Tuesday, June 30, 2026

Horror Film “M3GAN” Scores $30 Mil Weekend, Name in News Right Now Doesn’t Hurt

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The big movie of the weekend had nothing to do with Oscars or other awards.

It was “M3GAN,” a horror film that scored $30 million in its opening weekend.

The name “Megan” is certainly in the news right now, and you know what i’m talking about. Is it a coincidence? (Are there coincidences?) With Prince Harry’s book all over the internet for the last week, the timing couldn’t be better, right?

So who is this Meg3n? She’s a robot toy who bonds to the child she’s assigned to, and causes unbelievable mayhem. Look for this Meg3n — like the real life one– to be with us for a long time. She’s lucky Chuckie– there will be sequels into the next two decades. You can only imagine the logos– M4GAN, M5GAN, and so on…

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009, where he covered Michael Jackson, and previously wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine in the mid-1990s, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. He also edited Fame magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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