Pixar’s Toy Story 4 earned $58 million and topped the domestic box office for the second weekend in a row, but despite a better than expected debut from Yesterday and a solid showing from Warner Bros.’ latest Conjuring spin-off, the yearly box office total continued to fall farther behind 2018’s record pace.

Two spin-offs, a reconstituted Men in Black International and a multi-generational Shaft stumbled as the summer box office took a turn for the worse with total revenues down nearly 53% from the same weekend a year ago when The Incredibles 2 debuted with a stellar $182.7 million.

This week, Steve Bennett looks at Marvel EIC CB Cebulski's comments to a Swedish interviewer, thoughts on a movie or TV show based on Ms. Marvel, with a side trip to look at The Phantom.

These are estimate of the sales on comic books by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during May 2019.

These are estimate of the sales on comic books by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during April 2019.

Lots of developments in geek TV over the past few days, which we round up here.

These are estimates of the sales on graphic novels by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during February 2019.

This week’s home entertainment releases include a Disney animated feature that earned half a billion dollars, a well-mounted historical drama that features great performances, plus new editions of the out-of-print Andromeda science fiction series created by Gene Roddenberry, and the eco-fantasy Beastmaster, a TV series loosely based on a novel by Andre Norton.

These are estimates of the sales on graphic novels by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during the full year 2018.

The Kevin Hart/Brian Cranston-starring dramedy The Upside outpaced expectations, earning $19.6 million and preventing Aquaman from becoming the first DC-based film to top the box office for the first month of its release.