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HOLLYWOOD’S MOST ATTRACTIVE FAMILIES

Keeping up with the Joneses has a whole new meaning when the Joneses pose together on the cover of Vogue. Is there any way mere mortals can compete with the sheer beauty of the Beckhams? Would we even be able to subsist on a diet of bee pollen and hours-long workout routines? Let’s face it: there’s pretty and then there’s Hollywood pretty.

Hollywood beauty knows no bounds, and when gorgeous people fall in love at A-list events (or even on the set of their blockbuster hits), they tend to eventually have gorgeous offspring. These offspring are somehow blessed enough to skip through the awkward phases of puberty (braces be darned) and end up walking runways at the same age we awkwardly tried to cover our acne with ill-matching concealer.

No matter how you put it, these families are the most attractive in Tinsel Town — from the Hadids to the Smiths. Let us bow down at their Louboutin-clad toes.

The Kardashian-Jenners

The Kardashians are basically the royal family of Hollywood — or in the very least, the E! network. Their look launched an army of Instagram models and a cottage industry of fast-fashion, designer rip-offs (here’s looking at you Fashion Nova). Kim even once x-rayed her famed behind to let the world know, once and for all, that it’s not an implant.

Ever since the family burst into the spotlight after Kim’s video leak, the girls have been making millions from their good looks and business savvy. Kim doesn’t just spark modern fashion trends, which are sometimes ripped off before she even wears her outfit outdoors. She’s Kanye West’s muse. West told The Hollywood Reporter the reality star was the “Marie Antoinette of our time.” But she’s not the only one of the sacred five sisters to inspire with her beauty. Kendall Jenner was named the highest paid model of 2018 by Forbes; Kylie Jenner built a $1 billion beauty empire from her famously plumped-up lips; and Khloe Kardashian snagged the reality series Revenge Body after an incredible weight loss transformation.

Their coveted looks also have some serious selling power. Collectively, Khloe, Kourtney, and Kim command $1 million to lock down sponsored Instagram posts, according to US Weekly. Meanwhile, CNBC reports that a single post from Kylie alone costs $1 million, making her the highest paid celebrity influencer on all of Instagram.

The Hadids

For the Hadids, beauty runs in the bloodline. The ladies are bona-fide supermodels, starting with Real Housewives star Yolanda Hadid, who came to New York City from Holland with just $55 to pursue a career in modeling, according to Money. The star, who was discovered by Eileen Ford, then spent the better part of the ’80s and ’90s traveling the world perfecting her craft for high-profile clients like Vogue and Grazia.

If you don’t recognize Yolanda for her modeling, you probably recognize her as mom to her uber-famous model children, Gigi, Bella and Anwar Hadid. Once the trio turned 18 they were allowed to jump into the fashion industry. Both Gigi and Bella graced Forbes’ 2017 list of highest-paid models in the world. Bella even went as far as to bleach her eyebrows for Prada.

Regardless of Gigi’s epic modeling credits, the true testament to the star’s good looks is the Taylor Swift stamp of approval. To officially join her girl squad, you’ve basically got be a wildly talented musician or so gorgeous it hurts (and we haven’t really heard much about Gigi’s musical prowess).

The Beckhams

The Beckhams basically hit the genetic lottery, not that they needed anymore cash. The family reportedly has more money than the Queen (and therefore should probably also own all the unmarked, wild swans in the UK, but that’s a debate for another time). When it comes down to it, there’s a reason Victoria got the role of Posh rather than Ginger, but keeping up appearances isn’t easy. It requires a strict workout regimen and more than a few spoonfuls of bee pollen (because “we can’t have wrinkles,” she told Vogue). If there was ever a reason to save the bees from extinction, it might just be Posh’s face.

The fashion designer, whose brand was worth an estimated $133 million in November 2017, also has gorgeous offspring. That’s apparently just what happens when a Spice Girl shacks up with a footballer-turned-underwear model (Elle even called David Beckham the “underwear model of the century”). According to Vanity Fair, Brooklyn, Romeo, Cruz and Harper were all “developing their personal brands” (yes, even a kindergartner can have a “personal brand” if their parents are famous enough). Harper could reportedly run in heels by the time she turned five, and Romeo made his modeling debut with Burberry at the ripe age of 10.

The Rosses

Diana Ross didn’t just pass her beauty (and stunning jawline) onto her five children — she passed on her talent. 44 years after her mom won a Golden Globe, Black-ish actress Tracee Ellis Ross took home the award for best actress in a comedy or musical for her role on the ABC series. Diana’s equally as handsome son (and husband to Ashlee Simpson) also inherited some massive skills. Evan has credits in The Hunger Games and 90210 and graced the Billboard charts with his wife in 2018.

Despite the family’s obvious talents, there’s one definitive trait Diana passed down to her offspring: looking totally glam under pressure. Tracee told the New York Times, “My mom had beautiful clothes; my mom is elegant; my mom is glamorous. But my mom is also really real, and I grew up with a mother who had babies crawling on her head and spitting up on her when she was wearing gorgeous, expensive things, and it was never an issue.”

The Stallones

Sylvester Stallone is just about as attractive as you’d expect for a notorious action star. Seriously, we’ve all seen him in Rocky. His glorious abs somehow catapulted the franchise into eight (eight!) different films. He passed his fit frame onto his trio of incredibly gorgeous daughters. Though an elderly Stallone still managed to take home a Golden Globe in 2016 for Creed, the seventh Rocky film, it was his three teenage daughters who stole the show the following year. According to People, Sophia, Sistine, and Scarlet, collectively won the title of Miss Golden Globes in 2017.

“I think that just being able to be with my sisters, [having] my best friends by my side, is going to make this experience absolutely memorable and something I’ll never forget,” second daughter, Sistine, told People.

That same year, the Stallone sisters graced the cover of Harper’s Bazaar, an honor reserved for the most beautiful stars on the planet. It’s not Vogue, but it’ll do. Did we mention their mother, Jennifer Flavin, is also a model?

The Gerbers

Cindy Crawford is one of the most famous models on the planet. Years after her iconic, Daisy Dukes-clad Pepsi commercial debuted, the then-middle-aged star recreated the look for Town & Country magazine. It was as stunning as ever, and as it turns out, the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.

Crawford’s daughter Kaia Gerber is her spitting image, and while she might not be prancing around in Daisy Dukes yet, the teenager took the globe’s various fashion weeks by storm. According to USA Today, the star “walked dozens of runways” for designers like Longchamp, Anna Sui, Michael Kors and Marc Jacobs in New York, Milan, and Paris for each city’s respective fashion weeks in 2019. After an undeniably long month of jet-setting and walking in heels, the star was scooped from the airport by her brother and chowed down on fast food on the way home. Hey, that In-N-Out was well deserved.

Crawford’s son Presley Gerber is also a model. According to TMZ, the star has been signed to IMG for years and worked on campaigns for Calvin Klein, Dolce & Gabbana and Paris Vogue.

The Smiths

Admit it: most of us grew up having a crush on Will Smith. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air was indeed fresh — and he still is. Both Will and Jada Pinkett Smith seem immune to the unfortunate but painfully human trait of aging (Hello, Illuminati). The reigning couple of staying eternally youthful has passed the crown onto their offspring Jaden and Willow Smith, who consistently make the fashion world scratch their heads in the best possible way.

Jaden has a knack for breaking down gender barriers, like when he modeled Louis Vuitton dresses in 2016. He also wore a Batman suit to Kim Kardashian’s wedding, leading most of us to believe he confused the American phrase “fancy dress” for the British phrase for costume party. Though really, he shouldn’t have been wearing white.

Jaden isn’t the sole Smith child taking the fashion world by storm. In 2015, Willow signed to The Society Management (the same folks who manage Kendall Jenner) and became the face of Marc Jacobs’ 2015 fall-winter campaign. She also starred in a 2017 Chanel advertisement.

The Harveys

Steve Harvey has a large family. According to Essence, he became a father of seven when he married Marjorie Harvey in 2007. He basically doubled his family’s attractiveness by adding Marjorie’s three children into the mix. Here’s the whole rundown of the insanely attractive Harvey clan:

Lori Harvey, the youngest of the crew, is a muse to celebrity makeup artist Pat McGrath. You might know him by his $125 eyeshadow palettes. She told W Magazine that one must “always cleanse and moisturize your neck and decollete, not just your face,” so we’re already assuming she’ll probably never age. Jason, who is married to a model and runs the luxury footwear company Yevrah, walked a Dolce & Gabbana show alongside Lori and his mom in 2017.

Twins Brandi and Karli are a fitness instructor and fashion columnist, respectively. In other words, they teach people how to look good for a living. Wynton, Steve’s youngest, has also dabbled in modeling and styling like Lori and Jason. According to Essence, Broderick is a “fashion enthusiast” (which totally shows), and Morgan Hawthorne is a food blogger (which means she undeniably knows her way around a camera). Finally, there’s matriarch Marjorie, who wore no less than 10 ensembles to Paris Fashion Week in the fall of 2016. Of course her kids have style.

The Braxtons

We already knew big sister Toni Braxton was the most famous of the Braxton bunch. The girl has a whopping 7 Grammy wins and a total of 11 nominations. She’s stunned on Broadway and navigated her way in and out of bankruptcy (apparently, she can un-break her bank the same way she un-break a heart). Let’s not forget the time she nearly posed in Playboy, as if we didn’t have enough proof of her stunning good looks.

“The women are beautiful. I thought about it,” she said during a 20/20 interview (via ABC News). “The money was tempting, but I’m thinking, I have kids, I have a son, I have boys. What are their friends going to say?”

The rest of the Braxtons have been living it up on reality TV since 2011 with their long-running series Braxton Family Values. Youngest sister Tamar undeniably has a face and attitude built for the genre. The reality star also co-hosted The Real for three years. In 2017, she released her final studio album Bluebird of Happiness.

The Simmonses

Ming and Aoki Lee with Russell SimmonsRussell Simmons and Kimora Lee have absolutely stunning offspring. Though sons Kenzo Lee and Wolfe Lee are undeniably good looking, the pair’s two daughters are a fashion force to be reckoned with. Both girls served as models for Kimora’s Baby Phat designs. In 2017, they posed together in Kimora’s lookbook for her eponymous line. Ming even wore one of her mother’s designs to prom. Yet, people have the audacity to tell Aoki that she’s “not as pretty” as her mom and sister. In an Instagram Stories post (via E! News), Aoki revealed the real reason she started sharing more photos of her face on the social network.

“I used to be very picky about pictures and not really show my face,” she said (via E! News). “And would often not post pictures of cool events or important moments because I didn’t like my smile or I was standing next to my beautiful sister. It’s easy to get insecure when your sister and mom are models.”

Ming reposted the message and added, “I literally aspire to be my sister.” It just goes to show you, even the most beautiful teens battle insecurity. Having such a stunning family isn’t easy.

The Hamlins

The HamlinsMost millennials know Lisa Rinna from her drama-filled role on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, but the actress is used to a life in the spotlight. The soap opera star spent years on Days of our Lives as the fiercely beautiful Billie Reed, reprising her role in 2018. If Reed ever needed a younger stand-in, Rinna could enlist her daughter Delilah Belle Hamlin (above middle), who’s the spitting image of her gorgeous mom. It’s pretty uncanny.

Both of Rinna’s daughters, Delilah and Amelia Gray Hamlin, are naturally stunning. That’s just happens when your DNA comes from a soap star and 1987’s sexiest man alive. Their good genes have absolutely rocked the fashion world. Amelia, who’s signed to Women 360 Management New York, strutted down the catwalk with other celebri-spawn in a secret Dolce & Gabbana show during Milan Fashion Week in 2017. Though older sister Delilah is more focused on her studies at NYU, she still rocked the runway for Tommy x Gigi (Gigi Hadid’s Tommy Hilfiger capsule collection) during NYFW in 2016.

The Baldwins

The Baldwins are so attractive that even their offspring is in awe. Ireland Baldwin signed to DT Model Management in 2015, according to E! News, and definitely got her good looks from papa Alec Baldwin and mama Kim Basinger, the sex icon from the 1986 blockbuster 9 ½ Weeks. “I have no idea how people are born this beautiful,” Ireland once captioned an Instagram photo of her famous mother.

Moving onto the other side of Baldwin family, Hailey Baldwin, daughter of Stephen and Kennya Baldwin, signed to IMG Models, who helped her land covers at some of the most sought-after fashion magazines. Think: Elle, Marie Claire and Vogue, where she posed alongside her husband, singer-slash-Calvin Klein model Justin Bieber. Incidentally, Bieber’s Calvin Klein ad was so swoon-worthy, it helped catapult sales by a whopping 13 percent, according to Racked.

Hailey’s good looks are so innate that she didn’t even try to model. “It’s not something I always wanted to do,” she told the Yahoo Style (via The Daily Mail). “It was something that just started happening naturally.”

The Hawn-Hudsons

Brigitte Bardot might have popularized curtain bangs, but Goldie Hawn perfected them. The blonde beauty broke into Hollywood in the late ’60s and became known for her signature blonde hair and gorgeous smile. She won an Oscar in 1970 for Cactus Flower and was nominated for 9 Golden Globes throughout her career, but her crowning achievement might just be giving birth to Fabletics guru and actress Kate Hudson. The pair pretty much look like sisters — and they’re just as close.

“I’ve always had a really super open relationship with her,” Kate told E! News in 2016. “I talk about everything. I’m like the person who comes home and can’t hide anything.”

Though Hudson might be the spitting image of her mother, it’s actually a lot of work being that darn gorgeous. When the starlet graduated from her 20s, she started getting serious about her skincare. Previously, her skincare routine consisted of a very relatable nothing (she told The Telegraph she let her skin “take care of itself”). Today, the La Mer brand ambassador follows no less than five daily steps including applying a moisturizing cream, an anti-oxidant serum and an SPF.

The Johnsons

Melanie Griffith has been making the rounds in Hollywood since the ’70s. The Working Girl actress was nominated for an Oscar in 1989, and though she’s a time-tested star and undeniable beauty, her daughter Dakota Johnson is slowly stealing the family spotlight.

Let’s be real: anyone who’s seen any single film in the 50 Shades of Grey trilogy knows its popularity didn’t come from the franchise’s gripping plotlines. It was Johnson’s incredible beauty and steamy scenes with co-star Jamie Dornan that led the franchise to gross more than $1.3 billion worldwide. Johnson’s part was so revealing that Griffith and father Don Johnson never made it to the theater.

“It’s inappropriate for them. But they’re OK about it,” Johnson told Hello! (via The Evening Standard). “They don’t judge me on what projects I decide to do in my work. They judge me on what kind of human I am to other humans.”

The Combses

Diddy has always been a fashion icon. The rap mogul first dabbled in the world of luxury clothing with Sean John in 1998. According to Racked, his runway shows were frequented by celebs like Paris Hilton and Anna Wintour. He even purchased “a 50% partnership” in Zac Posen’s line. That kind of talent didn’t stray far from the family tree. The bad boy has an equally as stylish son who made waves after walking two Dolce & Gabbana fashion shows in Milan, according to W Magazine. Christian Combs is the spitting image of his father, who happened to teach him the modeling ropes when he first starred in a Sean John campaign.

“He was teaching me how to pose, how to look into the camera and have my swag on… that was definitely a memorable moment,” he told Essence. “He said, ‘give ’em the eye of the tiger and stay in your zone!'”

Christian isn’t the only Combs sibling making waves. Diddy’s twin daughters D’Lila and Jessie, along with sister Chance, made their break into the world of modeling in 2014. People reports the trio starred in a spring/summer campaign for Ruum American Kid’s Wear.

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‘Hollywood ending’ takes on sad new meaning

Even Hollywood is struggling to script a happier ending for itself. Artificial intelligence has injected fresh fear across an industry already grappling with the fallout from work stoppages, fewer scripted shows and corporate consolidation. Chances are fading fast for it to avoid becoming the next Motown or Madison Avenue.

Since the 1920s, Hollywood, and by extension Los Angeles, has been the beating heart ​of a $3 trillion worldwide entertainment market, opens new tab. Five big studios – Walt Disney, Universal Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Paramount and Warner Bros – are based in the second-largest U.S. city. Nearly a fifth of written projects were ‌filmed there in 2024, permit agency FilmLA estimates, opens new tab. At almost $120 billion, show business accounts, opens new tab for about 12% of local gross domestic product, according to the Los Angeles Department of Economic Opportunity.

Hollywood’s influence also extends far beyond its landmark sign. Blockbusters like “Project Hail Mary” or “Ted Lasso” can be as powerful an ambassador as anyone at the U.S. Department of State. It’s an unrivaled export that quietly shapes public and political opinions across the planet. As the country’s allies and enemies alike increasingly sour on U.S. policies and posturing, it’s arguable that everyone from Oscar-winning director Steven Spielberg to “Euphoria” ​star Zendaya is more important than ever to the national brand.

This economic and reputational clout helps explain efforts to prop up Hollywood. California Governor Gavin Newsom last year more than doubled the state’s film and TV tax ​credit program to $750 million annually to compete with other domestic and international locations that have steadily lured productions with bigger financial incentives. A quest for federal handouts is now ⁠underway, with actor Jon Voight lobbying the White House earlier this year for a 20% U.S. tax credit for labor costs on homemade movies and programs.

President Donald Trump “is committed to make Hollywood great again,” a spokesman told Reuters, “and his administration continues ​to explore all possible policy options to ensure Hollywood remains a potent force of American culture.”

The situation keeps getting worse. A 2023 strike by actors and writers cost Los Angeles an estimated $1.5 billion, opens new tab, a UCLA analysis found. Mergers are also taking a toll. ​Walt Disney (DIS.N), opens new tab swallowed rival Twenty-First Century Fox and other assets in 2019, and now Paramount (PSKY.O), opens new tab is trying to wrap up a mega-deal for Warner Bros Discovery (WBD.O), opens new tab, with $6 billion of promised cost savings putting Tinseltown on edge.

There are significant knock-on effects, too. Part of the city’s tourist appeal is the chance of spotting A-list celebrities such as Charlize Theron and peeking into where “Friends” was shot. As Hollywood hollows out, with stars and productions moving elsewhere, local hotels, restaurants and other small businesses suffer.

Damage is evident from Los Angeles employment figures. Jobs in the motion ​picture and sound recording industries have collapsed 40% since 2022, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. The number of shooting days in and around the city has halved since 2021 to about 20,000. Studios greenlit just 428 ​scripted series last year, some 200 fewer than in 2022, according to data cruncher Ampere Analysis.

From Hollywood’s backlots to dining hotspots, conversations feature AI. Although some insiders brush off the threat, one investor who had a front-row seat for the music industry’s Napster disaster ‌25 years ago ⁠is ready to call it quits because of the technology-induced bad vibes in movie-making.

Once AI worms its way into special effects and beyond, it will be hard to stop. The fully AI-generated movie “Hell Grind” may only appeal to a small audience: its three-minute trailer, opens new tab is a compendium of clichés. Other initiatives are gaining credibility, though. “The House of David,” a TV series on Amazon, openly touts, opens new tab its use of AI. Filmmaker Doug Liman is incorporating it, opens new tab into his movie “Bitcoin,” which will feature “versions” of tech bosses Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg while slashing production costs by roughly 65%, trade publication Deadline Hollywood reported.

AI also threatens Hollywood’s lock on creative material. Seven companies, including Netflix (NFLX.O), opens new tab, are responsible for more than 80% of original-content spending in the United States, McKinsey senior partner ​Marc Brodherson says. His consultancy estimates that $60 billion in revenue ​could be redistributed within five years of AI adoption, ⁠a pot of money once guaranteed to traditional gatekeepers.

Tax incentives will be of limited use to combat AI and the geographic flexibility it affords. For one thing, they tend to trigger a race to the bottom. Nothing prevents other countries from enhancing their own financial enticements. Or for a director with a laptop poolside anywhere to create a hit TV show.

Other ​challenges are growing, too. The weather is a big Los Angeles attraction, but wildfires and water shortages weaken the case. Housing prices also have soared. At the end of ​2019, the typical Los Angeles ⁠home was valued, opens new tab at about the same $720,000 as in New York, per Zillow; it’s now around $950,000, compared to $820,000 in the Big Apple. Last year’s population exodus from Los Angeles County also was higher, opens new tab than in any other U.S. metropolis.

City officials and residents don’t have far to look for places or metonyms that lost their swagger, or worse. The Motor City was once the country’s fifth largest metropolis thanks to Ford Motor, General Motors and Chrysler, with adjacent industries amplifying the effect. New technology and competition eroded the trio’s domestic market ⁠share, opens new tab from more ​than 90% in 1965 to less than 40%. After Detroit went bankrupt in 2013, the U.S. government led a $300 million aid package to help ​a recovery effort, one that continues even today.

Pittsburgh similarly hit hard times after losing its Steel City cachet. When sofa and table manufacturing migrated overseas, High Point, North Carolina had to reimagine its position as “Furniture Capital of the World.” Madison Avenue is hardly the advertising powerhouse it once was. In California, ​century-old infrastructure ensures that filmmaking’s epicenter will live on, albeit in notably diminished form. Even with additional financial relief, “Hollywood ending” will soon mean the opposite of what it does now.

Reuters

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‘Toy Story 5’ Lands Year’s Biggest Box-Office Debut

NEW YORK: “Toy Story” still has a friend in moviegoers.

The fifth installment in the Pixar series debuted with $160 million in domestic ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday, easily setting a new franchise record and notching the biggest opening weekend of the year.

Launching 31 years after the original “Toy Story” first landed in theaters, “Toy Story 5” far surpassed the previous series-best debut: $120 million for “Toy Story 4” in 2019. Internationally, it was just as successful, with $152 million in opening-weekend sales, for a worldwide haul of $312 million.

The “Toy Story” franchise is one of the most profitable for The Walt Disney Co. Before “Toy Story 5” launched, the movies had collectively grossed more than $3 billion, while also pulling in billions from merchandising.

Though the series seemed to reach a conclusion with 2010’s “Toy Story 3,” the decision to revive the franchise almost a decade later — while controversial — has been extremely lucrative. “Toy Story 4” exceeded $1 billion in ticket sales, and “Toy Story 5” is all but certain to as well.

Among animated films, only 2018’s “Incredibles 2” had a bigger opening weekend ($182.7 million) than “Toy Story 5.”

These toys aren’t cheap

Keeping the “Toy Story” movies going has gotten more expensive, though.

The fifth movie cost $250 million to make, not including marketing. It returns a voice cast led by Tom Hanks (as Woody), Tim Allen (as Buzz Lightyear) and Joan Cusack (as Jessie).

In the sequel, the toys are pushed aside when Bonnie gets a new tablet. It’s directed by Andrew Stanton, the Pixar veteran who helmed “Finding Nemo” (2003) and “WALL-E” (2008). “Toy Story 5” also features a new song by Taylor Swift, “I Knew It, I Knew You.”

Reviews have been very good and audiences gave “Toy Story 5” an “A” CinemaScore, suggesting it should remain a force in theaters for weeks.

After its chart-topping debut, Steven Spielberg’s “Disclosure Day” slipped to second place with $17 million in its second weekend. That’s not the hold that Universal Pictures was hoping for. Dropping 61% from its first weekend suggests “Disclosure Day” might not find the legs Spielberg’s sci-fi thriller needs to break out this summer.

Still, the $115 million budgeted movie, starring Emily Blunt, Josh O’Connor and Colman Domingo, has grossed $160.4 million globally in two weeks. “Disclosure Day” stands a good chance of remaining the top adult-oriented option in theaters in the coming weeks.

“Toy Story 5” faced little competition from newcomers.

‘Robin Hood’ misses the bullseye

A24’s “The Death of Robin Hood,” a violent revisionist approach to the old legend, flopped with $2.6 million on 1,762 screens. The film, starring Hugh Jackman and directed by Michael Sarnoski, was modestly budgeted at $20 million. But after finding mixed reviews, audiences didn’t go for the movie, either. It earned a “C+” CinemaScore.

Neon’s “Leviticus” came out just ahead of “The Death of Robin Hood,” with $2.7 million from 1,076 theaters. Written and directed by Adrian Chiarella, the buzzy low-budget horror film is about two teen boys who meet at conversion therapy. It’s a fine start for an indie with a small budget of $3.5 million and good word-of-mouth. But “Leviticus” also faced unusually strong competition in the still-potent horror hits “Obsession” and “Backrooms.”

The top horror choice remained “Obsession,” the microbudget phenomenon by 26-year-old Curry Barker. In its sixth weekend, it nearly equaled its $17 million opening weekend from mid-May. The Focus Features release, which cost less than $1 million to make, added $14.2 million to bring its domestic total to $215.8 million and its global haul to $333.3 million.

With “Toy Story 5” and “Obsession” driving sales, the summer box office is up 15% from the 2025 summer, according to Rentrak. More impressively, summer ticket sales are nearly equal to the 2019 summer at the same point, not accounting for inflation. The summer to date is just 1.9% down from that year.

Paul Dergarabedian, head of marketplace trends for Rentrak, expects that Hollywood is heading for its best summer since before the pandemic. And the success is coming from both expected and unexpected places.

“To me, this is a hybrid summer and this could be the new blueprint for how you build the perfect summer box-office beast,” says Dergarabedian. “You throw in a mix of very eclectic films and not just the usual suspects — the big franchise films, the known brands — but also films like ‘Backrooms’ and ‘Obsession’ and original films like ‘Disclosure Day.’”

Top 10 movies by domestic box office

With final domestic figures being released Monday, this list factors in the estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Rentrak:

1. “Toy Story 5,” $160 million.

2. “Disclosure Day,” $17 million.

3. “Obsession,” $14.2 million.

4. “Backrooms,” $7.3 million.

5. “Scary Movie,” $6.7 million.

6. “Masters of the Universe,” $5.6 million.

7. “Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu,” $3.9 million.

8. “Leviticus,” $2.7 million.

9. “The Death of Robin Hood,” $2.6 million.

10. “Michael,” $2.2 million.

GN

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JENNIFER LOPEZ IS LOVING HER POST-DIVORCE LIFE

After her most recent short-lived marriage, Jennifer Lopez has taken sly digs at ex-husband Ben Affleck more than once. The “Kiss of the Spider Woman” star appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” in May 2026, where she was asked about her post-divorce love life. “You’re single right now,” Jimmy Kimmel noted, and Lopez gave an enthusiastic reply. “I should have done it sooner! I’ve been doing it all wrong!” she exclaimed while laughing. Kimmel had a recommendation for how Lopez could find her next beau, and playfully suggested she should sign up for “The Bachelorette.” The “Hustlers” star shot down that idea and explained that she enjoyed being single too much. “Are you crazy? I’m not doing anything to ruin how I feel right now,” she told Kimmel. Even though she seemed opposed to the idea of settling down again, Lopez didn’t completely rule out the idea of future romance. “I’ll meet somebody, somewhere, one day,” she said.

In 2025, rumors swirled that Lopez had potentially met her next somebody while filming the rom-com “Office Romance” with co-star Brett Goldstein. Lopez and Goldstein reportedly had terrific chemistry both on and off camera. “They’re both professional … when the cameras are rolling, but in between, it’s a flirt fest,” an inside source told InTouch in April 2025. Another insider claimed that while Goldstein seemed very into her, Lopez wasn’t interested in pursuing him as a proper boyfriend. “She had fun with him … but it was never going to turn into anything serious for her,” the source told InTouch in April 2026.

Jennifer Lopez has actually been quite frank about how her past husbands and partners fell short. While appearing on “The Howard Stern Show” in October 2025, Jennifer Lopez gave the inside story on her four divorces. Howard Stern asked her if she had ever “truly been loved,” and the actor didn’t mince words, responding, “No.” Going into further detail, Jennifer Lopez not-so-subtly confirmed that Ben Affleck was always the problem. “When I got divorced this last time, it was the best thing that ever happened to me,” she said. Her divorce from Affleck drove her to find various therapists to get to the root of why she had been married and divorced so many times. “What I learned, it’s not that I’m not lovable — it’s that they’re not capable,” Lopez said of her past partners’ ability to give true love. Though she said her past partners were very generous with material things, when it came to love and real intimacy, she said, “they don’t have it in them.” 

It would seem that calling it quits with Affleck was the right decision for Lopez, and she has reportedly been thriving since finalizing her divorce in January 2025. “She’s been having the time of her life this summer,” a source told People in August 2025. Besides all the self-reflection that Lopez mentioned, the actor-singer also found joy performing throughout her “Up All Night” music tour. “It’s been a great focus for her. She’s been doing what she really enjoys,” the insider added. Given how happy and fulfilled she seems now, perhaps it may actually be a while until we hear that Lopez is set to walk down the aisle again.

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