New franchises like Minecraft will form in the mountains, just as old franchises will gather dust for their inevitable nostalgic glow-ups down the road. The wheel in the sky keeps on turning. However, papering over shoddy storytelling with half-baked visual effects won't cut it in the long run. You have to spice things up.

Warner Bros.' "Weapons" opened at No. 1 at the U.K. and Ireland box office with £2.8 million ($3.7 million), according to Comscore. Disney's "Freakier Friday" debuted in second place with $2.3 million,

While Freakier Friday couldn’t beat Weapons, its premiere isn’t giving Disney any reason to freak out either. The Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan-fronted legacyquel managed to switch its ticket sales into a $29 million opening,