Ready Player One

Last week’s box office report was all about the dominance of Avengers: Infinity War, and the many records it won on its first outing. This week is about.

And on its second week, Ready Player One has turned into the second biggest Hollywood release of 2018, domestically and internationally, behind only Black Panther. The Steven Spielberg’s meditation on pop culture and virtual reality has been doing especially well in China, where it has earned $163 million so far, making it the top Warner release ever in the Middle Kingdom.

Just three months after he hit theaters with The Post, Steven Spielberg is back with Ready Player One, bringing to the screens the virtual universe created by Ernest Cline’s bestseller and its many references to the Reagan years, including Back to the Future, Saturday Night Fever, The Shining and the Atari 2600 gaming system. And it worked.