Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures’ Godzilla: King of the Monsters took the weekend box office crown with an estimated $49 million debut, though that was barely better than half the $93 million opening of Gareth Edwards’ Godzilla in 2014.

This week, Scott Thorne looks at the situation when a publisher sells its products direct-to-consumer.

This spring has been an especially weak season for movies on disk, and this week is no exception, though there are a few bright spots—Neil Jordan’s psychological thriller Greta, the sear labor documentary Bisbee ’17, the latest seasons of South Park and Outlander, plus the second half of the award-winning mecha anime Darling in the Franxx.

Guy Ritchie’s live-action/hybrid adaptation of Disney’s 1990 animated feature Aladdin earned $86.1 million over the first 3 days of the Memorial Day weekend.

This week, Steve Bennett looks at the Batman-Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles crossover, the Brazilian comic Vincent , the upcoming She-Ra graphic novel, and more.

Rob Salkowitz looks at Marvel's new deal to make content for the Chinese market.

This week, Scott Thorne looks at the new tariffs on game imports from China.

This week’s home entertainment releases include the final film in the underappreciated How To Train Your Dragon trilogy, a surprisingly successful comedy/drama starring Bryan Cranston and Kevin Hart, a romcom that attempts to satirize the conventions of the genre, and the first half of the second season of Chris Savino’s popular Nickelodeon series Loud House.

The "threequel," John Wick 3—Parabellum , opened an unprecedented 87% higher than its predecessor, signaling the full "arrival" of a potent new action film franchise with a box office clout big enough to put it in the conversation with its established genre rivals (Mission Impossible, Bond, Taken, Bourne).

This week, Steve Bennett looks at the hottest superhero in Avengers: Endgame.

This week, Scott Thorne examines the coming changes to the WPN.

Another light week for home entertainment releases, but there are some items of interest including a better-than-average Liam Neeson action film, a solid horror film sequel, a great documentary about the first Apollo moon landing, a wrestling biopic produced by "The Rock," a brilliant German film that was nominated for 2 Oscars, and a new collector’s edition of Hayao Miyazaki’s classic Princess Mononoke.