New Line's horror pic and Disney's family comedy delivered a double win for the late summer box office, as well as a victory for two challenged genres.

While Freakier Friday couldn’t beat Weapons, its premiere isn’t giving Disney any reason to freak out either. The Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan-fronted legacyquel managed to switch its ticket sales into a $29 million opening,

New franchises like Minecraft will form in the mountains, just as old franchises will gather dust for their inevitable nostalgic glow-ups down the road. The wheel in the sky keeps on turning. However, papering over shoddy storytelling with half-baked visual effects won't cut it in the long run. You have to spice things up.