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🍿 Stat of the Day: After a Barbenheimer-filled 2023 that signaled Americans were willing to go to theaters to see original movies again, Hollywood has reverted back to that one buddy of yours who always plays Madden in Franchise Mode.

Nine of the 10 highest-grossing movies in the US last year were sequels, the NY Times reports. The 10th was Wicked – not technically a sequel, but not exactly original either (it was based on an adaptation of a Broadway play, which itself is based on a book that’s based on another book that inspired The Wizard of Oz).

Up next in 2025 (which also appears to have a case of sequelitis): new installments in the Jurassic World, Mission: Impossible, and Avatar franchises.

🤔 Did You Know? The average cell phone carries ~10x more bacteria than most toilet seats, per a 2017 study from the University of Arizona (brb, grabbing a Lysol wipe).

📰 Worth a Read: One Man’s Attempt to Get a Perfect 850 Credit Score → (Wall Street Journal)

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