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"Dune: Part Two" swallowed box office receipts over the weekend.

Why it matters: The movie was made for the biggest and most lucrative of the silver screens.

"Dune: Part Two" swallowed box office receipts over the weekend, Hope writes.

Why it matters: The movie was made for the biggest and most lucrative of the silver screens.

• Nearly half of the $81.5 million domestic box office sales came from large formats including IMAX 70mm, IMAX Digital and Dolby Cinema.
• IMAX made up around 23% of sales specifically.

For context, the domestic box office has brought in less than $900 million so far this year — down nearly 18% from a year ago.

Asia's richest man, Mukesh Ambani, fêted other billionaires at his youngest son's pre-wedding bash over the weekend in Jamnagar, India, Hope writes.

Zoom in: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and BlackRock CEO Larry Fink were in attendance among 1,200 invited guests, according to reports.

• Ambani's net worth sits at $113 billion, per Bloomberg, thanks to Reliance Industries — a conglomerate he runs that spans telecom and media, food, energy, retail, and petroleum refining.

Regional banks are back on investor radars.

Why it matters: A year after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (and subsequently Signature and First Republic banks), smaller lenders' balance sheets are under scrutiny for their exposure to the commercial real estate market.

Before the golden statuettes are handed out at the 2024 Academy Awards, here's where you can stream nominated films at no additional cost.

• This list includes the films up for best picture, best documentary feature and best animated feature.

State of play: The Oscars air 7pm ET Sunday on ABC.

Generative artificial intelligence could create more rapid change in the workplace and the economy than previous waves of tech advances.

Why it matters: If that assessment, made by a top Federal Reserve official and other thinkers at a high-profile conference Friday, proves correct, it would mean higher growth, rising incomes, less inflation — even as there's churn in the labor market as some tasks become automated.

California voters on Tuesday could approve an overhaul of the state's approach to mental health treatment and homelessness, creating a blueprint supporters hope — and opponents fear — could be replicated elsewhere.

Why it matters: The measure is Gov. Gavin Newsom's answer to a chronic homelessness crisis that ranks among residents' biggest concerns in a state home to 28% of the country's homeless population.

Yes, college is still worth it: The wage gap between recent college and high school grads has been widening for decades, and grew even more last year, per new data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Why it matters: Even so, Americans are falling out of love with the idea of a four-year degree.

The endless aisle of options at the store is shrinking as brands cut inventory, focusing on bestsellers to boost their profits.

Why it matters: It's a reversal from the trend of giving consumers unlimited choices — and experts tell Axios the switch could reduce shopping stress while driving sales.