Monday, 13 July 2026Clear-eyed news, from daybreak on.
DaybreakWire
Independent news, around the clock
Topic

Box Office

A movie theater marquee sign, illustrative of the ticket pricing changes discussed in the article.

Why Movie Ticket Prices Started Changing by Showtime

AMC spent a century of flat movie pricing and then broke it, charging more for in-demand films and, briefly, for better seats. Here's how the industry's experiment actually went.

Culture  · 11 Jul 2026, 11:13  · Maya Calder
Milly Alcock as Kara Zor-El in DC Studios' Supergirl. Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures.

Supergirl Opens to a $50M Test as Toy Story 5 Holds the Box Office

DC's reboot lands Friday with a respectable number that still may not win the weekend. The math around it tells the more interesting story.

Culture  · 25 Jun 2026, 09:32  · Maya Calder
A scene from Disney and Pixar's Toy Story 5.

Toy Story 5 Pushes Hollywood Toward a $4 Billion Summer

Pixar's fifth outing set a franchise record and the year's biggest debut, but the rebound it is fueling rests almost entirely on familiar IP.

Culture  · 22 Jun 2026, 13:20  · Maya Calder
A scene from Disney and Pixar's “Toy Story 5,” with Jessie, Buzz Lightyear and Woody (film still).

Toy Story 5 Opens to a Franchise-Record $160 Million

Woody and Buzz haven't lost a step: the fifth “Toy Story” posted the year's biggest opening and the largest start in the franchise's history.

Culture  · 21 Jun 2026, 18:28  · Maya Calder