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'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' has officially surpassed 'Toy Story 5' as the highest-grossing film of 2026 Worldwide Box Office: 1. Spider-Man: BND $1.10 billion 2. Toy Story 5 $1.07 billion The movie has only been out for seven days.
SpaceX returns this week: • Monday +5.7% • Tuesday +9.4% • Wednesday -10.8% Rollercoaster ride.
SpaceX >Reporting first earnings since IPO >Announces deal with Nvidia before close >Posts revenue beat! >....Shares down 7% after-hours Elon:
SpaceX Q2 results are OUT • Revenue: $7.81B vs. $6.93B (est.) • EPS: -$0.09 vs. -$0.26 (est.) Business segment revenue— • AI: $2.56B vs. $2.18B (est.) • Space: $962M vs. $835M (est.) • Connectivity: $4.92B vs. $3.83B (est.) Not bad for your first earnings report
House records for the last year paint a rough picture of how much U.S. reps are spending on AI Overall: $113,740 By AI tools: • ChatGPT - $100,580 • Claude - $13,160 By party: • Dems - $54,165 • GOP - $15,782 ChatGPT alone made up ~88% of all named spending
Spider-Man's record-breaking release— • Biggest preview total ($72M) • Biggest domestic debut ($360M) • Highest-grossing Monday ($47M) • 2nd-biggest global debut ($932M) • Fastest to hit $400M domestically • Highest-grossing opening day ($170M)
'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' has already crossed $1 billion at the global box office • Current gross: $1.05 billion • 2nd-fastest after 'Avengers: Endgame' • Did it without domestic IMAX screens Everyone loves Spidey
The $3 trillion market cap club: 1. Nvidia $5.02 trillion 2. Alphabet $4.59 trillion 3. Apple $4.47 trillion 4. Microsoft $3.62 trillion 5. Amazon $3.02 trillion 🔗 twitter.com/i/status/208431...
Amazon's market cap has surpassed $3 trillion for the first time It's the fifth company in history to reach the milestone
The biggest weekend in domestic box office history, by the numbers: (Rentrak) 1. Spider-Man: BND - $360 million 2. The Odyssey - $51 million 3. Toy Story 5 - $6.3 million 4. Minions & Monsters - $5.8 million 5. Moana - $5.3 million
Update: It was the biggest weekend in domestic box office history A collective $430 million 🔗 twitter.com/i/status/208140...
Update: It was the biggest collective weekend in domestic box office history A collective $430 million 🔗 twitter.com/i/status/208140...
The week ahead... Monday: • Earnings: Palantir and Snap Tuesday: • SpaceX reports earnings for the first time as a public company • Other earnings: Advanced Micro Devices, Paramount Skydance, Spotify, Caterpillar, and McDonald's Wednesday: • Season 4 of 'Ted Lasso' premieres on Apple TV • O...
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The Dodgers finding out they can't sign Spider-Man because he's a fictional character
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Biggest domestic openings ever: 1. Avengers: Endgame...................... $357 million (2019) 2. Spider-Man: Brand New Day......$355 million (2026) 3. Spider-Man: No Way Home........$260 million (2021) 4. Avengers: Infinity War..................$257 million (2018)
What a stat... "A Zety survey of more than 1,000 Gen Zers found 20% had a parent attend a job interview with them" (WSJ)
Companies rolling out new AI image features... Pre-launch: "We can't wait to see what clever ideas you all have. So fun, lol" Post-launch: "We're getting rid of the feature and we need to go lie down for a while. Humanity is doomed" 🔗 twitter.com/i/status/208338...
Social media's battle against the bots is gaining allies Yesterday: • LinkedIn adds new feature to call out AI slop Today: • Snap bans AI-generated videos from its Spotlight section
New York is suing Kalshi for running an "illegal gambling operation" in the state AG Letitia James is seeking penalties including: • Profit forfeiture • Customer restitution • Fines worth 3x the illegal gains If successful, the damages could cost Kalshi up to $36 billion
"Spider-Man: Brand New Day" pulled in $74.5 million in domestic previews Thursday night. That demolishes the former record of $60 million held by "Avengers: Endgame". There's just something about Spidey.
'The Odyssey' has officially outgrossed 'Oppenheimer' at the domestic box office • The Odyssey $334.2 million • Oppenheimer $330.1 million It took 'Oppenheimer' 595 days to reach that total 'The Odyssey' did it in 13.
