Director Jon Favreau’s “live-action” adaptation of The Jungle Book easily took the box office crown for the second weekend in a row, as it declined just 41.1% from its sterling debut, earning an estimated $60.8 million and driving its domestic total to $191.5 million.

This week, Bennett talks about the animated King Kong show and the Hanna-Barbera universe.

Why did six hours of Image Expo programming end up raising more questions than it answered?

This week, Thorne looks at the conflict between publisher policies and Amazon pricing decisions.

This week’s home entertainment releases include The Revenant , which snared 3 top Oscars, the hyper-kinetic martial arts film IP Man 3 , the final season of the Stephen King-based supernatural fantasy drama Haven , the second season of Mike Judge’s Silicon Valley satire, and the Emmy Award winning (for “Outstanding Comedy Series”) fourth season of Veep .

It appears that Disney has another hit on its hands as Jon Favreau’s “live-action” adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book debuted with an estimated $103.5 million, the second best April debut ever.

This week, Bennett looks at the latest DC revamp, Astro Boy, Mickey Mouse, and more.

This week, King talks about what a publisher owes his store, and what he owes them.

This week, Thorne responds to criticisms of the brick and mortar game store model as "antiquated."

There are some excellent home entertainment offerings including (at long last) a Teen Titans animated feature that harkens back to the classic Titans comic book sagas of the 1980s rather than the kid-targeting Titans cartoons of the past decade, plus the Heroes Reborn miniseries, and Ken Burns’ superb documentary about Jackie Robinson.

In the box office equivalent of a photo finish, it appears that the Melissa McCarthy R-rated comedy The Boss has dethroned Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice in what must be described as a lackluster weekend in theaters with the total of the top 12 films dropping almost 24% behind the numbers posted a year ago when Furious 7 topped the frame with $59.6 million.

This week, Bennett looks at Justice League vs. Teen Titans and anticipates Kong: King of the Apes.