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This image released by Disney/Pixar shows, from left, Sadness, voiced by Phyllis Smith, Joy, voiced by Amy Poehler, Disgust, voiced by Liza Lapira, Fear, voiced by Tony Hale and Anger, voiced by Lewis Black, in a scene from Inside Out 2. Pixar/AP/Disney/Pixar hide caption

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The marquee at The Grove theater in Los Angeles announces the opening of Barbie in July 2023. Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Can movie theaters sustain the 'Barbie boost'?

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Big entertainment bets: World Cup & Avatar

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Nia DaCosta attends a screening of Little Woods during the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival at SVA Theatre on April 21, 2018 in New York City. Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images for Tribeca Film Fe hide caption

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(L-r) John David Washington and Robert Pattinson in Warner Bros. Pictures' action epic "TENET," a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Melinda Sue Gordon/Warner Bros. Entertainment hide caption

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Christopher Nolan's Sci-Fi Thriller 'Tenet' Delayed Indefinitely

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Guests arrive at the premiere of the film Star Wars: The Last Jedi in London on Tuesday. On Sunday, Disney announced that the film had brought in $450 million globally in its debut weekend. Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP hide caption

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Gal Gadot plays the titular superhero in Wonder Woman, which just broke the opening-weekend domestic box office record for a film directed by a woman. Clay Enos/Warner Bros and DC Comics hide caption

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