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Created: 2025-07-22 15:49:02 UTC

Call it the Labubu effect: Cute sidekicks are ruling multiplexes this summer. In hit after hit, adorable monsters — as chaotic and cuddly as the popular accessory — have fulfilled moviegoers’ need for escapism.

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