Superheroes didn’t quite save Hollywood this summer. Now, as fall approaches, it’ll be up to big-screen musicals, Oscar-bait dramas and action-driven blockbusters to boost the box office.

Several superhero titles made strong showings recently — "Superman" is the year’s third highest domestic earner at $332 million, according to BoxOfficeMojo — yet none are likely to reach the worldwide $800 million mark that such movies used to cross with relative ease. Instead, a grab bag of other titles have pushed ticket sales up 7% over last year at this point, including the video game adaptation "A Minecraft Movie" (the year’s third-highest grosser with $955 million globally), Disney’s live-action "Lilo & Stitch" (currently at No. 2) and the Chinese animated adventure "Ne Zha II," the No. 1 mov

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