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Donna Langley, Chairman, NBCUniversal Studio Group & Chief Content Officer, sees original movies as a key ingredient in Universal’s film slate, but applying “topspin” to familiar titles can also pay box office dividends. The longtime film executive, who was promoted last year to a larger role with TV…

The Dog Days of summer—vaguely from mid-July through mid-August, depending on who does the counting—may not seem like much of an Oscar crucible. You'd think most Academy voters would be sipping Margaritas in Malibu, or Limoncello Martinis somewhere on the Mediterranean. But as often as not in the…

Warner Bros. Discovery is shutting down the Boomerang streaming service and moving some of its programming, which includes many classic cartoon series, onto Max. The kids-and-family move is set for September 30, according to an email to subscribers. It comes in the same year as a similar…

Top exhibitor AMC Entertainment posted a loss of 10 cents a share and saw revenue slide 24% in the second quarter due to the strike-hit movie pipeline. Though they may have been shaky, however, the financials matched Wall Street analysts’ estimates and shares in AMC gained modest ground in…

A great thing happened for theater chains in the midst of dour earnings for the strike-challenged quarter ended in June: Deadpool & Wolverine. The film, which is setting multiple records, also is inflating exhibition stocks and generating nice Wall Street reviews for a sector that's been on-and-off shaky…

Ryan Reynolds doesn’t quite know how to process to his historic weekend at the box office. After Deadpool & Wolverine became the biggest opening of his career and broke a slew of other records, the Golden Globe nominee shared his shock and gratitude in a statement on his Instagram Story. “This…

Imax saw softer revenue and profit last quarter but blew away Wall Street estimates citing a surge in global box office in June and a big bump from the sale of Imax original documentary The Blue Angels to Amazon. The stock popped on the numbers, up nearly 4% in premarket trade. Sales fell 9% to…

Inside Out 2 stormed the theaters this summer as the most successful worldwide release of 2024, certainly creating envy by crossing the $1 billion mark in the worldwide box office.  The Disney/Pixar film is now the highest-grossing animated film of all time with $1,65 billion to date at the global box office. The film…

There's joy in toon town today as Disney/Pixar's Inside Out 2 has become the highest-grossing animated movie ever at the worldwide box office. With $1,462.8M through Tuesday, the sequel has surpassed Disney Animation Studios' Frozen II ($1.454B). Disney has seven of the Top 10 animated movies ever…

Giant theater chain AMC Entertainment swung to red as revenue fell in the second quarter. Fewer films hit screens due to the Hollywood actors and writers strikes, but CEO Adam Aron said the worst and a major uptick that started in June is continuing. In preliminary results, released ahead of its…

AMC Entertainment had some good news Monday, as long talks with lenders have resulted in collaborative refinancing transactions that extend up to $2.45 billion in debt maturities from 2026 to 2029 and beyond. The company called the deals "transformative" and said they'll strengthen the balance sheet…

Sci-fi film Kalki 2898 AD is India’s highest-grossing film for the first half of 2024, contributing 15% of the overall box office this year, according to a report by Ormax Media. Starring Amitabh Bachchan, Kamal Haasan and Prabhas, the film grossed $92.3M at the local box office. For the first…