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Box Office: Here’s How Terminator: Dark Fate’s Opening Compares to Other Terminator Movies

Terminator: Dark Fate may have won the weekend’s box office, but it came up far short of expectations for the first film since 1991’s Terminator 2: Judgement Day to have both series creator James Cameron and star Linda Hamilton on board.

Does this make it a box office bomb? We’ll have to wait and see how Dark Fate plays out in the long run. It’s certainly the third Terminator film in a decade to flame out at the start.

Despite being the best reviewed Terminator film since Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Dark Fate earned an estimated $29 million which is far less than the $40 million plus that was first predicted. Per Variety, Dark Fate brought in another $72.9 million overseas, bringing its grand sum so far to $123 million.

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Why Terminator: Dark Fate Does Not Have an After Credits Scene

Thanks (in part) to the MCU, it’s commonplace now for big franchise installments to contain post credits scenes. Which makes it all the more surprising that Terminator: Dark Fate doesn’t have any. You’d think a series famous for the tagline “I’ll be back” would want to tease more with after credits tidbits.

Talking to Fandango back in October, Director Tim Miller explained why Dark Fate had a normal end credits roll.

“I love

,” Miller said, “but I think it’s a uniquely Marvel thing. So, no.”

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Where (and How) to Watch Apple TV Plus

Apple TV+ is the latest à la carte premium streaming service to enter the highly competitive TV landscape – which will also include Disney+ in a few weeks and HBO Max this coming May. Apple TV Plus launches Friday, November 1, and has a relatively low price point, at $4.99 per month. Here’s a quick breakdown of how you can (or can’t) get Apple TV+ on your various devices and PlayStation 4, Xbox One, or Switch:

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Save Almost 50% on the Overwatch Official Cookbook and More

Saving the world every day can take a lot out of you, so don’t forget to fuel up. We spotted a great deal on the Official Overwatch Cookbook (now with an extra discount), and it’s a treasure trove of recipes from almost every current character, up to Hammond. If that isn’t enough food for you, we’ve included a couple of other options.

Overwatch: The Official Cookbook

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Daily Deals: Pre-order Credit for Pokemon, Huge Nintendo Switch Games Sale and Much More

Welcome to IGN’s Daily Deals, your source for the best deals on the stuff you actually want to buy. Follow us at Twitter @igndeals. We bring you the best deals we’ve found today on video games, hardware, electronics, and a bunch of random stuff too. Updated 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

Get $10 Amazon Credit When Pre-ordering Pokemon Sword and Shield

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If you still haven’t pre-ordered the latest Pokemon games, consider doing so through Amazon. If you’re a Prime member, you will get a $10 credit for your pre-order, which will be sent to you a few weeks after the purchase date.

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Rian Johnson Explains How Last Jedi Outrage Inspired Knives Out

With Knives Out — which hints theaters on November 27 — already garnering rave reviews, writer/director Rian Johnson recently spoke about how his wicked whodunnit uses the polarizing aspect of social media as central theme. It’s a concept he, naturally, experienced first hand when some Star Wars fans directed their venom at him following The Last Jedi.

Johnson, who attended Deadline’s The Contenders Los Angeles, mentioned wanting to turn rampant online toxicity into laughs.

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Joker: Joaquin Phoenix Was Thinking About a Possible Sequel During Filming

Though it was never really designed to spawn sequels, Todd Phillips’ Joker has now grossed over $900 million worldwide and you have to assume most everyone involved wants this story of Joaquin Phoenix’s Arthur Fleck to continue.

While talking to the LA Times’ The Envelope, Phoenix and Phillips spoke about what it might take for them to return for more, and that they’d even started musing about a follow up during production.

“Long before the release or before we had any idea if it would be successful, we talked about sequels,” Phoenix stated. “In the second or third week of shooting, I was like, ‘Todd, can you start working on a sequel? There’s way too much to explore.’ It was kind of in jest — but not really.”

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