A handful of films this year have been pronounced box office winners based on their opening performance — only to fall off a cliff in their sophomore outing and reveal their true fate.

In 2024, the Warner Bros. chiefs' had their own folie a deux. Today, they're demonstrating that taste is the new IP.

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