A weekly film and box office newsletter. How do you sum up a career as versatile and groundbreaking as Rob Reiner's? The tragic deaths of Reiner and his wife Michele sent shockwaves through Hollywood on Sunday night, and tributes poured in for the comedian and filmmaker from everyone from Stephen King and Cary Elwes to former President Barack Obama. Perhaps one of the best ways to encapsulate Reiner's impact on film is by considering that between 1986 and 1992, he made all of these stone-cold classics in a row:
That is an all-timer run. And it's not even mentioning his genre-creating mockumentary "This Is Spinal Tap" or the swoon-worthy romance "The American President." Reiner was responsible for one of the best coming-of-age movies ever made, one of the best romantic comedies ever made, one of the best courtroom dramas ever made, etc. That doesn't happen by accident, and I'd argue it has something to do with Reiner's ability to tap into the human condition. While navigating several different genres, each of his films has one thing in common: a big beating heart. What a legacy. Adam Chitwood 
Box Office: 'Zootopia 2' Passes $1.1 Billion as 'Ella McCay' Suffers One of the Worst Wide Openings EverOne week before it caps off 2025 with the massive "Avatar: Fire and Ash," Disney defined the box office weekend with Hollywood's biggest hit of the year thus far with "Zootopia 2" and one of the worst wide openings of the year with... 
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