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

The inability to create new in-continuity characters creates a zero-sum game for DC and Marvel.

Dreamworks Animation’s animated Boss Baby narrowly edged out Disney’s massive hit Beauty & the Beast to grab the weekend box office crown with an estimated $49 million, while the Scarlett Johansson-starring live-action adaptation of Masamune Shirow’s manga Ghost in the Shell opened way below expectations.

Disney’s live-action Beauty and the Beast continued its box office domination with an $88.3 million dollar second frame, the fourth best second weekend in history.

Here's a preview of the "Mary Jane Watson" variants coming this June from Marvel Comics.

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

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

Fox showed footage shot for the sequel to Deadpool, its other R-rated superhero movie, before Logan in theaters last weekend.

James Mangold’s Logan , the final film in Fox’s X-Men spin-off Wolverine trilogy, debuted with $85.3 million opening, the best bow so far in 2017 and the fifth best opening ever for an R-rated film.

Hollywood studios tend to avoid competing with their own TV spectacular on Oscar weekend, and this year was no exception with only one new release with any serious box office hopes, Jordan Peele’s Get Out , a clever bit of social commentary wrapped up in the trappings of a horror film.