with its dense time-travel narrative and a lengthy list of characters to remember – especially considering Season 1 premiered back in 2017. (Thankfully, if you need a refresher, Netflix provides a helpful 3-minute Season 1 recap before you start your binge.)

The decades-long saga surrounding the mysterious German town of Winden needs your full attention in order to comprehend just what the hell is happening from moment to moment; Dark isn’t a look at your phone while you watch kind of show… And that’s OK. Season 2 has a rich world full of complex characters and fascinating apocalyptic paradoxes to unpack.

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