The Hot Button by David Poland

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THB #713: Summer 2025, 16 Major Studio Releases To Come

THB #713: Summer 2025, 16 Major Studio Releases To Come

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Jun 04, 2025
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So, its June.

It looks like we have our first billion dollar summer movie in theaters. Last summer, we had 2. Two years ago, we had 1. Three years ago, we had 2. In 2019, we had 5.

We aren’t going to have 5 this summer.

There are 3 legitimate remaining candidates to find a way to become…

BILLION DOLLAR BABIES, MAYBE

Jurassic Word: Rebirth

The 4th film of the Jurassic WORLD franchise, all 3 of the others have cracked $1 billion worldwide… but each has also done a little less business, the most recent just barely over with $1.002 billion. The new lethal weapon, in the film and potentially at the box office is Miss Scarlett.

But when I look at the last/most recent trailer, I have to wonder… is she ever going to kick some ass?

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