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Should movie studios be worried about Netflix's first feature film?

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imageIdris Elba stars in Cary Fukunaga's Beasts of No Nation.Netflix

Summer is always important for the movie business, and this past one was the second-biggest ever for ticket sales.

Studios succeeded by doing what they do best: recombinant franchise films featuring superheroes and beasts. Jurassic World helped Universal dominate box office totals,...

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