"Avengers: Infinity War" earned the highest domestic box-office debut of all time over the weekend, and it did so by dethroning a record set by "Star Wars: Force Awakens" in 2015.

A Marvel film surpassing a "Star Wars" box-office record is, needless to say, music to the ears of The Walt Disney Company.

That's because both films and the lucrative franchises they fit into are pieces in Disney's ever-expanding arsenal of cinematic cash cows.

To track the Disney films that "Infinity War" will be chasing for subsequent records in the coming weeks, we turned to Box Office Mojo for data on the highest-grossing movies at the US box office that have fallen under Disney's umbrella.

Here are the 50 highest-grossing Disney movies of all time at the domestic box office, unadjusted for inflation:

Note: This list would change significantly if it were ranked by inflation, but we went with Box Office Mojo's available, unadjusted ranking, and included inflation adjustments for films that weren't shown in 2018.

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50. "Cinderella" (2015)

Domestic box office: $201,151,353

Inflation adjusted: $222,649,000

49. "Armageddon" (1998)

Domestic box office: $201,578,182

Inflation adjusted: $393,700,700

48. "Thor: Dark World"

Domestic box office: $206,362,140

Inflation adjusted: $226,626,300

To make choosing what movie to watch on Netflix easier, every week we go through Netflix's current catalog to deliver you a short list of movies that are worth staying inside to watch, no matter how nice it is outside. 

We select a few that have come onto Netflix recently, and mix in a couple of movies that have been streaming for a while that you might have missed.

From critically acclaimed historical dramas "Carol" and "Atonement," to Marvel standout "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2," these are some great movies on Netflix right now that you can watch this weekend.

Here are 7 movies on Netflix you should definitely check out:

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"Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" (2017)

Netflix description: The ragtag, wisecracking band of miscreants known as the Guardians of the Galaxy return to unravel the mystery of Peter "Star Lord" Quill's origins. 

Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 83%

Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 88%

"Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" isn't quite as endearing as the 2014 original, but it's quick-witted heroes, stunning visuals, and a surprising twist with Star-Lord's dad live up to expectations. Plus, there's Baby Groot. 

"Up in the Air" (2009)

Netflix description: Ryan Bingham flies around the country firing employees on behalf of companies, but he faces losing his job he savors to recent college grad Natalie. 

Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 91%

Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 79%

This cute and clever movie with great performances from George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, and then-newcomer Anna Kendrick expertly balances laugh-out-loud comedy with heartache. 

"13 Going on 30" (2004)

Netflix description: When a geeky teen's birthday party goes awry and she makes a wish that she could be 30, she wakes up to discover she's flash-forwarded 17 years. 

Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 64%

Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 70%

Jennifer Garner and Mark Ruffalo star in this delightful romantic comedy that was a love letter to the 80s years before "Stranger Things" was a thing. The movie really showcases Garner's comedic chops, and features Ruffalo reluctantly doing the "Thriller" dance. It also stars rom-com queen Judy Greer and Andy Serkis.

• Meghan Markle's father, Thomas Markle, will walk her down the aisle at the Royal Wedding, Kensington Palace announced on Friday.
• He will attend alongside Meghan's mother, Doria Ragland, at the ceremony on May 19.
• Both parents will meet the Queen, Prince William, Kate Middleton and other royals before the ceremony.
• The news comes after Meghan's half-brother, who isn't invited, urged Prince Harry to cancel the wedding, and called Markle a "jaded, shallow, conceited woman."

Meghan Markle's dad has been invited to the Royal Wedding, and will walk her down the aisle in the climax of the ceremony.

Kensington Palace announced on Friday that her father, Thomas Markle, and mother, Doria Ragland, will both come to Windsor Castle for the ceremony and take part in the ceremony.

This photograph shows Ragland and Markle together at the Invictus Games in Toronto last year:

However, the announcement comes under a shadow, as Markle's half-brother, also called Thomas Markle, has attacked his sister's character in the media and warned Prince Harry not to go through with the wedding.

Both parents will come to Britain several days before the wedding and meet Queen Elizabeth, Prince Charles, Prince William, Kate Middleton and other royals in private ahead of the ceremony.

In a statement posted online, Kensington Palace's Press Secretary posted details of Meghan's parents' roles, and said the future royal was "delighted" that they are coming. He said:

Both of the bride's parents will have important roles in the wedding. On the morning of the wedding, Ms. Ragland will travel with Ms. Markle by car to Windsor Castle.

Mr. Markle will walk his daughter down the aisle of St George's Chapel. Ms. Markle is delighted to have her parents by her side on this important and happy occasion.

Whether Markle's dad would be a part of the ceremony has been a subject of intense media speculation in the run-up to the wedding.

Thomas Markle, a former lighting director who is separated from Meghan's mother, lives just south of the US-Mexico border and has been described by his own family as a "recluse."

Last December, British tabloid the Daily Mirror tracked Markle down to near his home in Rosarito Beach. He told the paper he was "delighted" about his daughter's engagement but couldn't talk about it.

He added that he'd "love to" walk Meghan down the aisle, but didn't comment on whether it might happen.

Meanwhile, other members of the Markle family have been far less enthusiastic about the wedding.

Thomas Markle Jr, Meghan's 51-year-old half-brother, wrote a letter to Prince Harry imploring him to ditch Meghan, whom he called a "jaded, shallow, conceited woman."

He shared the letter with the gossip magazine In Touch Weekly, which published it during the week.

Last month he gave an interview to the Mirror, in which he said he and other relatives had not been invited, which he said had "torn my entire family apart."

Samantha Grant, Meghan's half-sister, has also been vocal about the wedding, though less critical of her sister.

She is writing a book about their relationship, which was originally going to be called "The Diary of Princess Pushy's Sister," but was renamed to "A Tale of Two Sisters."

The Royal Wedding takes place in just over two weeks' time, on May 19.

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Facebook is constantly updating Instagram to help it stay competitive; occasionally, a smaller feature goes unnoticed in the midst of larger app updates. 

One of those little-known features is what you can do with Live Photos on your Instagram Story. If you upload a Live Photo the way you would any other picture or video and hold it down, it comes to life and turns into a boomerang — the popular GIF-like video that goes back and forth (and back again). 

It's a useful little trick since Live Photos often unexpectedly turn into better boomerangs than the ones you plan. And while the iOS 11 update does let you do that same thing in the camera roll itself (scroll down from the photo and you'll see an option to convert to "Bounce"), this is a good alternative if you don't want it to be saved that way to your camera roll permanently.

If you're new to Live Photos or Instagram Stories, here's a quick run-through:

When you take a picture from your iPhone, make sure the circle in the top center is yellow, indicating it's in Live mode.

Open your Instagram app and swipe left from your Feed or tap on your own Story icon in the top left-hand corner to get to the camera for your Story.

Tap the camera upload icon in the bottom left-hand corner of the screen and choose your favorite Live photo.

The date the photo or video was taken will automatically come up when you upload from your camera roll — you can delete it by holding it down and dragging it to the trashcan. 

The Marvel Cinematic Universe may have aliens, stones that control space and time, and a giant angry green man. And while all that seems unrealistic, some of the fundamental ideas presented in "Avengers: Infinity War," and other Marvel films, is based on real science.

Here to explain more about one particular aspect — Thor's hammer and new weapon — is USC Professor of Physics and a Marvel movies science advisor, Clifford Johnson. You can also check out Johnson's graphic novel "The Dialogues: Conversations about the Nature of the Universe." Following is a transcript of the video.

Clifford Johnson: One of the really fun things that's going on in contemporary, real physics research is that there is very exotic phases of matter that can occur in the universe in extreme situations. One of the extreme situations is when you have a lot of gravity that allows you to compress that matter into a very, very compact, dense form. And a lot of gravity is available when you have, for example, the interior of a star. So, well-known, exotic place is the core of what's called a neutron star. So much of the matter, imagine having as much matter as our sun, which is a huge object or even more, but compress that down to the size of let's say, Manhattan, New York City. That is incredibly dense, the matter inside takes on a very, very different form. It takes on very, very different properties.

And one of the early conjectures from the Marvel Universe and you see a little bit of it in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as well, is the idea that maybe material like that is where Thor's hammer gets some of its incredible density. Now, we know that Thor's hammer has gone away and it is replaced in Infinity War with a new weapon and so what you get is a little bit of a taste, a closer look at how such weapons are manufactured. And that is sort of a fun thing because you can then speculate about whether the properties of those instruments are just from the physics of those exotic materials that you find in the cores of stars or whether they are just holders, 'channelers' if you will like of Thor's inherent ability. And I think we learn a little bit from "Thor: Ragnarok" that the power is really in him and the hammer is really more of a channel. And I think the skill then, that these dwarfs have, is how to build weapons that are the best possible channels for the inherent power that our hero has. And so, the new device, the new hammer, Stormbreaker is presumably even better design than Mjölnir had to channel Thor's abilities.

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• Joe Russo, co-director of "Avengers: Infinity War," told Variety that Netflix's way of dropping content makes it less predictable than movies.
• Russo argued that "every average moviegoer has a level of sophistication in their ability to predict what is going to happen in a movie."
• The Russo Brothers spent a lot of time misdirecting audiences leading up to the release of "Infinity War."
• However, Russo also said that audiences are attracted to Netflix and Marvel because they crave "new kinds of storytelling."

The co-director of "Avengers: Infinity" has a theory for why people love the way Netflix releases shows: It makes them less predictable than movies.

The Russo Brothers, the directors of "Infinity War," went to great lengths to misdirect audiences leading up to the movie's release because it would have been too easy to predict otherwise.

Russo told Variety that Netflix dropping an entire season of a show one day attracts audiences because it is a "new version of a long-form narrative" that they consume on their own time, and that system makes Netflix content harder to predict.

"It’s another way to digest content, and that structure is less predictive to them," Russo said. “We have seen so much content that every average moviegoer has a level of sophistication in their ability to predict what is going to happen in a movie, which is why Anthony and I spent a lot of time trying to hide the secrets of ['Avengers: Infinity War'], misdirect the way the trailers were cut, misdirect with information. It’s too easy for them to intuit what is going to happen."

For instance, "Infinity War" trailers teased the Hulk fighting alongside the other Avengers in Wakanda in trailers, and that doesn't happen in the movie.

Russo also thinks, though, that the popularity of Netflix and Marvel "is really a function of audiences craving new kinds of storytelling."

"I think we had a really nice run for 100 years of two-hour, two-dimensional storytelling, but I think over the next decade, decade-and-a-half, you’re going to see a radical shift in how stories are told," Russo told Variety.

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• A former NASA scientist says "The Martian" sci-fi book and movie "is completely doable."
• The movie depicts a temporary Mars outpost with pre-delivered supplies and habitats.
• But Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX, rallies his rocket company around the idea of colonizing Mars.
• Building a self-sustaining city on the red planet is a far greater challenge than a stay of a year or two.

In the 2015 blockbuster sci-fi movie "The Martian," astronaut Mark Watney lands on Mars with five other explorers.

The crew of the Ares III mission, arrives at a pre-assembled outpost, complete with enough food, water, and air to last them about a month. There are also tube-shaped rovers and a nuclear-powered mothership.

There's good amount of fiction in the movie as well as the book it was adapted from, but fans and scientists alike hailed the setup as delightfully realistic — and maybe even inevitable.

"The scenario in 'The Martian' is completely doable," D. Marshall Porterfield, the former director of NASA's Space Life and Physical Sciences Division, told Business Insider.

However, Porterfield and other researchers have a lot of questions for Elon Musk, the billionaire founder of SpaceX, about his ambitious long-term plans for sending people to Mars.

What SpaceX wants to do at Mars

If you apply to work at SpaceX, you'll see the following statement at the top of every job description:

"SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars."

Musk has gone further in some interviews and talks, saying it's crucial that we try to colonize Mars in case something goes seriously wrong on Earth.

During a 2016 presentation, Musk said it's possible to put 1 million people on Mars within 100 years of SpaceX's first launch to the red planet. He envisions the company's Big Falcon Rocket — a nearly 35-story launch system that includes a 16-story spaceship — as the primary tool to get the job done.

Musk's "aspirational" timeline is to launch an uncrewed BFR mission to Mars in 2022, followed by a crewed mission in 2024.

BFR is being designed to be fully reusable, which would make it inexpensive to launch, land, and refuel. (Nearly all rockets today are discarded after one use.) SpaceX re-used a rocket booster with its Falcon 9 system for the first time in March 2017.

"This is a very helpful proof point that it's possible, and I hope people start to think of it as a real goal to which we should aspire, to establish a civilization on Mars," Musk said during a press teleconference after that 2017 launch. "This is not just about humanity, it's about all the life that we care about."

Musk has mentioned the potential to use domed greenhouses to grow food on the red planet and water shielding to fight against radiation. But he has not elaborated much on his plans to sustain the first explorers, who are due to land on Mars in less than a decade, based on his timeline. Building a city of 1 million on a cold, arid, and perhaps lifeless planet 158 million miles from Earth is, of course, an even more far-fetched goal.

What SpaceX might need to colonize Mars — but doesn't exist yet

"His idea about colonizing? That's going to require ... bioregenerative life support capabilities," Porterfield said.

The idea behind bioregenerative life support, which Porterfield worked on at NASA, is to collect a human crew's breath, liquid waste, and solid waste — then use plants and other life forms to recycle it into food, water, and air.

This would reduce the need for resupply missions and help ensure a crew's long-term survival. It would also make a colony vastly more sustainable, affordable, and independent.

"Biological systems are really resilient," Porterfield said. "They tend to be self-healing, self-repairing, so that's one of the advantages of a bioregenerative life support capability."

Mars simulation experiments like Biosphere 2 in the 1990s explored the space-colonization concept on grand scales, but encountered significant problems (including a loss of oxygen).

Specialized greenhouse habitats might enable bioregenerative life support systems to work on smaller scales. However NASA's research in that area was mostly de-funded after 2000.

"NASA basically gutted the entire future of spaceflight exploration in order to finish building the space station, and we really haven't fully invested in supporting the sciences required to use the space station today so that we can be competitive," Porterfield said.

He added that China is poised to overtake the US in bioregeneration with its "Lunar Palace-1" experiment. In July 2017, four students locked themselves inside that structure's airtight confines and subsisted on plants and mealworms for 200 days.

Porterfield said making bioregenerative life support work is anything but easy — and earnest research should start now if we're serious about sending people to Mars for more than a short stay. (SpaceX representatives have so far declined to answer our questions about the company's life-support research.)

"We're really talking about technology that replaces what the Earth does," Porterfield said. "This is our current bioregenerative life support system."

Read more about the challenges facing Mars colonization efforts: "Life in a bubble: How we can fight hunger, loneliness, and radiation on Mars"

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For over two centuries, presidents and first ladies have welcomed guests to the White House for lavish parties. Some first families have been known for hosting awe-inspiring gatherings, while others were not expert entertainers.

But the presidential couple that stood out from the rest was former President Ronald Reagan and first lady Nancy Reagan. The 40th President of the United States and his wife were known for throwing elegant, star-studded soirées.

Given his Hollywood connections, Reagan's parties were filled with some of the biggest Hollywood celebrities, in an era when fabulous people reigned supreme.

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As the nation saw an increase in millionaires and billionaires, the Reagans hosted parties in gilded surroundings with superstar guests, such as Frank Sinatra.

Source: AP

In this famous photo of Sinatra, Reagan cut in to dance with his wife.

Source: Town & Country

Keeping with tradition, the Reagans hosted foreign heads of state and dignitaries for special dinners at the White House. But some did criticize the Reagans fancy parties for being elitist.

Source: Reagan Presidential Library

We're almost halfway through 2018, and there's already been some great TV — with more to come.

So we started thinking about the new and returning shows we've loved the most over the past few months.

There hasn't been an overwhelming amount of compelling TV, which is good news for you: You don't have much to catch up on.

But there are some gems.

With stellar writing and captivating performances that rival what you see on the big screen, these are the best new and returning shows of 2018 (so far).

We'll update this list with other great shows from 2018 as the year goes on. 

Here are the best TV shows of 2018, (along with their Rotten Tomatoes scores):

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Returning shows:

"The Americans" — FX

Critic Score: 99%

Audience Score: 92%

The final season of "The Americans" intensifies the thrilling action and espionage as it pulls characters apart just as we thought they would come together in the end. Things are building up quickly, and it's setting up something completely unpredictable and probably cruel — but thrilling either way. 

"One Day at a Time" — Netflix

Critic Score: 100%

Audience Score: 95%

"One Day at a Time" was a critic favorite in 2017, and it exceeded expectations with its second season, which debuted on Netflix in January. The show depicts a Cuban-American family as they adjust to their new life. It's positive, funny, smart, culturally relevant, and has great performances. The show isn't afraid to take on dramatic material or to get political. 

• Thanos is one of the most complex and fully formed villains ever put on screen.
• Because of that, "Avengers: Infinity War" is the MCU's "The Empire Strikes Back."

Warning: Major spoilers ahead if you haven’t seen “Avengers: Infinity War.”

Villains in superhero movies are usually forgettable.

In this latest era of the genre, many times they are ominous figures in the background of the story who suddenly appear — often in some ugly ship — to take on our hero, who (if the storytelling was done correctly) we now have a vested interest in. The bad guy, on the other hand, we know little about and is just there to be used as the good guys’ last obstacle in the movie.

It’s something audiences have complained about a lot since Marvel Studios kicked off the latest superhero craze with “Iron Man” in 2008. Gone are the days of Gene Hackman as the wisecracking Lex Luthor (in the Christopher Reeve Superman movies) or Jack Nicholson as the playfully deranged Joker (in Michael Keaton’s Batman). Now it’s CGI goliaths that give us little to care about, audiences have said.

These CGI-heavy villains are often compared unfavorably to one of the greatest of all time, Heath Ledger’s Joker in the Christian Bale-era Batman movies.

That performance, which led to Ledger receiving a posthumous supporting actor Oscar win, is so special because Ledger and director Christopher Nolan took the time to craft an arc for the character.

And that’s the biggest thing. If the creatives go into the project dedicated to giving their villain more than just a mean backstory, the movie itself becomes a better experience.

But recently, the MCU has featured more nuanced villains, and it has led to critical acclaim and lots of box office coin.

Sony’s “Spider-Man: Homecoming” gave us a grounded villain in Vulture, played by Michael Keaton. He's a blue collar guy who finally found a way to make some money in this world thanks to Chitauri technology, despite doing illegal things with the tech. A well-grounded interest that audiences can relate to was just one of the aspects of the movie that led to “Homecoming” earning over $880 million worldwide.

And then there’s Killmonger in Disney’s “Black Panther.” Michael B. Jordan’s performance is gripping and his motivations behind his villainy are so well played on screen that it launched the internet into a frenzy with many making the case that Killmonger was right. That kind of reaction is one of the things that’s helped the movie become the third-highest domestic grossing movie of all time.

Coming into “Avengers: Infinity War,” the big question was how the directors would handle Thanos.

He's the biggest villain of them all in the current phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, who is obsessed with capturing all the Infinity Stones. We’ve only seen brief glances of him in the last ten years as Marvel/Disney has built up the franchise by telling the stories of dozens of heroes. How do you prove that Thanos is worth the wait?

Well, for starters, directors Anthony and Joe Russo put him right at the opening of the movie. He decimates the ship the Asgardians were on after fleeing their planet at the end of “Thor: Ragnarok,” and kills Loki for the Space Stone. He also kicks the crap out of Thor and The Hulk in the process.

That’s quite a way to start a movie.

And Thanos’ wrath continues on through the entire movie. But what makes “Infinity War” not just a great superhero movie, but (and I’m very serious about this) “The Empire Strikes Back” of the MCU, is the layers that Thanos is given.

In many ways, “Infinity War” is Thanos’ movie. The story spends a lot of time covering why he wants to bring “balance” to the universe by destroying half of all lives. There are key scenes that show that he really did love and have affection for his “daughter” Gamora. And we explore why the destruction of his home planet only fuels his belief that he's right.

It’s all madness. Thanos is a psycho who believes genocide is right. But “Infinity War” had to show just what the Avengers and the Guardians of the Galaxy are up against: The Dark Lord, like Darth Vader, is conflicted, but is too blinded by inner hate to care what comes from his actions.

Then there’s just the performance itself. Thanks to remarkable CGI and a motion-capture performance by Josh Brolin, Thanos is an incredible sight up against our heroes, but also displays that pathos that elevates the character and the story.

This is just like Vulture and Killmonger.

My feeling is part of the mission in the past 10 years of the MCU was to get the heroes to a point where audiences were fully sold on their stories and their motives. With that accomplished, they now used “Infinity War” to tell Thanos’ story.

Because of the care in getting Thanos' story right, I think “Infinity War” will be talked about and analyzed for years to come — like “The Dark Knight” or “The Empire Strikes Back.”

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• The classic 1980s movie, "The Karate Kid," gets a reboot with the original cast members in the YouTube Red series, "Cobra Kai."
• If you were a fan of the movie you really need to see this.

YouTube Red has been trying to get into the original content space with something that would grab a big audience, and may have finally got it with "Cobra Kai."

The 10-episode series dusts off the classic 1984 movie, "The Karate Kid," and brings it to the present day by looking at where the characters ended up after the movie.

If you've never seen "The Karate Kid" — first, how dare you, go watch it right now on Hulu or iTunes — the movie is the definition of a kid overcoming the bully. Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) moves out to Los Angeles from Newark and has a tough time fitting in at his new high school. And things get really bad when he falls for Ali, who happens to be the ex-girlfriend of the top student at the Cobra Kai dojo, Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka). This leads to Lawrence and his friends constantly kicking the crap of and tormenting LaRusso. LaRusso befriends the maintenance man in his building, Mr. Miyagi (Pat Morita), who teaches him karate. This leads to LaRusso and Lawrence facing off in a karate tournament at the end of the movie. Of course, LaRusso defeats the odds to beat the big bully Lawrence.

"Cobra Kai" takes place in the present day. The tournament looks to have shattered Lawrence's life as he lives a sloppy existence trying to get by doing maintenance work (which he soon gets fired from doing). LaRusso, on the other hand, owns a car dealership that is thriving with multiple locations. This is a fact Lawrence can never escape because he constantly sees LaRusso commercials and billboards.

The pilot episode focuses on Lawrence's down-and-out life. But it's also filled with tons of "Karate Kid" references, including many clips from the movie and 1980s needle drops. There's even a "Rocky IV"-like montage where Lawrence drives his broken-down Firebird while clips from Lawrence in "Karate Kid" flash on screen.

One of the best moments of the first episode is when Lawrence has to show off his long-ignored karate skills.

When a kid from his building is bullied by a group of kids, Lawrence steps in (well, when the kid is thrown into his precious Firebird). The group of kids then tries to take on Lawrence and he shows no mercy, even letting out the familiar high-pitched grunts that anyone who loved "The Karate Kid" will remember him doing in the movie.

By the end of the episode, the seeds are planted for a potentially great season. Lawrence and LaRusso meet after Lawrence's Firebird is crashed into and gets hauled to LaRusso's dealership. They kind of act cordial to one another, but you can tell they generally don't care for each other. But the encounter gives Lawrence a light-bulb moment: He's going to relaunch the Cobra Kai dojo. 

"Cobra Kai" is extremely entertaining, but even more so if you loved "The Karate Kid" (and its sequels) growing up. Zabka and Macchio are all in with the reprisal of their iconic roles and that's really the hook. Some of the stuff will certainly go over your head if you weren't into the movie, but YouTube is hoping that the popularity of the movie over decades has enough passionate fans to launch this series (and YouTube) into the streaming zeitgeist.

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• Walt Disney World cast members know what it takes to have a good time at the theme park.
• Business Insider reached out to a number of former cast members to get their best tips on making the most of your Disney vacation.
• From avoiding unnecessary stress to embracing Florida's unpredictable weather, here's what they had to say.

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Stay hydrated

Orlando is a hot place. Average temperatures can spike into the 90s in the summer.

So it's important to stay hydrated as you're maneuvering around Walt Disney World.

Devin Melendy, a former cast member who wrote "Devin Earns Her Ears: My Secret Walt Disney World Cast Member Diary," told Business Insider that she often saw "a lot of dehydrated-looking people walking around." She noted that guests are welcome to bring their own water into the park.

But don't worry if you somehow forget your water bottle.

"Every quick-service location will give you tap water, free of charge," a former cast member who used to work in the Magic Kingdom told Business Insider.

Chantelle Judd, a former cast member who worked in Frontierland, added that "you can go to a restaurant and ask for cold water — they will give this to you in a cup and this saves you money."

Judd also recommended, wearing "light clothing," bringing sunscreen, and drinking water throughout the day.

Don't get too upset about the rain

Don't be surprise if a little April shower dampens your trip. Rain in Florida isn't exactly an unheard of phenomenon.

Missy Farni, a former Disney cast member who worked at Epcot and Animal Kingdom, recommended always checking the weather before heading out.

"Florida rain is unpredictable, but being able to know when you need a poncho or an umbrella before you go to the park would probably be really beneficial to you as well," she told Business Insider. "Just so you're not taken off guard when it rains."

That being said, she said sporadic, five minute bouts of "torrential rain" are always a possibility, "because Orlando."

But a rainy day at Disney doesn't have to be a complete washout.

"Honestly, if you come on a rainy day you'll have a great time," Meghan O'Neill, a former Disney cast member who worked in Future World in Epcot, told Business Insider. "There are a few rides that go down due to weather, but there will be significantly less people at the parks."

So, to paraphrase Disney's "Winnie the Pooh," if you're adverse to crowds, you're better off hoping that the rain, rain, rain comes down, down, down in rushing, rising rivlets.

Bring in your own food and drinks to save money

The food at Walt Disney World is often tasty, and some of the park's restaurants serve up delicious meals.

But it's also incredibly expensive. If you're looking to save money, you're better off bringing in your own food.

That's right. You're free to lug a cooler loaded with snacks and drinks into the park.

"Most people don't realize that and, of course, the company doesn't advertise it," former Walt Disney World cast member John Quagliano, who worked in the Magic Kingdom, told Business Insider. "You can physically bring in an entire cooler full of snacks, water, whatever you want."

He used to work near the storage area where cast members would store guests' items. Once you check in your cooler, cast members will put a tag on it and store it in the back.

"You can come back at any time of the day and pick up your water and your food and save yourself a crap ton of money throughout the day," Quagliano added.

Judd also recommended bringing your own food and drinks.

For the past few weeks, I've immersed myself in "Fortnite Battle Royale," the most popular game in the world right now.

I've been playing relentlessly, and when I'm not playing, I've been watching and studying the best "Fortnite" streamers, like Ninja.

Still, after dozens of hours of playing and watching "Fortnite," I felt like I wasn't actually improving in the game. I was dying early and often. And while I may have been getting the hang of the various controls, building and shooting — the two most essential functions in "Fortnite" for defense and offense, respectively — were still not intuitive to me. I was getting easily overwhelmed in firefights. And this was frustrating to me, since I play a lot of video games.

Recently, though, I made a breakthrough. I'm nowhere near the level of pro streamers like Ninja, but I'm consistently finishing in the top 10 to 25 players, and usually with at least one or two kills under my belt.

Here's what I'd suggest to anyone who's struggling to get better at "Fortnite":

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1. Try playing on a different device.

Personally, my biggest breakthrough with "Fortnite" was simply playing the game on a different device.

I had spent probably a few dozen hours playing "Fortnite" on my PlayStation 4, unsuccessfully, until I finally tried downloading the game to my iPhone X. I noticed an instant and immediate improvement.

For some reference: Prior to playing "Fortnite" on my iPhone, I was never able to successfully hit anyone with a sniper rifle while playing on my PS4. But I got two sniper kills — not just hits, but kills — in one of my first matches when I switched to my iPhone. In general, I've found it's much easier to move, build, aim, and shoot on the iPhone compared to the PlayStation 4. And I bet it's even easier if you play the game on PC.

If you're interested, here are the controls for "Fortnite" if you're playing on an iPhone. As you can see, it's very simple.

The game is coming soon to Android, says Epic Games, the creator of "Fortnite." But it's unclear when, and which devices will be supported.

2. Lower the sensitivity settings for your controls.

I overheard Tyler "Ninja" Blevins mention this tip on his Twitch stream, so I tried it for myself. And sure enough, lowering the sensitivity settings of your controls — whether you're using a console controller or a keyboard and mouse — can sometimes help you steady your aim.

To visit your settings, click the gear icon in the top right corner of the screen while you're playing the game or waiting in the lobby. There, you'll see your controller sensitivities. While you're there, though, be sure to revisit your other controls and settings. You may want to tweak some of those, apply the changes, and see how the game plays. You never know: Sometimes, a simple tweak is all you need.

With "Avengers: Infinity War" in theaters, many are likely reflecting on their favorite movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

"Infinity War" is impressive, but how does it stack up against the other 18 movies in the MCU?

Business Insider's Carrie Wittmer and Travis Clark have thought (a lot) about it, and compiled a ranking of the Marvel Cinematic Universe movies, including "Infinity War."

To reach a consensus, Wittmer and Clark made their own personal rankings of the 19 movies, and assigned scores to them. The best movie would have 19 points, and descend from there so the worst movie on their list had 1 point. 

They then took the average score of each movie. In the case of ties, they discussed which movie should come out on top.

It would appear that the MCU has only gotten better with age, as many of the first movies are toward the bottom of the list. These rankings will also need to be updated soon, since "Ant-Man and the Wasp" comes out in July and "Captain Marvel," the first female led MCU film, comes out in March 2019. 

Below is the Business Insider ranking of all 19 movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe:

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19. "Iron Man 2" (2010)

Carrie's ranking: 19

Travis' ranking: 19

Combined score: 1

"Iron Man 2" is the worst of the bunch, which is sad when taking into consideration just how great the first movie was two years prior. But "Iron Man 2" came at a time when Marvel still didn't have this whole cinematic universe thing running like a well-oiled machine (hard to imagine now), and "Iron Man 2" was more of an overstuffed suitcase full of pre-"Avengers" subplots than an actual movie. — Travis

18. "The Incredible Hulk" (2008)

Carrie's ranking: 18

Travis' ranking: 18

Combined score: 2

As evidenced by the bottom two movies on this list, it's a wonder that the MCU even survived after "Iron Man." "The Incredible Hulk" and "Iron Man 2" both followed it, and they weren't exactly promising. Mark Ruffalo is our Bruce Banner/Hulk now, but back in 2008, Edward Norton was in the role. Imagine Norton trading jokes with Chris Hemsworth in "Thor: Ragnarok." I can't. — Travis

17. "Thor" (2011)

Carrie's ranking: 16

Travis' ranking: 16

Combined score: 4

Remember when very serious British man Kenneth Branagh made a “Thor” movie? What a gas! The first “Thor” movie is not bad by any means, and it’s actually quite fun but mostly because Loki is in it. But it’s a lot more formulaic than what the MCU movies have become. It set up the wrong tone for Thor being taken way too seriously. But Hawkeye is in this more than he is in “Infinity War,” which is nice. — Carrie

If you enjoyed Spider-Man's role in the new blockbuster film "Avengers Infinity War," there's good news: Spider-Man has a new video game coming out later this year for the PlayStation 4, and you can even unlock Spidey's "Infinity War" costume in the game.

It's a great little tie-in across Marvel's films, comic books, and video games, of a kind that fans would love to see more of. Of course, there have been plenty of Marvel games before, but only the upcoming "Spider-Man" game looks like a suitably modern and fitting tribute to the character as we know and love him today.

This got us thinking: What if Marvel Games, currently a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, could do for video games what Marvel Studios did for film?

Here are 14 other Marvel Cinematic Universe characters besides Spider-Man that deserve their own modern video game treatments:

Thor, Iron Man and Captain America

Thor, Iron Man, and Captain America all got video game treatments when their first Marvel movies came out. But those games were made at a time when the Marvel Cinematic Universe wasn't as mature, or big, or important as it is today. And given how all three of these fan-favorite characters have been in several movies at this point, it's time they each get games that do them justice.

1. Thor

The new "God of War" game for PlayStation 4 introduces one of the best new weapons in a video game: the Leviathan Axe, which can be thrown at enemies and recalled to your hand like a magnet. It's highly reminiscent of a certain Marvel superhero demigod and his trusty hammer.

A Thor video game could copy this incredibly clever mechanic — offering a weapon that can hit enemies up close, but also be thrown and hits even more enemies on the way back to your hand — but to be fair, the Thor comics and films introduced this weapon concept came way before "God of War" came out.

2. Iron Man

Tony Stark, a.k.a. Iron Man, is the hero who started it all for the Marvel Cinematic Universe — but he deserves a better video game than the ones he got. Yes,  the first two "Iron Man" movies got games for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Nintendo Wii, but those games are largely forgettable.

What a modern Iron Man game could do is explore the fun part of the character, which we really got to see in "Iron Man 3": all the different suits. A game that lets you explore an open world as Iron Man, but let you also build and upgrade Iron Man suits to take on different tasks and targets, could be incredibly fun, especially if it has a crafting system similar to "Monster Hunter World" where you must gather materials from increasingly difficult targets to build newer and stronger suits.

• "Avengers: Infinity War" earns $112.47 million over the weekend to win the box office for a second-straight weekend.
• Over the weekend the movie became the fastest ever to $1 billion worldwide.

"Avengers: Infinity War" continued its dominance at the box office in its second weekend.

The latest juggernaut from Disney/Marvel studios took in an estimated $112.47 million over the weekend, according to boxofficepro.com, on over 4,400 screens.

The movie won the domestic weekend box office for a second-straight weekend and now has a domestic total of $450.8 million.

And on Saturday night, the movie hit the $1 billion mark worldwide. That makes it the fastest movie ever to hit that coveted milestone.

Domestically, the movie's $112.47 million take is the second-best second weekend ever, passing the $111.6 million second weekend by "Black Panther." "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" still owns the top second weekend spot with $149.2 million.

Despite "Infinity War" sucking up most of the screens in North America, there was still a little room for a few new releases the earn some coin.

MGM/Lionsgate's "Overboard," a reboot of the 1987 Goldie Hawn/Kurt Russell comedy starring Anna Faris and Eugenio Derbez, took in a respectable $14.75 million to come in second place. For a movie made for around $12 million that's a good start.

"Tully," Jason Reitman's latest collaboration with "Juno" screenwriter Diablo Cody and "Young Adult" star Charlize Theron, took in $3.1 million.

That's a little below industry opening weekend projections, but this is a movie that can possibly find success going forward with its strong Rotten Tomatoes score and continued word of mouth.

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• Four years and $3 billion dollars later, Facebook has released its first truly accessible virtual reality headset. 
• The Oculus Go headset, as it's called, does something truly unique and precedent-setting with audio.
• Instead of requiring headphones, the Oculus Go has tiny speakers built-in to the straps. It's a revelation.

It took over four years and $3 billion dollars, but Facebook has finally nailed the cross-section of price, quality, and accessibility with its new Oculus Go virtual reality headset. It's a VR headset for everyone, finally.

This isn't the PC-powered monstrosity you've heard about before, with long wires dangling from the back — Oculus Go is a completely standalone VR headset, no additional hardware required. For $200, you get a nice, powerful, comfortable VR headset and a motion controller. After an initial setup via smartphone app, you're off to the races.

And that's when you'll first experience the tremendously smart way that Facebook figured out how to handle audio with the Oculus Go:

What you see above isn't just the inner right side of the headset and corresponding head strap — there's actually a speaker there. Can you spot it?

Here's a closer look:

That little rectangular slit is one of two speakers built-in to the Oculus Go headset, with the other mirrored on the left side.

In a genius move, the Oculus Go replaces headphones with tiny speakers that provide clear audio without any effort on the part of the user. It's easy to miss this seemingly small change to VR headset design, but it's transformative in terms of accessibility. 

No looking for headphones, or dealing with wires — simply put on the Oculus Go and you've got good audio. It's a move toward accessibility that no other VR headset maker has achieved.

Better still: No headphones means you can maintain contact with the world around you. It's a trade off of immersion for usability, and it makes the entire experience that much more comfortable.

Facebook's other major VR headset, the Oculus Rift, produces audio through built-in headphones. Though they look fine, they often get in the way during normal use. Worse, they can easily snap off. 

Sony's PlayStation VR and HTC's Vive both produce audio through headphones that you attach separately.

This means you can use top of the line headphones for the most immersive experience (you can swap in your own headphones with the Rift as well). And in the cases of all three headsets — the Rift, PlayStation VR, and the Vive — immersion is the goal. 

The trade off for that immersion: Another wire surrounding you while using a VR headset.

In the case of Samsung's Gear VR and Google's Daydream headsets, since they're powered by smartphones, audio comes out of the phone's speakers. You can use headphones, and probably should, as the audio coming out of your phone is a little disorienting to hear while wearing a VR headset.

In the case of Oculus Go, there's an audio jack should you prefer your own audio solution. 

But that's entirely optional — a nice add-on for privacy and manners.

In my experience with the headset across the past few weeks, I never found a reason to plug in headphones. Admittedly, I wasn't sitting directly next to someone while using the headset.

Due to the nature of the Oculus Go speakers, some sound bleeds out into the world around you. It's quiet, and unlikely to be heard over the sound of a TV, but it's there. What I'm trying to say is this: Maybe don't use the Oculus Go without headphones if you're sitting next to someone on a plane, or someone who's reading a book, or, well, you get my drift.

But if you've got a moment to yourself at home, the Oculus Go is an amazingly accessible device. It's a small inconvenience, but not having to plug in headphones — not having to wear headphones, even — makes all the difference.

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• Donald Glover hosted "SNL" on Saturday and played Lando Calrissian in a sketch.
• The sketch was about how few black people exist in the "Star Wars" universe.
• It gave us a glimpse at how perfectly Glover was cast as Calrissian.

Donald Glover hosted "SNL" on Saturday and was the musical guest.

In one hilarious sketch, Glover played Lando Calrissian, who he'll star as in "Solo: A Star Wars Story," in theaters May 25. In the original films, the iconic role is played by Billy Dee Williams.

The sketch, called "Lando's Summit," stars Glover as Calrissian, the smooth-talking smuggler, as the chairman of an event for the black people in the space.

"For a while, I thought it was me. The only one," Calrissian says. "But now I see before me, all the black humans in the galaxy." The camera pans to the audience to reveal that only three people attended the event.

"Turnout was a little low," he says. "I held out hope there was a black human planet somewhere, but I guess it's just us. Lots of lizard men wearing vests. Just four black people though."

Until John Boyega's Finn was a leading character in "The Force Awakens," Calrissian was one of the few black characters to appear in a "Star Wars" movie. Samuel L. Jackson played Jedi Mace Windu in the prequels, and Forest Whitaker played Saw Gerrera in "Rogue One." In the sketch, Kenan Thompson plays Gerrera.

In addition to providing biting commentary on diversity in the "Star Wars" films, the sketch proves that Glover captures the rhythm and body language that everyone loved about Williams' Calrissian in the original films, which makes us even more excited to see "Solo" in a few weeks.

Watch "Lando's Summit" below:

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Every year the movie industry goes to Las Vegas for CinemaCon, a convention where the studios show off their upcoming slate to the theater chains.

But it’s also where bold new innovations in the business are born.

Business Insider had a chance to look at a handful of them. From an interactive movie magazine to a company that’s looking to redefine the preshow experience at the multiplex, there could be a lot of changes coming soon to a theater near you.

Here are four things that grabbed our attention:

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4DX with Screen X

You may have seen a movie in 4DX (where the seats in the movie theater move with the action on screen) or a movie in Screen X (panoramic, 270-degree screen), but you’ve never done it at the same time!

That’s because both features have not been combined in any theaters yet. Business Insider got to experience a demo of a 4DX/Screen X viewing at CinemaCon and it’s certainly a different way to go to the movies. As your seat moves and rumbles with the action of, say, “Rampage,” you are immersed in the viewing as the movie picture expands to the sides of the theater.

There are 500 4DX screens in existence and 142 that are Screen X. It’s unclear when theaters will have the combined version (one is opening in South Korea), but it’s almost inevitable that it's coming.

myCinema

Though box-office numbers are high, there are fewer and fewer people coming to the movie theater. So myCinema thinks offering more alternative content to theaters could get more butts in the seats — especially during down times at the theaters.

Beginning in the coming months, Nagra — the digital TV division of Swiss company Kudelski Group — will launch myCinema, which will be offering thousands of shows, movies, and specials to movie theaters that can stream the content directly into their digital projectors. This will make the content easier (and quicker) for theaters to get compared to digital prints by services like Fathom.

With a library that will feature everything from kids content to faith-based titles to live concerts, you could see myCinema soon at independent arthouses that are always struggling to find audiences to come through the turnstile on a regular basis.

Noovie ARcade

Ever get to the movies early and have to sit through a bunch of boring commercials before the trailers start? National CineMedia hopes it has a better alternative.

NCM’s Noovie ARcade preshow lets you combine your phone with the big screen in front of you. Through downloading the ARcade app you are prompted to point your phone at the theater screen and play a variety of shooting, catching, and tossing games through your phone.

You are playing with everyone else in the theater who also has the app, so at the end of each game a leader board ranks everyone’s score.

Noovie ARcade has launched at 1,650 theaters nationwide through AMC, Cinemark, and Regal, as well as 50 regional and local exhibitors.

Check out if it’s available at your local theater next time you’re there.

You probably head over to Hulu for all the TV it has to offer. But the streaming service also has a lot of great movies, too.

From classics like "A League of Their Own" and "Dirty Dancing" to modern favorites like "Zodiac" and "Creed."

Scroll down to check out the 100 best movies to watch on Hulu right now.

Note: Numerous Hulu titles drop off the streaming service monthly so the availability of titles below may change.

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“10 Cloverfield Lane” (2016)

If “The Cloverfield Paradox” on Netflix left you with a bad taste in your mouth, rewatch the best movie in the franchise (so far).

“13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi” (2016)

Michael Bay turns serious for a sec as he looks back on the six members of a security team who fought to defend the US diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, during a terrorist attack in 2012.

“50 First Dates” (2004)

Following the box-office success of “The Wedding Singer,” Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore reteam for this cute romantic comedy.