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Contest update: Disney’s preliminary estimate of the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever domestic opening is $180 million, but as I said last Sunday, we’re waiting for “actuals” tomorrow to determine our winner and will make the official announcement on Thursday.

Discussed in this issue: David Zaslav, J.K. Rowling, Bob Chapek, Taylor Sheridan, Ann Sarnoff, Peter Trinh, and “Capt. Hollywood.”

But first…

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