The Mummy Returns to Horror, CinemaCon Takes Over, and The Boys Keep Killing — Your Week of April 14
CinemaCon is live in Vegas with every major studio showing off their biggest guns, Lee Cronin's R-rated The Mummy is already scaring the hell out of early audiences, and The Boys keeps dropping bodies in its final season. Here's everything worth watching this week.
CinemaCon Is Happening Right Now
While you're reading this, the biggest names in Hollywood are in Las Vegas trying to convince theater owners that cinema isn't dead. CinemaCon 2026 kicked off Sunday and runs through Thursday, April 16 — and the lineup of footage is absolutely stacked.
Here's the studio schedule: Sony opened things up on Monday with a look at what's ahead. Warner Bros takes the stage Tuesday. Universal and Amazon MGM split Wednesday. And Thursday is the big one — Paramount followed by Disney closing out the show.
The footage everyone's buzzing about? Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Supergirl, Dune: Part Three, The Odyssey (yes, the Christopher Nolan one), and Avengers: Doomsday. James Cameron is picking up a career achievement award, LaKeith Stanfield gets Male Star of the Year, and Catherine Laga'aia takes Female Star of Tomorrow.
Last week I gave you the preview. This week it's actually happening — and if the early social media buzz is any indication, some of this footage is going to break the internet before the week is out.
The Mummy Goes Full Horror (April 17)
Forget everything you think you know about Mummy movies. Lee Cronin — the guy who made Evil Dead Rise one of the nastiest horror films in recent memory — has taken the concept and dragged it screaming into pure, R-rated terror.
Lee Cronin's The Mummy hits theaters Thursday, and the first reactions are wild. Critics are calling it "a mean-spirited, disgusting little shit of a movie" — and that's meant as the highest compliment. Brandon Davis called it "the most f***ed up movie I've ever watched in a theater." Multiple reviewers say the premise stuck with them hours later.
The setup: a journalist's daughter vanishes into the desert. Eight years later, she comes back. The reunion should be joyful. It isn't.
Jack Reynor, Laia Costa, and May Calamawy star. Warner Bros and Blumhouse are behind it. It's rated R for "strong disturbing violent content and gore" — they're not kidding. At 134 minutes it reportedly runs a touch long, but when the scares are this effective, who's checking their watch?
This is the one to watch this week.
Normal Brings Bob Odenkirk Back to Action (April 17)
Also dropping Thursday: Normal, a neo-western from director Ben Wheatley with a script by Derek Kolstad — yes, the guy who created John Wick.
Bob Odenkirk plays a temporary sheriff sent to the sleepy town of Normal, Minnesota, where a botched bank robbery reveals a criminal underground running through the entire community. Henry Winkler and Lena Headey round out the cast.
This is Magnolia Pictures' widest release ever at 2,000 theaters, which tells you they believe in this one. Reviews are mixed but leaning positive — IMDB sits at 7.5 and Metascore at 66. If you loved Nobody and want more Odenkirk-with-a-gun energy, this is your Thursday double feature with The Mummy.
The Boys S5 Episode 3: "Every One of You Sons of Bitches" (April 15)
The final season of The Boys keeps rolling on Prime Video with weekly Wednesday drops. Episode 3, "Every One of You Sons of Bitches," lands this Tuesday night / Wednesday morning (12 AM PT, 3 AM ET).
The first two episodes set the stage for what's shaping up to be one hell of a final run. New episodes continue weekly through May 20. If you're not caught up, this is your official warning — social media spoilers are everywhere and getting worse by the week.
Streaming Picks
Three things worth adding to your queue:
- American Gladiators (Prime Video, April 17) — The revival is finally here, hosted by The Miz and Rocsi Diaz. 16 new Gladiators, male and female Contenders competing for $100K each. First three episodes drop on launch day.
- Full Swing S4 (Netflix, April 17) — The golf docuseries returns for its fourth season. If you're into the behind-the-scenes tour drama, this is your comfort watch.
- We Are All Trying Here (Netflix, April 18) — New series dropping Friday.
Box Office Check: The Holdovers Are Crushing It
The two biggest movies of 2026 keep printing money.
Super Mario Galaxy scored $69 million in its second weekend (just a 48% drop), pushing its domestic total to $308 million and worldwide to $629 million. It's on track for $700M+ global and is comfortably the year's highest-grossing film.
Project Hail Mary continues its incredible run with $24.5 million in weekend four. Domestic sits at $257 million, worldwide at $511 million. The legs on this movie are absurd — Ryan Gosling in space just keeps drawing people back.
Together, these two have helped push 2026's domestic box office to $2.1 billion through April — a 23.5% jump over last year and the best January-to-April stretch since pre-COVID.
That's your week. CinemaCon announcements will be coming fast, The Mummy is the must-see theatrical release, and the box office is healthier than it's been in years. See you next Monday.
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