Evidently the summer movie blockbuster season now starts in March. A year after Batman v. Superman set a new March record with a $166 million bow, Disney’s live-action Beauty and the Beast posted the seventh best opening of all time (not adjusted for inflation), and left the DC superheroes in its wake with a $170 million opening frame.

This week, Bennett offers perspective on current iterations of Man-Thing, Scooby-Doo Team-Ups, and DuckTales..

This chart of the ICv2 "Superhero Franchises" reflects sales in all channels for Fall 2016.

Legendary's second entry in its "Monsters Series," Kong: Skull Island, surpassed expectations a bit with a $61 million debut, which was more than enough to dethrone Hugh Jackman’s final Wolverine film.

This week’s home entertainment releases include the science fiction adventure/romance Passengers , some films with Oscar nominations including Fences and Elle , plus for the first time on disc the second season of the animated Batman Beyond spin-off The Zeta Project and a new edition of the classic Ghost in the Shell anime.

This chart of the Top 10 Graphic Novel Franchises reflects sales in all channels for Fall (September-December) 2016.

At New York Toy Fair, Cryptozoic Entertainment unveiled products and figures from its licensed line of DC Comics collectibles, as well as figures from its new in-house line.

Here are the Pick Hits for Collectible Games for Summer 2017.

Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and other members of the Justice League are set to star on General Mills cereal boxes with art by comics all-stars like Dave Johnson, Amanda Conner, Neal Adams, and more.

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