YOUR WEEKEND
BOX OFFICE
Deadpool had an incendiary Valentine's and Presidents Day Weekend, shattering previous records for the holiday period and breaking Fifty Shades of Grey's February opening weekend by approximately $45m. Marvel's Ryan Reynolds-starrer earned an 84% at Rotten Tomatoes (with a 96% audience score) and an A CinemaScore. With $135m, this is Reynolds' biggest bow to date.
As for the other Top 5 debuts, How to Be Single fell just short of expectations and garnered lukewarm reviews, while the long-awaited Zoolander 2 was torn apart by critics and audience members alike.
1. Deadpool (Fox) $135m 3,558/$37,957 avg. (debut)
2. Kung Fu Panda 3 (Fox) $20m 3,844/$5,112 avg. (week 3)
3. How to be Single (Warner Bros.) $19m 3,343/$5,609 avg. (debut)
4. Zoolander 2 (Paramount) $16m 3,394/$4,611 avg. (debut)
5. The Revenant (Fox) $6.9m 2,266/$3,045 avg. (week 8)
 PERFORMERS SPEAK OUT AT GLASTOSingers voice their dismay over the Supreme Court's latest decision. (6/28a)
UMG ACQUIRES ALL THINGS ZAPPA
Whose gonna "Freak Out" over this acquisition? (6/30a)
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SUPERSTAR RELEASES
Who's next?
MUSIC BIZ SPECIAL
It's Comic-Con for numbers geeks.
THE BIG CHEESE
Theories of evolution from 30,000 feet.
THE NEXT GIANT DEAL
A&R in overdrive.
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