Kids ate the multiplex: How family movies are taking over moviegoing, one blockbuster at a time
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Charlie Day, from left, Jack Black, Donald Glover, Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Benny Safdie and Keegan Michael Key pose for photographers at the photo call for the film "The Super Mario Galaxy Movie" in Tokyo, Thursday, March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Reyes)This image released by Universal Pictures shows, from left, Luigi, voiced by Charlie Day, Mario, voiced by Chris Pratt, Yoshi, voiced by Donald Glover, and Princess Peach, voiced by Anya Taylor-Joy, in a scene from "The Super Mario Galaxy Movie." (Nintendo and Illumination/Universal Pictures via AP)This combination of images shows promotional art for animated films, from left, "GOAT," "Hoppers," "The Super Mario Galaxy Movie," "Toy Story 5," and "Minions & Monsters." (Sony Pictures/Disney-Pixar/Universal/Disney/Universal via AP)FILE - A man takes pictures of his daughters who show their tickets in front of a display panel showing the movie "Barbie" as other movie-goers, left, line up to buy tickets at a cinema, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)FILE - Guests attend The Hub TV Network's "My Little Pony Friendship is Magic" Coronation Concert at the Brentwood Theatre on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, in Los Angeles in support of Children's Hospital LA. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision for The Hub/AP Images, File)
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Charlie Day, from left, Jack Black, Donald Glover, Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Benny Safdie and Keegan Michael Key pose for photographers at the photo call for the film "The Super Mario Galaxy Movie" in Tokyo, Thursday, March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Reyes)