Marvel's Eternals had a strong opening weekend with $71 million in ticket sales, but it failed to surpass the opening weekends of Black Widow and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.

As reported by Variety, Eternal's opening numbers were a bit shy of the high-end expectations for the film that saw it debuting to $75 million to $80 million. It also earned less in its opening weekend than other pandemic-released films in the MCU like Black Widow's $80.3 million and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings' $75.3 million. It also fell short of Venom: Let There Be Carnage's $90 million.

Internationally, Eternals brought in another $90.7 million, bringing the film's global total to $167.1 million.

One of the reasons that Eternals may not have caught up to the other MCU films could have to do with its divisive critical reception. With a Rotten Tomato score of 48% as of this writing, Eternals is the first MCU film to receive a "rotten" score.

In our Eternals review, we said that it "is beautifully shot and terrifically acted, but it bites off more than it can chew in its third act."

“You have to keep things in perspective,” says Jeff Bock, an analyst with Exhibitor Relations. “For any other studio, this kind of result would be a major, major hit. But the disturbing news for Disney is the critical reception for ‘Eternals’ and how that will impact word-of-mouth going forward. You could see a steep drop in the box office in its second or third weekends.”

Dune placed second this weekend with $7.6 million, bringing its domestic total to $83.9 million hot of the heels of the official announcement that a sequel would be on its way.

No Time to Die, which will be available to rent on November 9, took the #3 spot with $6.2 million; Venom: Let There Be Carnage took fourth with $4.5 million, and Ron's Gone Wrong nabbed the fifth-place spot with $3.6 million.

For more on Eternals, check out how Zhao only needed 25 minutes to film the MCU's first sex scene, our explainer of the ending, mid-credits scene, and post-credits scene, and our look at the history of the Eternals and all the other members of the team.

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Eternals' director Chloé Zhao has confirmed that the take on Superman in Zack Snyder's Man of Steel was a big inspiration for Richard Madden's Ikaris.

As reported by THR, Zhao was speaking to Film Actu when she revealed that Zack Snyder's version of Superman really impacted her as Snyder "approached this myth in an authentic and very real way."

"Of all the modern interpretations of Superman, Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel inspired me the most because he approached this myth in an authentic and very real way… this film left a strong impression on me," Zhao said.

Besides the obvious similarities Ikaris and Zack Snyder's Superman share, including the ability to fly, heat vision, super strength, and near-invulnerability, they also both struggle with what it means to be "human" when they are anything but, the weight of their past, and who they truly are.

These two characters also come from two films - Eternals and Man of Steel - that are very divisive films. As of this writing, Man of Steel is sitting at 56% on Rotten Tomatoes and Eternals is at 48%. Eternals is actually the first MCU film to have a "rotten" rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

However, the audience scores for these movies show two stories that have resonated with many. Man of Steel is currently at 75% and Eternals is at 81%.

In our Eternals review, we said that it "is beautifully shot and terrifically acted, but it bites off more than it can chew in its third act."

For more on Eternals, check out how Zhao only needed 25 minutes to film the MCU's first sex scene, our explainer of the ending, mid-credits scene, and post-credits scene, and our look at the history of the Eternals and all the other members of the team.

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No Time to Die, James Bond's 25th film, will be available to rent on all major digital platforms in the U.S. on November 9, 2021, for $19.99 USD.

As reported by Variety, No Time to Die will arrive as an on-demand rental just over a month after its exclusive theatrical premiere on October 8, 2021.

This decision may have stemmed from No Time to Die's domestic box office debut of $55 million, which was a bit under expectations as MGM and EON Productions "had hoped to cross $60 million in its domestic launch based on tracking and advance ticket sales." It also may have to do with the fact that, as Variety notes, "Bond films typically attract older audiences, a demographic that has been hesitant to return to movie theaters during the pandemic."

The latest Bond film was estimated to cost $250 million - $300 million before marketing and, fortunately for those behind the film, No Time to Die's worldwide earnings recently passed $610 million. This early move to on-demand will surely be a way for them to increase that overall number from the U.S.

For comparison, pre-pandemic Bond films like Spectre and Skyfall earned $70.4 million and $88.4 million, respectively, in their opening domestic box office weekends. However, No Time to Die has surpassed Casino Royale's global total of $600 million and Quantum of Solace's $585 million.

In our No Time to Die review, we said that it is "is a great showcase for Daniel Craig’s first-in-class performance, but still an uneven swan song for the best Bond we’ve ever had."

For more, check out the No Time to Die cast's emotional final goodbye video to Daniel Craig and our explainer of the ending of the film.

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No Time to Die, James Bond's 25th film, will be available to rent on all major digital platforms in the U.S. on November 9, 2021, for $19.99 USD.

As reported by Variety, No Time to Die will arrive as an on-demand rental just over a month after its exclusive theatrical premiere on October 8, 2021.

This decision may have stemmed from No Time to Die's domestic box office debut of $55 million, which was a bit under expectations as MGM and EON Productions "had hoped to cross $60 million in its domestic launch based on tracking and advance ticket sales." It also may have to do with the fact that, as Variety notes, "Bond films typically attract older audiences, a demographic that has been hesitant to return to movie theaters during the pandemic."

The latest Bond film was estimated to cost $250 million - $300 million before marketing and, fortunately for those behind the film, No Time to Die's worldwide earnings recently passed $610 million. This early move to on-demand will surely be a way for them to increase that overall number from the U.S.

For comparison, pre-pandemic Bond films like Spectre and Skyfall earned $70.4 million and $88.4 million, respectively, in their opening domestic box office weekends. However, No Time to Die has surpassed Casino Royale's global total of $600 million and Quantum of Solace's $585 million.

In our No Time to Die review, we said that it is "is a great showcase for Daniel Craig’s first-in-class performance, but still an uneven swan song for the best Bond we’ve ever had."

For more, check out the No Time to Die cast's emotional final goodbye video to Daniel Craig and our explainer of the ending of the film.

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Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

In celebration of Stranger Things Day, Netflix has released the first official map of Hawkins, Indiana, which was created by artist Kyle Lambert.

This map, which you can see below, gives fans their best look at a rough layout of Hawkins and a glimpse of many of the locations featured in the show and where they are relative to each other.

Not only do we get a look at Hawkins National Laboratory, Hawkins High School, the homes of the cast, Starcourt Mall, Hawkins Community Pool, and The Palace Arcade, we also see the monsters featured in the show and some of the other locations we've seen in the series, like Russia and Chicago, and places our characters will go in Season 4, like California.

Speaking of California, the Season 4 teaser trailer released for Stranger Things Day was focused on The Golden State as Eleven, Will and Jonathan find themselves living there and getting ready for a spring break that looks to not be as relaxing as one would hope.

This teaser follows another that was released during TUDUM: A Netflix Global Fan Event that focused on another location from Season 4 - the Creel House. This house was the home of Victor Creel, a man who became an inmate at Pennhurst Mental Hospital after committing a grisly murder in the 1950s.

For more on Stranger Things, check out the Magic: The Gathering cards based on Eleven and Hopper and the news that Stranger Things may set to get some spin-off shows in the future.

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In celebration of Stranger Things Day, Netflix has released the first official map of Hawkins, Indiana, which was created by artist Kyle Lambert.

This map, which you can see below, gives fans their best look at a rough layout of Hawkins and a glimpse of many of the locations featured in the show and where they are relative to each other.

Not only do we get a look at Hawkins National Laboratory, Hawkins High School, the homes of the cast, Starcourt Mall, Hawkins Community Pool, and The Palace Arcade, we also see the monsters featured in the show and some of the other locations we've seen in the series, like Russia and Chicago, and places our characters will go in Season 4, like California.

Speaking of California, the Season 4 teaser trailer released for Stranger Things Day was focused on The Golden State as Eleven, Will and Jonathan find themselves living there and getting ready for a spring break that looks to not be as relaxing as one would hope.

This teaser follows another that was released during TUDUM: A Netflix Global Fan Event that focused on another location from Season 4 - the Creel House. This house was the home of Victor Creel, a man who became an inmate at Pennhurst Mental Hospital after committing a grisly murder in the 1950s.

For more on Stranger Things, check out the Magic: The Gathering cards based on Eleven and Hopper and the news that Stranger Things may set to get some spin-off shows in the future.

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Update (11/6/21) - Netflix has also not only revealed the episode titles of the fourth season of Stranger Things, but it also confirmed that these new episodes will arrive in Summer 2022.

The episode titles, as shared by Netflix, are as follows;

• The Hellfire Club
• Vecna's Curse
• The Monster and the Superhero
• Dear Billy
• The Nina Project
• The Dive
• The Massacre at Hawkins Lab
• Papa
• The Piggyback

ST4 IS COMING pic.twitter.com/PVNWvXICBp

— Stranger Things (@Stranger_Things) November 6, 2021

The original story follows.

Netflix has revealed a new look at the fourth season of Stranger Things in the form of a teaser that gives a glimpse of Eleven, Will, Jonathan, and Joyce's new life in California and the dangers of their upcoming spring break.

Revealed on Twitter, the teaser comes with the words, "we're gonna have the best spring break ever." Unfortunately, this doesn't appear to be the case.

we're gonna have the best spring break ever. pic.twitter.com/D6Xyx9VquE

— Stranger Things (@Stranger_Things) November 6, 2021

As with the other seasons of Stranger Things, this new life in California is anything but normal. While the teaser begins with Eleven writing a letter to Mike that tells him how wonderful her first 185 days of living in California are, we quickly see it is quite the opposite.

As spring break approaches, it looks as though Eleven is still having trouble making friends and fitting in at school. On top of that, the teaser also shows off gunfights, a creepy doll, windows shattering, Eleven being held by two men in suits, an undergound base of some sort, explosions, and much more.

This teaser follows another that was released during TUDUM: A Netflix Global Fan Event that focused on another location from Season 4 - the Creel House. This house was the home of Victor Creel, a man who became an inmate at Pennhurst Mental Hospital after committing a grisly murder in the 1950s.

For more on Stranger Things, check out the Magic: The Gathering cards based on Eleven and Hopper and the news that Stranger Things may set to get some spin-off shows in the future.

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Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

Netflix has revealed a new look at the fourth season of Stranger Things in the form of a teaser that gives a glimpse of Eleven, Will, Jonathan, and Joyce's new life in California and the dangers of their upcoming spring break.

Revealed on Twitter, the teaser comes with the words, "we're gonna have the best spring break ever." Unfortunately, this doesn't appear to be the case.

we're gonna have the best spring break ever. pic.twitter.com/D6Xyx9VquE

— Stranger Things (@Stranger_Things) November 6, 2021

As with the other seasons of Stranger Things, this new life in California is anything but normal. While the teaser begins with Eleven writing a letter to Mike that tells him how wonderful her first 185 days of living in California are, we quickly see it is quite the opposite.

As spring break approaches, it looks as though Eleven is still having trouble making friends and fitting in at school. On top of that, the teaser also shows off gunfights, a creepy doll, windows shattering, Eleven being held by two men in suits, an undergound base of some sort, explosions, and much more.

This teaser follows another that was released during TUDUM: A Netflix Global Fan Event that focused on another location from Season 4 - the Creel House. This house was the home of Victor Creel, a man who became an inmate at Pennhurst Mental Hospital after committing a grisly murder in the 1950s.

For more on Stranger Things, check out the Magic: The Gathering cards based on Eleven and Hopper and the news that Stranger Things may set to get some spin-off shows in the future.

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Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

Final Fantasy 14: Endwalker has been delayed by two weeks and will now be released on December 7, 2021. To help with the wait, the team also released the expansion's launch trailer.

The news was announced by FF14's producer and director Naoki Yoshida, who wrote a letter to the fans explaining the decision and apologizing for the delay.

"There are several reasons for the postponement, but as I’m the one overseeing all aspects of the title as the head of the project, the responsibility falls solely on me," Yoshida wrote. "Allow me to convey my sincerest apologies to our players, our Warriors of Light around the world who have been looking so forward to the release of Endwalker. I am truly sorry."

As we previously mentioned, Final Fantasy 14: Endwalker will now launch on December 7, while the expansion's early access period will begin on December 3. There will also be two scheduled patches - Patch 6.01 and 6.05 - that will be released on December 21, 2021, and January 4, 2022, respectively.

Yoshida continued to say that the "biggest factor behind the release date change was my own selfishness as the game’s director." It all stemmed, according to him, from trying to balance the roles of producer and director.

"However, as we neared the end of development and I played through everything—from quests to battle content and the like—I just couldn’t contain my desire to further improve Endwalker’s quality, specifically because this expansion pack marks the first major culmination of events in FFXIV so far," Yoshida said. "Even as we look beyond Endwalker, the FFXIV story will continue for a long time and we hope to deliver many more enjoyable experiences in the game. However, it was precisely because Endwalker concludes the first major saga that I felt our team needed to push ourselves to the “limits” that I envisioned.

"As a result, we remained firmly resolved to adjust down to the smallest nuances and ensure our writing covers even the finest points of the vast and intricate story that has spanned these past 11 years since the original FFXIV to ensure that everyone can fully enjoy their adventure in Endwalker.

"Unfortunately, the consequence of this was that we ended up in a situation where we cut into the time required for final quality assurance checks due to this time spent on additional improvements."

As the launch day grew near, Yoshida realized that "there was a bigger risk of us reaching the release date without ensuring “stability” as one form of quality." It was this reason, and more, that led to the decision of a delay.

This will mark the first time Yoshida has ever delayed an annouced release date, although he did "once shift a release from Spring to early Summer." He also understands that many people made arrangements to take off work for the first day of Endwalker, and he humbly asks that everyone "forgive [him] for the decision [he's] made."

Final Fantasy 14: Endwalker will not only conclude the tale of Hydaelyn and Zodiark and bring to a close the story that began in A Realm Reborn, it will also feature two new jobs - one healer and one melee DPS - and will bring players to the moon.

For more on FF14, which recently surpassed 24 million players, check out why Endwalker's Stardew Valley-like mode sounds relaxing as heck and the changes the team has made to help ease server congestion.

Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.

Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

Final Fantasy 14: Endwalker has been delayed by two weeks and will now be released on December 7, 2021. To help with the wait, the team also released the expansion's launch trailer.

The news was announced by FF14's producer and director Naoki Yoshida, who wrote a letter to the fans explaining the decision and apologizing for the delay.

"There are several reasons for the postponement, but as I’m the one overseeing all aspects of the title as the head of the project, the responsibility falls solely on me," Yoshida wrote. "Allow me to convey my sincerest apologies to our players, our Warriors of Light around the world who have been looking so forward to the release of Endwalker. I am truly sorry."

As we previously mentioned, Final Fantasy 14: Endwalker will now launch on December 7, while the expansion's early access period will begin on December 3. There will also be two scheduled patches - Patch 6.01 and 6.05 - that will be released on December 21, 2021, and January 4, 2022, respectively.

Yoshida continued to say that the "biggest factor behind the release date change was my own selfishness as the game’s director." It all stemmed, according to him, from trying to balance the roles of producer and director.

"However, as we neared the end of development and I played through everything—from quests to battle content and the like—I just couldn’t contain my desire to further improve Endwalker’s quality, specifically because this expansion pack marks the first major culmination of events in FFXIV so far," Yoshida said. "Even as we look beyond Endwalker, the FFXIV story will continue for a long time and we hope to deliver many more enjoyable experiences in the game. However, it was precisely because Endwalker concludes the first major saga that I felt our team needed to push ourselves to the “limits” that I envisioned.

"As a result, we remained firmly resolved to adjust down to the smallest nuances and ensure our writing covers even the finest points of the vast and intricate story that has spanned these past 11 years since the original FFXIV to ensure that everyone can fully enjoy their adventure in Endwalker.

"Unfortunately, the consequence of this was that we ended up in a situation where we cut into the time required for final quality assurance checks due to this time spent on additional improvements."

As the launch day grew near, Yoshida realized that "there was a bigger risk of us reaching the release date without ensuring “stability” as one form of quality." It was this reason, and more, that led to the decision of a delay.

This will mark the first time Yoshida has ever delayed an annouced release date, although he did "once shift a release from Spring to early Summer." He also understands that many people made arrangements to take off work for the first day of Endwalker, and he humbly asks that everyone "forgive [him] for the decision [he's] made."

Final Fantasy 14: Endwalker will not only conclude the tale of Hydaelyn and Zodiark and bring to a close the story that began in A Realm Reborn, it will also feature two new jobs - one healer and one melee DPS - and will bring players to the moon.

For more on FF14, which recently surpassed 24 million players, check out why Endwalker's Stardew Valley-like mode sounds relaxing as heck and the changes the team has made to help ease server congestion.

Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.

Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.