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Lucasfilm/Disney’s The Mandalorian and Grogu is tracking to a $97M–$98M 4‑day Memorial Day opening with international around $69M, while Focus Features’ Blumhouse/Atomic Monster title Obsession is delivering a strong hold (projected ~$27M 4‑day), marking notable horror marketplace resilience and robust studio tentpole performance in the holiday frame.
Paramount's horror thriller Passenger opened to an estimated ~$8.7M weekend (projected $10.5M four-day) and added $4.8M internationally for a $13.5M global cume amid strong competition from Obsession and The Mandalorian & Grogu; the crowded release slate materially suppressed Passenger's kickoff.
Los Angeles mayoral primary shaping up to a likely Bass vs. Pratt runoff; Bass has lined up union support including IATSE while Nithya Raman has heavy backing from writers and the creative community; all leading candidates pledge production-friendly moves such as streamlining bureaucracy and reducing location costs, signaling potential local production policy shifts that matter to studios and indie producers.
American Horrors Channel greenlights Joyhorror Entertainment Tonight for a summer launch; Michael Joy hosts a weekly indie‑horror news/clip show intended to pipeline trailers, clips, interviews, and breaking indie horror news to a 24/7 linear horror streamer, strengthening specialty channel programming and grassroots marketing channels for underground titles.
Marvel Animation locked a world premiere preview of X‑Men '97 season 2 at Tribeca; creative shakeups include firing former head writer Beau DeMayo and bringing in Matthew Chauncey, who oversaw extensive rewrites and a darker season direction with rumored returns for Cable and X‑Force.
Indie horror hub BloodStream locked exclusive distribution rights to the anonymous slasher franchise Game001–Game005 credited to the masked auteur 'Playgame Tipplayer'; the multi-film pick-up highlights indie platforms scooping viral/anonymous IP and the economics of content-farm horror packages.
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