"Black Panther's" second weekend in theaters proved its box-office success isn't slowing down anytime soon. MovieWeb's Ryan J. Downey joins Cheddar to discuss just how much money the mega hit will make before it's all said and done. He says the blockbuster's strong second week comes from ticket sales to repeat viewers.
The film posted the second-largest non-opening weekend ever. Downey says it's fair to assume "Black Panther" will wind up joining Hollywood's elusive billion-dollar box-office club. He also reveals how Disney used the film as inspiration to make a donation in support of STEM education.
Marvel has another major release up its sleeve for later this year. "Avengers: Infinity War" is due out this May and will see T'Challah will return to join up with the rest of the MCU superheroes. Downey considers whether we might be in store for a letdown after the massive success of "Black Panther."
Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates will continue to work together as co-chairs of their foundation even after their planned divorce.
Egyptian authorities have announced the release of a hulking shipping vessel that had blocked the Suez Canal for nearly a week earlier this year.
Carlo's back in the office, where Jill has been toiling for months. They're talking Tropical Storm Elsa as it prepares to make landfall in Florida, President Biden shifting the vaccine strategy, Subway reshuffles the deck, an update on the Britney Spears conservatorship, and why aren't we all working 4-day workweeks yet?
Ukraine's defense minister is under pressure from members of the government over the decision to have female military cadets wear mid-heeled pumps in a parade
The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Elsa is strengthening and could became a hurricane before making landfall along Florida’s northern Gulf coast.
Jill and Carlo are back after a long weekend, talking about the tropical storm that's heading toward Florida and what it could mean to the recovery operations in Surfside. Plus, the new Covid variant to keep an eye on and Mark Zuckerberg's answer to Facebook's woes: more Mark Zuckerberg.
Americans enjoying newfound liberty are expected to travel and gather for cookouts, fireworks and family reunions over the Fourth of July weekend in numbers not seen since pre-pandemic days.
On the Tribeca Festival's 20th anniversary, it had the mission of adding a spark back to the city after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Elsa has strengthened into the first hurricane of the Atlantic season and it's blowing off roofs and snapping trees in the eastern Caribbean.
American champion Sha’Carri Richardson cannot run in the Olympic 100-meter race after testing positive for a chemical found in marijuana.
