Avatar: The Way of Water Courtesy: Disney Co. All eyes are on “Avatar: The Way of Water’s” second week at the box office. James Cameron’s long-awaited sequel to the highest-gr...
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Dwayne Johnson says Black Adam 2 won’t be part of new DC movies phase
(L-R) Hiram Garcia and Dwayne Johnson attends the “Black Adam” premiere at Cine Capitol on October 19, 2022 in Madrid, Spain. Aldara Zarraoa | Wireimage | Getty Images A “Black Adam&...
Marvel sequels are most anticipated movies of 2023: Fandango survey
Still image from Spider-Man Into The Spider-Verse Source: Sony Pictures Movie fans apparently can’t get enough of superheroes. A trio of upcoming Marvel movies − the newest installments of the G...
Executives make media predictions for 2023
Back by popular demand (OK, fine, I just wanted to do this again), I asked a bunch of past and present media and entertainment executives to give me one significant and/or surprising industry predicti...
$134 million just misses expectations
Avatar: The Way of Water Courtesy: Disney Co. James Cameron’s “Avatar: The Way of Water” fell short of lofty box office expectations, but international ticket sales spark hope that t...
Netflix, Snap, Warner Bros. Discovery, AT&T, Novavax and more
The Netflix logo is seen on a TV remote controller, in this illustration taken January 20, 2022. Dado Ruvic | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Netflix— Netflix tumbl...
Tesla, Warner Bros. Discovery, Lennar and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Tesla (TSLA) – Tesla fell 1.2% in premarket trading after an SEC filing showed that Elon Musk sold another $3.6 billion in shares. The stock i...
Gen Z loves Minions, horror and Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson
Group of cheerful people laughing while watching movie in cinema. Zoran Zeremski | Istock | Getty Images Gen Z has been an enigma to the entertainment industry for years. But now there’s more in...
Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav’s top priority: Cash flow
David Zaslav Olivia Michael | CNBC A few months ago, after a lengthy and sobering review of Warner Bros. Discovery‘s business, Chief Executive David Zaslav gave his division heads a cutthroat mi...
Warner Bros Discovery close to picking Max for name of HBO Max replacement
In this photo illustration, the Warner Bros. Discovery logo is displayed on a smartphone screen and in the background, the HBO Max and Discovery Plus logos. Rafael Henrique | Lightrocket | Getty Image...
Disney is the biggest winner and loser at the Thanksgiving box office
This year’s Thanksgiving box office was both feast and famine for Walt Disney. While “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” added $64 million to its domestic tally during the five-day time...
This is why Marvel didn’t recast Chadwick Boseman in ‘Wakanda Forever’
A still from the movie “Black Panther.” Source: Marvel In August 2020, Disney’s Marvel Studios was faced with an unenviable task — how to handle the sudden and tragic death of Chadwi...
Paramount shares rise after Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway raises stake
In this photo illustration, the Paramount Global logo is displayed on a smartphone screen. Rafael Henrique | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Paramount Global‘s stock got a boost Tuesday...
Disney plans hiring freeze, job cuts, memo says
Disney plans to institute a targeted hiring freeze as well as some job cuts, according to an internal memo sent to executives. “We are limiting headcount additions through a targeted hiring free...
Disney (DIS) earnings Q4 2022
View of the Walt Disney statue in front of Cinderella Castle inside the Magic Kingdom Park at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Getty Images All eyes will be on Disney‘s str...
Shonda Rhimes, other creators unhappy with Netflix’s new mid-video ads
Shonda Rhimes attends 2018 Vanity Fair Oscar Party on March 4, 2018 in Beverly Hills, CA. Presley Ann | Patrick McMullan | Getty Images Shonda Rhimes, the high-powered producer behind “Bridgert...
Starbucks, Twilio, Carvana, DoorDash and more
A customer holds a drink inside a Starbucks coffee shop in San Francisco, California, on Thursday, July 28, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making the bigges...
DraftKings, Cinemark, Hershey and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: DraftKings (DKNG) – DraftKings fell 12.5% in premarket trading despite reporting a smaller-than-expected quarterly loss and revenue that toppe...
Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) earnings Q3 2022
Warner Bros. Discovery reported its third-quarter earnings on Thursday, missing analyst expectations, as it felt the effects of a tough advertising environment and costs associated with its post-merge...
Block, PayPal, Carvana, Twilio and more
A Starbucks location in New York. Scott Mlyn | CNBC Check out the companies making headlines after hours. Block — The mobile payment stock jumped 12% after Block reported third-quarter results that be...
Fox earnings lifted by ad revenue from Tubi streaming service
Pete Davidson attends TUBI’s “The Freak Brothers” Experience at Fred Segal on December 06, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. Kevin Winter | Getty Images Fox Corp.’s bet on its f...
CNN job cuts coming as CEO Chris Licht concludes business review
Chris Licht, Chairman and CEO of CNN Worldwide. Courtesy: CNN CNN CEO Chris Licht started conducting a business review of the news network when he agreed to take the job in April. That evaluation wrap...
James Gunn, Peter Safran to lead DC movies, TV division at Warner Bros.
James Gunn and Peter Safran will be the next co-heads of Warner Bros. Discovery‘s DC Comics film and TV unit, the company announced Tuesday. Their appointments will be effective Nov. 1. The news...
‘Black Adam’ tallies $67 million in domestic debut
Dwayne Johnson is Black Adam in Warner Bros.’ newest DC film “Black Adam.” Warner Bros. “Black Adam” stormed into theaters this weekend, snaring $67 million domestically....
The Rock’s new movie is bland and predictable
Dwayne Johnson stars in Warner Bros.’ “Black Adam.” Warner Bros. Not even Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson could salvage Warner Bros.’ latest entrant into the DC Extended ...
Focus on revenue, profit, not subscriber adds
Netflix logo Mario Tama | Getty Images News | Getty Images Netflix has a message for investors: start focusing on revenue and profit, and stop obsessing about subscriber growth. Netflix made its argum...
Wait for Texas Roadhouse to come down
Warner Bros Discovery Inc: “I can’t. I like profitable companies with good balance sheets. That is the definition of not that.” Veru Inc: “A lot of people bet against it, so it...
AMC Entertainment stock falls to 52-week low
The AMC 25 Theatres in Times Square in New York is seen on Tuesday, July 8, 2014. Richard Levine | Corbis News | Getty Images AMC Entertainment hit a new 52-week low Wednesday as the movie theater com...
Showtime chief’s exit signals Paramount moving toward streaming merger
Damian Lewis as Bobby Axelrod in the original series “BILLIONS” airing on Showtime. Jeff Neumann/SHOWTIME Paramount Global executive David Nevins, who has run the premium network Showtime ...
Marvel, DC fans flock to Javits Center
Cosplayers dressed in Mandalorian armor and Black Widow pose for a photo during Day 4 of New York Comic Con 2021 at Jacob Javits Center on October 10, 2021 in New York City. ( Bryan Bedder | Getty Ima...