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    “Doctor Strange” Tops Box Office Again; “Downton Abbey” Finishes 2nd; “Top Gun” Looms

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    This image released by Focus Features shows Hugh Bonneville, from left, Elizabeth McGovern and Laura Carmichael in a scene from "Downton Abbey: A New Era." (Ben Blackall/Focus Features via AP)

    By Andrew Dalton, Entertainment Writer

    LOS ANGELES (AP) --

    Doctor Strange and his multiverse got to linger a little longer atop the weekend box office as Tom Cruise and "Top Gun" wait in the wings.

    Marvel's "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" was the top-earning film of the weekend for the third straight week, bringing in $31.6 million in 4,534 North American theaters, according to studio estimates released Sunday.

    "Downton Abbey: A New Era" made a strong opening showing for Focus Features with $16 million from 3,820 theaters, but there was no real blockbuster competition for "Doctor Strange."

    That will change with the long awaited, and long delayed, release of "Top Gun: Maverick," the sequel that arrives next week on Memorial Day weekend, 36 years after the original smash hit and cultural landmark.

    It flies in amid sky-high hype.

    Cruise had the film festival in Cannes, France, abuzz on Wednesday with a whirlwind appearance for the film's European premiere that included a fly over of French fighter jets and an honorary Palme d'Or award.

    But while the world waits, "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" crossed the $800 million mark in global grosses, surpassing "The Batman" to become the top-grossing film of the year.

    Released by the Walt Disney Co. and directed by Sam Raimi, " Doctor Strange 2 " benefitted from being the first Marvel movie to follow "Spider-Man: No Way Home," in which Benedict Cumberbatch's sorcerer played a pivotal role.

    It also builds upon the popular Disney+ series "Wandavision" and contains a number of cameos that fans didn't want to be spoiled.

    Holdover family films "The Bad Guys" and "Sonic the Hedgehog 2" took the third and fourth spots. Universal's "The Bad Guys" added $6.1 million in its fifth week. "Sonic 2" earned $3.9 million in its seventh.

    Director Alex Garland's folk horror thriller "Men" brought in $3.3 million for production company and distributor A24.

    Meanwhile, "Everything Everywhere All At Once" is still going strong even after nine weeks in release. The A24 film picked up an additional $3.3 million, down only 6% from the previous weekend, bringing its total grosses to $47 million.

    Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.

    1. "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness," $31.6 million.
    2. "Downton Abbey: A New Era," $16 million.
    3. "The Bad Guys," $6.1 million.
    4. "Sonic the Hedgehog 2," $3.9 million.
    5. "Men," $3.3 million.
    6. "Everything Everywhere All At Once," $3.1 million.
    7. "Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore," $1.9 million.
    8. "Firestarter," $1.9 million.
    9. "The Lost City," $1.5 million.
    10. "The Northman," $1 million.

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    Court Orders Meta To Pay $567M To Address Kids’ Mental Health Online

    Friday, August 7, 2026

    A New Mexico court has ordered Instagram and Facebook parent company Meta to pay $567 million to address harms to young people from its platforms in the second phase of a landmark trial.

    Judge Bryan Biedscheid said in a ruling late Thursday that the bulk of the money — $420 million — will be used for treatment services for young people. The rest will go toward awareness and prevention, screening services and other costs over the next five years.

    The new penalty is in addition to the $375 million in civil penalties that jurors ordered against Meta in March after determining the company knowingly harmed children's mental health and concealed what it knew about child sexual exploitation on its platforms. In the second phase, prosecutors asked the judge to impose fundamental changes at Meta aimed at reining in addictive features, improving age verification and preventing child sexual exploitation through default privacy settings and closer oversight.

    The total amount Meta is responsible for — $942 million — is a small fraction of of its annual profit, which was about $60 billion in 2025. Investors seemed to shrug off the New Mexico ruling in after-hours trading Thursday, sending Meta's stock down less than half a percent to $589.44.

    Still, the ruling is another setback for Meta, which faces an avalanche of lawsuits from thousands of families of children harmed by social media.

    New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez said it sends an unmistakable message that companies will be held accountable when their product designs knowingly put children at risk.

    "Today's decision is a victory for every parent who has worried about what social media is doing to their child and every child who deserves to grow up safer online," he... Read More

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