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"Terminator" might not be back any time soon. "Dark Fate," the most recent installment in the sci-fi series, fell flat at the box office and stands to be a big money loser for Paramount, Skydance and Disney, the studios backing the big-budget tentpole. The sixth "Terminator" entry debuted with a dismal $29 million in North America and $102 million overseas, disappointing figures for a movie that cost $185 million to produce, plus $80 million to $100 million in global marketing and distribution fees. Unless "Terminator: Dark Fate" sees an exceptionally strong hold in the coming weeks, sources at rival studios estimate the movie could lose $100 million theatrically.

Terminator: 《终结者》
· terminate v. 终结，结束
· terminal n. 终端；候机楼
· determine v. 明确；决定
any time soon: 很快，近期（美式拼写anytime soon）
· I'll not be back anytime soon.
我短期之内不会回来。
installment n. （小说杂志期刊或故事分期连载的）一节；（分期付款的）一期
· installment plan: 分期付款方式
fall flat: 未达到预想效果（fail）
· He made several jokes and each of them fell flat.
他讲了几个笑话，但每个都不好笑。
stand to do sth.有可能做某事（likely to do sth.）
money loser: 败笔之作（形容产品、服务或是商业）
tentpole n. 顶级大片
· 一般常写作tent pole
debut vi./n. 首次亮相
dismal adj. 极其糟糕的
see vt. （物作主语）看见，见证（witness）
exceptionally adv. 异常地；特殊地
hold n. 占有领先地位、优势等（相当于control或者是power）
theatrically adv. 戏剧地

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