Article snippet: Posted at 9:30 pm on May 21, 2017 by Brad Slager This is the time of year when things take on a familiar appearance. As a sign of Summer hitting theaters this was a Xerox-inspired frame — sequels ruled the weekend, as they usually do in blockbuster season. Two new follow-up efforts would challenge a repeat winner for the top spot. Get used to the deja-view; through late July there will only be a single week that a second or third iteration of some franchise will not bear forth. (That is June 2, with “Wonder Woman” arriving, itself a well covered source material.) So, let’s pour through the numbers and see how the ticket registers echoed with repeat business … then we’ll wipe the toner off our hands from the carbon paper. Link to the full article to read more