Jordan Blake
By the Numbers: Anne Hathaway's 2026 — Three No. 1 Openings in One Year
Verity opened at No. 1 with $32.6M, Anne Hathaway's third No. 1 opening of 2026 after The Devil Wears Prada 2 and The Odyssey. Five films, three crowns, $2.65B worldwide, and the worst-reviewed of the five has the best opening-to-budget ratio. Here's what the numbers show, and what they can't.
Riley Vox
Mortal Kombat II Lost to a Holdover About Handbags — The R-Rated Video Game Ceiling Has Been This Low for 30 Years
Look, I'm going to say something nobody at a Hollywood pitch meeting wants to hear: Mortal Kombat II opened to $40 million this weekend — the best opening of the entire Mortal Kombat film franchise, by the way — and it still got out-grossed by a sequel about a fashion magazine editor. In its second weekend. A holdover. A legacy comedy. About clothes.