For only the second time in history, two films have opened with $100+ openings in back to back weeks! This last happened in 2007 with Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End and Shrek the Third. Wow, it’s weird to even think back and go, “Oh yeah, there was a time Johnny Depp and Mike Meyers were a pretty big thing.” The #1 song of 2007 was Beyonce’s “Irreplaceable” and I guess she was right… Everyone else except for her was replaceable. To the left, to the left, indeed.

Yes, it’s been three weeks since an update, but only two movies matter to anyone from that time. Let’s check in on what’s going on before things get “incredible” in a jurassic “world!”

Yes, there may have been a few weeks between superheros movies this summer, but you wouldn’t have noticed at the box-office. In three days Deadpool 2 grossed more on 4,000 screens than what those other five main releases did on 13,000 screens… and three of those have been out for 10 and 17 days already. There may be those who are ready to watch anything by a comic book movie, yet there’s plenty more that seem to watch only those.

While the 2018 Summer Movie Pool may be an event 22 years in the making, it only took ten years for Marvel Studios to turn The Avengers into the greatest superhero franchise in the history of the universe… Well, at least in this universe of the multiverse.

The ice sculptures have melted, the Winter Olympic DVR files have been deleted, and I’m just about finished with all the Guiness I bought on sale around St. Patrick’s Day, so it's time for the 22nd Annual Summer Movie Pool!

What will the Holiday Season of 2017 be remembered for? The time fans revolted against a Star Wars as if everything was “fine” with Episodes I through III? The time every DC Superhero finally came together and no one really cared? The time Pixar acted like Coco was its biggest movie ever when all it did was beat Cars 2 and 3 (OK, and The Good Dinosaur, but we’ve all agreed that movie never happened… It’s like when Garth Brooks turned into Chris Gaines).

Finally, Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi opened and the real fireworks could start this holiday season. A galactic $220 million debut put to rest any of the Star Wars Fatigue some may have guessed had been brewing. Yes, it was $20 million less than The Force Awakens start, but almost $70 million ahead of Rogue One. People were obviously super excited about the next adventures of Ray, Poe, and Finn… and to see Mark Hamill speak his first lines in a Star Wars movie since 1983. If only that same magic had worked for Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.