Sony’s adaptation of Stephen King’s sprawling fantasy The Dark Tower , which was supposed to create a film and TV franchise, won the weekend box office crown with an estimated $19.5 million, but with terrible reviews from critics and fans, the film’s weak debut has all but doomed the movie side of the franchise.

Kids do read comics, but mostly they don’t read them in the monthly pamphlet format.

There's still geek movie news coming out of San Diego Comic-Con, so here’s a roundup of the latest.

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

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

Another weekend gone by, another superhero movie lights up the box office charts and the Rotten Tomatoes scores.

Harley Quinn is celebrating 25 years in comics this year, and DC has announced two more releases for the fan-favorite character.

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

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

In spite of some signs of franchise fatigue, Pixar’s Cars 3 won the weekend box office with $53.5 million, but that didn’t diminish the exceptionally strong third weekend showing by Patty Jenkin’s Wonder Woman , or the surprisingly potent debuts of the Tupac Shakur biopic All Eyez on Me and the survival/horror film 47 Meters Down .