Sequelitis may be infecting other sectors of Hollywood, but the Marvel Cinematic Universe has managed to overcome the box office law of diminishing returns once again with its third Thor film, Thor: Ragnarok , which debuted with $121 million, the fourth largest opening of 2017 so far.

This week, Bennett talks about Robert Kirkman’s non-zombie series and the Hallmark Channel pushing the Christmas promotion a bit too far.

DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation have debuted the trailer for their new animated crossover.

WizKids is introducing new booster configurations with the Marvel HeroClix: Avengers Infinity set.

ICv2 spoke with Roye Okupe, Co-Founder and CEO of YouNeek Studios, Inc. to learn more about the company that is bringing an African perspective and characters to the world of North American comic book heroes.

This week’s home entertainment offerings include the first Marvel Studios-produced Spider-Man movie, a fitting final tribute to Adam West’s Batman , the most successful R-rated comedy of the summer, the strong first season of the TV series based on Neil Gaiman’s American Gods , and a rare chance to see one of TV’s first great comedians in action.

Blumhouse, which earlier this year scored mega-hits with the micro-budgeted horror films , Split and Get Out , has apparently done it again with Happy Death Day , which cost less than $5 million to produce, but easily took the box office crown with $26.5 million.

These are estimates of the sales on comic books by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during September 2017.

These are estimates of the sales on graphic novels by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during September 2017.

In January, Marvel is distilling three of their monthly Avengers titles into one weekly series.