Evening Edition · Sep 28, 2026

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Executive summary

Weekend box office locked: Endgame Encore $26M at No. 1; Resident Evil $23.3M (past $103M domestic); Heart of the Beast $20M edges Primetime’s $19.2M A24 debut.
Couch tonight: All American series finale on The CW (6 p.m. MT); Futurama Season 14 finale on Hulu; Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle arrives on Netflix; Always Sunny new episode on FX/Hulu.
Worth knowing: Pope Leo urged Russia and Ukraine to sit down for talks; overnight strikes again hit Ukrainian cities, including Kharkiv with children among the injured.
Local sports: Broncos erase a 16–0 hole to beat the Rams 30–26 on SNF (2–1); Buffs fall 23–13 at Baylor; Avalanche open Wed Sep 30 vs. Kings at Ball Arena, 8 p.m. MT on TNT.

Entertainment

Box office

Endgame Encore takes No. 1; four titles clear $19M in a rare September stack

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Final weekend estimates put Disney and Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame Encore at about $26 million from 3,060 theaters, No. 1 domestically, plus roughly $60 million overseas for an $86 million global frame. The re-release (with extra footage ahead of December’s Avengers: Doomsday) is a marketing win: FranchiseRe’s David Gross noted re-releases rarely clear $10 million, and Endgame’s lifetime domestic now sits near $884 million.

Sony’s Zach Cregger Resident Evil reboot held second at about $23.3 million (roughly a 60% drop) and is past $103 million domestic / $196 million global against a $75 million budget. Paramount’s Heart of the Beast (Brad Pitt, David Ayer) opened third near $20 million ($50.1 million global with $30.1 million overseas) with an A− CinemaScore; A24’s Primetime (Robert Pattinson) debuted to about $19.2 million, A24’s third-best opening behind Backrooms and Civil War, from under 2,900 screens. DreamWorks’ Forgotten Island landed fifth near $12.8 million. Late September rarely looks this deep: nostalgia encore, horror holdover, wilderness adventure, or Pattinson prestige.

Sources: Variety (weekend winners), AP / Seattle Times (weekend chart), The Numbers (Sep 25–27 chart)

Streaming · TV

Tonight’s wind-down: All American ends, Futurama wraps, Demon Slayer hits Netflix

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Appointment TV if you want a send-off: The CW airs the All American series finale at 8 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. MT, with Spencer facing one of the toughest days of his life. Hulu’s Futurama drops its Season 14 finale (Fry and his brother sneak into a PG-13 movie as kids, with future consequences). FX/FXX and Hulu also have a new It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia episode.

Fresh on the shelf: Netflix adds Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle, the first chapter of the finale trilogy, plus the Sidemen reality series Outside. If football is still on, Monday Night Football is Eagles at Bears on ESPN/ABC (kickoff 8:15 p.m. ET / 6:15 p.m. MT). Pick one lane: series goodbye, animated closer, anime epic, or MNF noise in the background.

Sources: TVLine (What to Watch Monday), Tom’s Guide (new to stream Sep 28), What’s on Netflix (Sep 28–Oct 4)

News

World

Pope Leo urges Russia–Ukraine talks as strikes again hit Ukrainian cities

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Aboard his flight back from France on Monday, Pope Leo, the first U.S. pope, urged Russia and Ukraine to sit down and discuss how to end the four-year war. He said the Church must keep inviting leaders to dialogue, solve problems without wars “which no longer make sense,” and spend more on health and education and less on weapons. Earlier in Metz he told European leaders that peace may require concessions.

On the ground, Russian strikes again hit Ukrainian cities over the weekend into Monday. AFP/AP/Reuters reporting put Sunday’s nationwide toll at eight killed; early Monday a guided bomb on a Kharkiv apartment block injured at least 22 people, including six children. Zelenskyy said Russia launched more than 2,200 attack drones, 1,630 aerial bombs, and 38 missiles over the past week. A papal appeal for talks sits beside another day of civilian costs.

Sources: Reuters (Pope Leo peace appeal), Al Jazeera / AFP (strikes across Ukraine)

Sports

NFL

Broncos erase 16–0 hole, beat Rams 30–26 on Sunday Night

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Denver (2–1) rallied past Los Angeles (1–2) 30–26 at Empower Field on Sunday Night Football. The Broncos trailed 16–0 at halftime, then Bo Nix threw touchdown passes of five yards to Pat Bryant and eight to Nate Adkins, each followed by a two-point conversion, to tie it before the fourth. Talanoa Hufanga’s 66-yard pick-six with 4:49 left gave Denver its first lead at 23–19; Stafford answered with a 48-yard touchdown to Konata Mumpfield for 26–23.

Nix capped a 65-yard drive with a one-yard keeper with 47 seconds left (186 passing yards, two TDs, one INT, plus the rush score). Stafford finished 30-of-55 for 390 yards; without Puka Nacua again, Davante Adams had seven catches for 137 yards. Hufanga sealed it with a second interception in the end zone on the final play. Up next: Broncos visit San Francisco; Rams visit Philadelphia.

Sources: ESPN (game recap), CBS Sports / AP (Nix late TD), Rams.com (game recap)

CFB · NHL

Buffs fall 23–13 at Baylor; Avalanche open Wednesday at 8 p.m. MT

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Colorado (2–2, 0–1 Big 12) lost its conference opener at Baylor (3–1, 1–0) 23–13 on Saturday in Waco. The Buffs outgained the Bears 363–337 but went 3-of-15 on third down. Backup Isaac Wilson (Zach Wilson’s younger brother) entered at halftime, led a 95-yard drive, and tied it 13–13 early in the fourth on a 17-yard touchdown to Joseph Williams (11 catches, 127 yards). DJ Lagway, back from ankle injury, answered with a 33-yard score to Jadon Porter; Rhett Armstrong’s 54-yard field goal iced it. Next for CU: Homecoming vs. Texas Tech on Saturday, October 3, at 5:30 p.m. MT on FOX.

Hockey is two nights away: the Avalanche open the 2026–27 regular season Wednesday, September 30, at Ball Arena against the Los Angeles Kings at 8 p.m. MT on TNT, truTV, HBO Max, and Altitude Sports Radio, after a 2–0 preseason loss at Utah on Saturday. Correct the earlier 7 p.m. note: puck drop is 8 p.m. MT.

Sources: CUBuffs.com (Baylor recap), ESPN (Baylor 23–13 Colorado), Avalanche (preseason finale / opener time)