Fall’s Book-Club Openers Verity vs Practical Magic 2 Two adult-skewing adaptations that opened within $2M of each other: Verity’s $32.0M against Practical Magic 2’s $30.0M. Practical Magic 2 fell 59% in weekend two — can Verity hold better? Villeneuve’s Trilogy The Dune trilogy Dune: Part Three opens December 18, the same day as Avengers: Doomsday. Dune turned a $41.0M opening into $111.0M; Part Two doubled the opening to $82.5M and the final to $282.7M. Before Doomsday Doomsday vs Infinity War vs Endgame Avengers: Doomsday opens December 18 against the two biggest Avengers runs ever — Infinity War turned a $257.7M opening into $678.8M, and Endgame turned $357.1M into $895.9M. A24’s Wide Hits Primetime vs The Drama vs Civil War vs Talk to Me Robert Pattinson’s Primetime opened with $8.5M on Friday, previews included — against A24 hits of a similar size: his own The Drama ($14.4M opening, $48.1M final), Civil War ($25.5M, $68.8M) and Talk to Me ($10.4M, $48.3M). Dog Movies Heart of the Beast vs Dog vs A Dog’s Purpose vs Marley & Me Brad Pitt’s Heart of the Beast opened with $7.5M on Friday, previews included — against Marley & Me’s $143.0M run, A Dog’s Purpose’s $64.5M and Dog’s $61.8M. Mid-Size DreamWorks Forgotten Island vs The Bad Guys 2 vs Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie vs Turbo Forgotten Island opened with $4.4M on Friday, previews included — against The Bad Guys 2 ($22.0M opening, $82.6M final), Captain Underpants ($23.9M, $73.9M) and Turbo ($21.3M, $83.0M). Top-Tier Blockbusters The Odyssey vs top-tier blockbusters The Odyssey’s pace against Deadpool & Wolverine, Barbie, and The Dark Knight. Back to Raccoon City Resident Evil (2026) vs Apocalypse vs Extinction vs Afterlife Zach Cregger’s reboot opened to $60.2M — against the franchise’s three biggest domestic runs: $50.7M, $50.6M and $60.1M, on openings of $23.0M, $23.7M and $26.7M. The All-Time Crown Brand New Day vs the top 3 all-time A $360.1M opening that has now gone past the three biggest domestic runs before it — The Force Awakens’ $936.7M, Endgame’s $895.9M and No Way Home’s $814.8M — and sits at $955.2M. Battle for the All-Time Crown Brand New Day vs The Force Awakens The biggest opening weekend ever against the biggest domestic run ever — Brand New Day’s $360.1M debut measured against The Force Awakens’ $936.7M final, day by day.

Illumination franchise Minions vs The Rise of Gru vs Minions & Monsters $336.0M, then $370.5M, then a $37.0M opening that has legged out to $181.5M — the best multiplier in the trilogy off the smallest start. Complete Trilogy Spider-Man vs Spider-Man 2 vs Spider-Man 3 Raimi’s trilogy day by day — $115M, $88.2M and a then-record $151M opening, legging to $404.0M, $374.0M and $337.0M. Complete Saga Into the Spider-Verse vs Across the Spider-Verse A $35.3M sleeper that legged 5.4x, then a sequel that opened 3.4x bigger — $190.2M against $381.3M. The Holland Era Homecoming vs Far From Home vs No Way Home vs Brand New Day All four Holland launches — $117.0M, $92.6M and No Way Home’s $260.0M, now Brand New Day’s record $168.0M opening day. All-Time Records The Force Awakens vs Endgame vs No Way Home vs Avatar The four biggest domestic runs ever — $936.7M, $895.9M, $814.8M and $785.2M — raced day by day. Complete Saga The Avengers vs Age of Ultron vs Infinity War vs Endgame The complete Avengers arc — four openings, one escalating decade. Complete Saga Harry Potter: Years 1–4 Sorcerer’s Stone through Goblet of Fire — the wizarding world’s first act, day by day. Complete Saga Harry Potter: Years 5–8 Order of the Phoenix through Deathly Hallows Part 2’s record finale. Complete Saga The Twilight Saga Twilight through Breaking Dawn Part 2 — the four biggest bites of the saga. Complete Saga The Hunger Games Quadrilogy All four original Hunger Games runs — Catching Fire out-ran them all. Complete Saga The Jurassic World Era From 2015’s $652.3M monster through Rebirth, four openings apart. Complete Saga All Three Avatars The legs dynasty: Avatar, The Way of Water and Fire and Ash. Complete Trilogy The Nolan Batman Trilogy Batman Begins’ $48.7M start to The Dark Knight’s $158.4M explosion. Complete Trilogy The Lord of the Rings Three Decembers, three marathons — Return of the King finishes on top. Complete Trilogy The Hobbit Trilogy Middle-earth’s second run, with An Unexpected Journey out in front. Complete Trilogy The Star Wars Sequel Trilogy The Force Awakens’ record launch and the decay curve that followed. Complete Saga Shrek 1–4 Shrek 2’s benchmark animated run against the rest of the swamp. Complete Saga Despicable Me 1–4 Gru’s mainline saga, 2010–2024, all four runs compared. The Toy Story Run Toy Story 3 vs Toy Story 4 vs Toy Story 5 Toy Story 5 takes on both billion-dollar predecessors, day by day. Complete Saga Pirates of the Caribbean 1–4 Black Pearl through On Stranger Tides — Dead Man’s Chest leads the fleet. Complete Era The Craig Bond Era Casino Royale to No Time to Die — Skyfall towers over the era.