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Topic: blockbusters

Matt Damon as Odysseus in "The Odyssey" (Universal Pictures)

Will 2026 bring back the blockbuster?

Coleman Spilde
John Travolta in scene from the film "Battlefield Earth" (Warner Brothers/Getty Images)

15 summer "blockbusters" that tanked

Matthew Jackson - Mental Floss
Daisy Ridley in "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)

Mangold warns about toxic fandom

Zack Sharf - Indiewire
Jamie Foxx and Ansel Elgort in "Baby Driver" (Wilson Webb/TriStar Pictures)

“Baby Driver” a game changer?

Max Cea
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(Marvel)

trailer previews are the worst

Anna Silman
Tom Cruise in "Edge of Tomorrow" (Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.)

Meet the meta-blockbuster

Ryan Leas
"The Avengers" (Marvel Studios)

The secret to Marvel's success

Ryan Leas
(CBS/Marvel/AP/Evan Agostini/Salon)

The blockbuster era must die

Andrew Leonard
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This film publicity image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Henry Cavill as Superman in "Man of Steel." (AP Photo/Warner Bros. Pictures, Clay Enos) (Clay Enos)

Justin Hall - The Weeklings
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