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.

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

M. Night Shyamalan’s Split surpassed expectations and easily won the weekend box office crown with $40.2 million, while the Vin Diesel-starring action extravaganza The Return of Xander Cage performed as expected ($20 million) and finished in second.

Amazon’s editors have picked its 20 best graphic novels of 2016.

These are estimates of the sales on graphic novels by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during October 2016.

These are estimates of the sales on comic books by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during September 2016.

This week’s home entertainment releases include one of this past summer’s biggest comedy hits ( Central Intelligence ), a superior shark-attack thriller, a $160-million adaptation of World of Warcraft , and a masterful film by the man who has been chosen to direct the next Thor movie for Marvel Studios.

These are estimates of the sales on comic books by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during August 2016.

Scholastic has announced its Spring 2017 releases, which include four graphic novel titles.

The flow of TV series is starting to pick up in advance of the new season with two offerings with great geek appeal, the first season of the Supergirl TV series, and the excellent miniseries adaptation of Stephen King’s novel 11/22/63 , plus for serious moviegoers, Tom Tkywer’s excellent adaptation of David Eggers’ A Hologram for the King.