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These days 2006’s Superman Returns exists under something of a cloud. It didn’t spawn any sequels, disappeared from the public consciousness, and the double disgrace of director Bryan Singer and star Kevin Spacey doesn’t make it an easy watch. But Superman Returns was received positively by critics and became the ninth highest-grossing movie of that year, though didn’t meet Warner Bros’ sky-high expectations and a sequel was soon canceled. So, why didn’t Superman Returns catch on? The question is being busily debated on…

After starting the day deep in the red due to a price cut being announced in China, Tesla (TSLA) turned positive after crowds were reportedly flocking to stores to buy cars. The only problem is that they were not there to buy but to protest. Earlier today, we reported on Tesla slashing prices in China, which raised demand concerns for the automaker in the important EV market. The price drops on some Model 3 and Model Y trims were significant, and while it will have a negative effect on the…

Immediately after the release of Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 2, you wouldn’t need both hands to count the number of superhero movies that could inarguably be deemed as being superior to the web-slinging second installment. Tim Burton’s Batman duo, Superman: The Movie and its successor, Bryan Singer’s X-Men and its sequel, Blade, The Crow, Darkman, The Rocketeer, Unbreakable, and maybe a couple of others were in or around the conversation, but not much else was worthy of even being mentioned in the same breath as Tobey…

It may be the fourth most expensive movie of all time at a reported $350m (£285m) but there seem to be few worries in Tinseltown about Avatar: The Way of Water being able to recoup that huge figure.Mainly this is because we are talking James Cameron – and indeed Avatar. Disney long ago bet the mouse house that the sequel to the highest-grossing film of all time, now just a few weeks from release, is going to once again deliver us into glorious, high-end stereoscopy.The Way of Water is currently predicted to take only…

I thought I managed to beat the tourist crowds on my recent trip to Japan.On my first night in Osaka, I managed to get a picture with the famed Glico sign without anyone else in the background.Zoom In IconArrows pointing outwardsDays later, CNBC's Abigail Ng saw multiple groups of people flocking to this spot to pose for pictures. — Courtesy of Chen MeihuiBut perhaps I should've chalked it up to the fact that it was a Monday night.I wasn't so lucky later that week: It was next to impossible to get a picture at the top of…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain A team of university researchers have found that football crowds are influencing referees' behavior in the top four professional Leagues in England. The study, published in the Journal of Global Sport Management, confirmed that without crowds, there was no home advantage in association football during the…

Black Friday is back—even if many of the door-buster deals aren’t.Millions of Americans are expected to visit bricks-and-mortar stores on the Friday after Thanksgiving as the Covid-19 pandemic recedes and people return to prepandemic habits. That is a reversal of the past two years, when they were largely stuck at home and did more shopping online. This year, however, many household budgets are pinched by high gas and grocery prices. With many stores closed on Thanksgiving, retailers are preparing for a big surge on…

The crypto industry is volatile, and investors are constantly looking for projects that can give them better returns. Prices of a token can swing up and down very rapidly, and keeping track of all the different projects out there can be tricky. But despite the risks, new and upcoming projects showcase high potential and can offer investors great returns in the long run. Oryen Network is a new staking platform that promises to revolutionize how we stake cryptocurrencies. It’s still in its ICO, but the team behind…

via Sony Even though they didn’t feature onscreen, the marketing campaign for this year’s Where the Crawdads Sing played up the involvement of producer Reese Witherspoon and contributing songwriter Taylor Swift, which no doubt helped the mystery thriller become one of 2022’s most unsung box office smash hits. On a budget of $24 million, the literary adaptation went on to haul in $137 million during its theatrical run, splitting opinion right down the middle in the process. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an…

The more than 150 people who died celebrating Halloween in Itaewon, a dense neighborhood in Seoul, were victims of a crowd crush. The disaster was not a stampede; it wasn’t the result of unruly behavior or people trampling over one another. Instead, it was a tragedy in which the massive number of people packed into an alley turned the crowd itself into a hazard.Crowds don’t need to surge for the gathering to turn deadly—smaller movements and pushes by those on the outer edges can send currents through the group that grow…