Super Mario Galaxy Opens to $370 Million Worldwide, the Biggest Debut of 2026
Nintendo's cinematic universe just proved that audiences will show up in a wartime economy if you give them a plumber in space.
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Nathan Lane Opens as Willy Loman on Wednesday, and Arthur Miller's America Has Never Felt Closer
Joe Mantello's revival of Death of a Salesman opens April 9 with Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf, and the play about a man destroyed by the American dream arrives during a war.
Thundercat Returns After Six Years with Distracted, and Mac Miller's Voice Is on Track Three
Thundercat's first album since the Grammy-winning It Is What It Is dropped Thursday with fifteen tracks, a posthumous Mac Miller feature, and a guest list that reads like a curated festival lineup.
Netflix Crosses the Twenty-Dollar Line
The standard plan is now $19.99 and premium is $26.99 -- Netflix's second price hike in under two years, funding a $20 billion content war chest.
The Boys Ends on Tuesday. The Satire Landed Closer to Home Than Anyone Expected.
The Boys' final season premieres April 8 on Prime Video -- a superhero fascism satire arriving during an actual war, which is either perfect timing or unbearable.
Malcolm in the Middle Returns Thursday. Twenty Years Is a Long Time to Stay Unfair.
Hulu drops all four episodes of the Malcolm in the Middle revival on April 10, reuniting Frankie Muniz and Bryan Cranston two decades after the original ended.
Euphoria Returns April 12 After Four Years. The Audience Grew Up Without It.
Euphoria Season 3 premieres next Sunday on HBO with a five-year time jump, 157 million trailer views, and the open question of whether a show about teenage chaos survives its audience aging out.
Record Store Day Drops 460 Exclusive Releases April 18. The Vinyl Faithful Are Already Lining Up.
This year's Record Store Day features Joni Mitchell on limited-press vinyl, Fleetwood Mac and The Cure for War Child, and enough colored wax to keep the pressing plants running until July.