Yearly Archives: 2018
Spider-Man: Far From Home’s Second Weekend at the Box Office
It’s become tradition for most Marvel movies to have no other competitors on opening weekend, which often leads to big debuts at the US domestic box office and then notable drops in their second weekends. Spider-Man: Far From Home, however, is a slightly different case as the film opened on Tuesday, July 2nd, earning almost $93 million at the domestic box office before its first official three-day weekend in release, where it made $92.6 million. Far From Home remained the No. 1 movie at the North American box office this weekend, earning an estimated $45.3 million in its second weekend.
With a 51.1% decline in attendance, Spider-Man: Far From Home also had one of the lower drops in second weekend ticket sales for a Marvel Cinematic Universe film. (It should be noted, of course, that the Spidey solo films are distributed by Sony Pictures and not Disney like the main MCU entries.)
The MCU’s Biggest Second Weekend Box Office Drops
It’s become tradition for most Marvel movies to have no other competitors on opening weekend, which often leads to big debuts, which continued last week when Ant-Man and the Wasp opened big with $75.8 million. We learned Sunday that its reign atop the box office has already come to an end, dropping a whopping 62% from its opening and sliding to second place with $28.8 million, behind newcomer Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation, which debuted atop the box office with $44.1 million.
Ant-Man and the Wasp is only the fourth MCU movie that only spent one weekend at the top, and its second weekend dip is also among the biggest in MCU history.
There are only four other MCU movies to have just a one-week reign atop the box office. The first is, unsurprisingly, the MCU’s lowest-grossing movie, 2008’s The Incredible Hulk. That movie, the second in MCU history which opened just months after Iron Man in the summer of 2008, dropped 60.1% and dropped to second place in its second weekend, behind newcomer Get Smart which debuted with $38.1 million.
Monster Hunter World Content in Final Fantasy XIV Detailed
Square Enix revealed what awaits fans in Final Fantasy XIV's upcoming Monster Hunter World crossover.
As detailed in a recent blog post, the crossover features a Trial with Monster Hunter World's "King of the Skies,” Rathalos. Those who have completed Stormblood's main scenario quest and are at least level 70 can take on the legendary beast.
You'll be able to battle Rathalos in Normal and Extreme versions of “The Great Hunt” Trial. The Normal version requires a Full Party of eight to take on Rathalos, while the Extreme version allows only four players.
Monster Hunter World Content in Final Fantasy XIV Detailed
Square Enix revealed what awaits fans in Final Fantasy XIV's upcoming Monster Hunter World crossover.
As detailed in a recent blog post, the crossover features a Trial with Monster Hunter World's "King of the Skies,” Rathalos. Those who have completed Stormblood's main scenario quest and are at least level 70 can take on the legendary beast.
You'll be able to battle Rathalos in Normal and Extreme versions of “The Great Hunt” Trial. The Normal version requires a Full Party of eight to take on Rathalos, while the Extreme version allows only four players.
Comic-Con Is Getting a Life-Sized Thanos LEGO Statute
A life-sized LEGO Thanos statue is coming to San Diego Comic-Con 2018.
The statue, which you can view in the image gallery below, is about 8-and-a-half feet tall and took LEGO Master Builders 418 hours to design and build. It contains 91,350 bricks and weighs 450 pounds.
Thanos' design seems to be based on Avengers: Infinity War, and it will be located at the LEGO exhibit in the San Diego Convention Center all throughout the show. You can check out a video of the statue being created below.
Special Infinity Gauntlet posters will also be on sale at Comic-Con.
Comic-Con Is Getting a Life-Sized Thanos LEGO Statute
A life-sized LEGO Thanos statue is coming to San Diego Comic-Con 2018.
The statue, which you can view in the image gallery below, is about 8-and-a-half feet tall and took LEGO Master Builders 418 hours to design and build. It contains 91,350 bricks and weighs 450 pounds.
Thanos' design seems to be based on Avengers: Infinity War, and it will be located at the LEGO exhibit in the San Diego Convention Center all throughout the show. You can check out a video of the statue being created below.
Special Infinity Gauntlet posters will also be on sale at Comic-Con.
What’s Next After Batman’s Wedding?
With dozens of comic books to choose from, let us show you which are the best coming out this week. Take a look at this list spotlighting our favorite comics that we know are money-well-spent and new books that look cool and are backed by some top-tier talent.
Once you check out our picks, head to the comments to let us know what you’ll be buying this week!
Batman #51 - $3.99
Writer Tom King | Artist Lee Weeks (DC Comics)
What’s Next After Batman’s Wedding?
With dozens of comic books to choose from, let us show you which are the best coming out this week. Take a look at this list spotlighting our favorite comics that we know are money-well-spent and new books that look cool and are backed by some top-tier talent.
Once you check out our picks, head to the comments to let us know what you’ll be buying this week!
Batman #51 - $3.99
Writer Tom King | Artist Lee Weeks (DC Comics)
21,000 Players Show Up for Pokemon GO Fest
Pokemon Go Fest 2018 drew a crowd of 21,000 attendees on-site in Chicago this past weekend, with 180,000 playing the game in the surrounding Chicago area.
Event attendees walked on average more than 3.5 miles while catching an average of 350 Pokemon and completing 36 research tasks between July 14 and 15. Compared to last year being clustered in Grant Park, the 2018 event consisted of a 1.8-mile curated course for players to explore through Lincoln Park.
21,000 Players Show Up for Pokemon GO Fest
Pokemon Go Fest 2018 drew a crowd of 21,000 attendees on-site in Chicago this past weekend, with 180,000 playing the game in the surrounding Chicago area.
Event attendees walked on average more than 3.5 miles while catching an average of 350 Pokemon and completing 36 research tasks between July 14 and 15. Compared to last year being clustered in Grant Park, the 2018 event consisted of a 1.8-mile curated course for players to explore through Lincoln Park.