As expected this weekend’s two big new releases topped the box office charts, but X-Men: Apocalypse’s debut was 30% below that of the previous film in the franchise ( Days of Future Past ), and James Bobin’s Alice Through the Looking Glass opened 70% below Tim Burton’s 2010 Alice in Wonderland.

This week, King discusses a profitable sale, though it brought with it some bargain hunters who soured the mood.

This week, Bennett looks at the new comiXology Unlimited service and the plethora of Disney comic licenses in the U.S.

This week, Thorne continues his look at upcoming AEG promotions, then compares Games Workshop's promotions for Warhammer Quest: Silver Tower .

This week’s home entertainment offerings include a lost Doctor Who serial featuring the Second Doctor, Ben Stiller’s Zoolander 2 , the latest season of the best police procedural on American TV, a rare 1970s Hanna Barbera animated drama, the DVD debut of the late 1970s newspaper drama Lou Grant , plus a second Tokyo Ghoul series heading a strong slate of anime releases.

The video game-based Angry Birds movie topped the weekend box office, earning an estimated $39 million.

This week, Bennett looks at upcoming comics, including Future Quest , the new Tokyopop releases, Frozen, Minnie and Daisy BFFs ; and the new DC logo.

The 2004 mini-series is not only a complete triumph of the superhero genre, but also a story that could have solved many, many problems for DC here in the 21st century.

This week, Thorne looks at Alderac's new Premier Retailer programs.

It’s another light week for home entertainment releases with the exception of the latest season of Netflix’s most popular original series, Orange Is the New Black , a superb old school period horror film, and a couple of edgy anime series, the sci-fi fantasy Assassination Classroom and the Toonami-airing action-packed dark fantasy Akame ga Kill!.

The Russo Brothers Captain America: Civil War cruised to the top of the box office for the second weekend in a row. Facing no new direct competition, the Marvel/Disney tentpole slipped a decent (for a huge blockbuster) 59% as it earned an estimated $72.5 million.

This week, King talks about how FCBD went and discusses competitive advantages which may not always seem so to the customer.