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Guardians Of The Galaxy, Vol. 2 does one thing wrong, but it’s otherwise an amazing Summer Blockbuster. I really enjoyed it!!

Box office report: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 blasts straight to Number 1

Summer movie season is blasting off, with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 beating out The Fate of the Furious for the top spot at this weekend’s box office.

The Marvel sequel — which follows 2014 surprise hit Guardians of the Galaxy — proved to be a crowd-pleaser both at the domestic box office, where it pulled in an estimated $145 million, and the international one, where it’s earned an estimated $282.6 million so far. This carries the film past the estimated $400 million mark worldwide.

But while GoTGV2 has already out-earned its predecessor by an estimated $50 million, it hasn’t performed as well as similar Marvel sequels 2015’s Avengers: Age of Ultron and 2016’s Captain America: Civil War, which earned $191 million and $179 million respectively in their first weekends out.

Finishing in second place this weekend is Fate of the Furious with an estimated $8.5 million, bringing it past the $200 million mark at the domestic box office. The film has already crossed $1.2 billion worldwide in its fourth week out, but it still sees a more than 55 percent drop in earnings, bringing in less than Fast & Furious 6, which managed to earn $9.5 million by its fourth outing — though GoTGV2‘s opening this weekend might explain that difference.

Coming in third is animated feature The Boss Baby, which slid down to the No. 4 spot last week. But with an estimated $6.2 million haul this weekend, this family favorite’s long legs have carried it past $150 million at the domestic box office and past the $430 million mark worldwide. Now in its sixth week out, the Alec Baldwin-starring film’s performance is proving to be a steady one, as it’s only seen a 30 percent drop in ticket sales so far.

How to Be a Latin Lover takes fourth place this weekend with an estimated $5.3 million, followed by Beauty and the Beast with $4.9 million. Disney’s live-action remake of the 1991 classic is now nearing $500 million domestically and has grossed an estimated $1.2 billion worldwide to date.

Elsewhere in the top 10, The Circle — starring Tom Hanks, Emma Watson, and John Boyega — is not doing well with critics or audiences, as it pulled in an estimated $4 million, nearly a 50 percent drop from last week’s $9 million opening. Similarly, Baahubali 2: The Conclusion, which opened strong last weekend, saw an estimated 68 percent drop in its second week, with the Telugu-language film earning an estimated $3.2 million this time around. The Chris Evans film Gifted continues to be a steady performer, rising to eighth place with an estimated $2 million in its sixth week. This brings the film’s earnings to an estimated $20 million worldwide.

Outside the top 10, Oren Moverman’s The Dinner opened this weekend in 505 locations, earning an estimated $755,348, while A24’s The Lovers, featuring Debra Winger and Tracy Letts, brought in an estimated $70,410 from only four locations for an estimated haul of $17,602 at each location. Additionally, 3 Generations — a drama about a transgender teen looking to begin hormone treatments starring Elle Fanning, Susan Sarandon, and Naomi Watts — earned an estimated $20,118 from six locations, with an estimated $3,353 per theater.

Per ComScore, overall box office is up 3.8 percent the same frame last year. Check out the May 5-7 box office figures below:

1 – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 – $145 million
2 – The Fate of the Furious – $8.5 million
3 – The Boss Baby – $6.2 million
4 – How to Be a Latin Lover – $5.3 million
5 – Beauty and the Beast – $4.9 million
6 – The Circle – $4 million
7 – Baahubali 2: The Conclusion – $3.2 million
8 – Gifted – $2 million
9 – Going In Style – $1.9 million
10 – Smurfs: The Lost Village – $1.8 million

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Love the film. Never had a problem with the title.

‘Edge Of Tomorrow’ Sequel Gets A Familiar Title, Emily Blunt Returns

It seemed at one point that the Warner Bros. didn’t really love the title of the Doug Liman-directed, Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt-starring sci-fi actioner “Edge Of Tomorrow,” a film that did OK business at the box office, but not amazingly so (just $100 million at the domestic box office; better abroad with $270 million). When the film hit DVD, VOD and streaming channels, the words “Live Die Repeat” were splashed all over the marketing and “Edge Of Tomorrow” was in much tinier letters. Had they changed the title for the home video release? The studio insisted they hadn’t.

Well, maybe they actually did subtly, as the newly announced title of the film is an exact riff of that VOD moniker.

“We have an amazing story! It’s incredible! Way better than the first film, and I obviously loved the first film,” Doug Liman told Collider while promoting his new film “The Wall.” “It will be called ‘Live Die Repeat And Repeat.’ Tom [Cruise] is excited about it, and Emily Blunt is excited about it. The big question is just when we’ll do it. But it’s not an if, it’s a when.”

It’s been presumed that Blunt would return, but this sounds like real confirmation.

Liman even has some strong thoughts of how to subvert sequel-itis. ““I’ve had some radical ideas about how to make a sequel that would interest me, in the same way that I had ideas of how you make an independent film and then ‘Swingers’ came along and it was like ‘Aha, that’s the perfect movie for me to test these ideas out on.’ I had these intellectual ideas on how you should make a sequel that are unlike how anybody else makes a sequel, and this script and this idea fit perfectly into that idea. So it’s gonna revolutionize how people make sequels. And again that’s why I try to do things like [a new VR film] ‘Invisible’ that are just, the revolution’s sort of built into the idea. It’s more heresy in the film world for me to pitch things that are sort of unheard of.”

And speaking of titles, Blunt always loved the original, original title: the one that came from the book. “That’s a bummer isn’t it? I gotta say, I love ‘All You Need Is Kill,’” she said in 2015. “I loved it… I thought it was more ironic and totally more than a movie, you know?”

Sorry Em, “Live Die Repeat And Repeat” is the title. Director Doug Liman is obviously returning and it’s actually a prequel that Cruise pitched himself so presumably he’ll be back too. No signs of a start date or release date so the film could be a few years off.