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CinemaCon 2016: Warner Bros. Betting On Comedy, Animation And Connected Universes
Sunday, April 17, 2016 - 6:27pm | 601Over the last few days, Hollywood took a trip to Las Vegas for the annual CinemaCon event. It was there that exhibitors from all around the country came to see what movies are going to be burning up their screens through the rest of the year and beyond. This is a studio-by-studio recap of the...
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'Batman V. Superman' Provides Relief For Warner Bros. With Big $400 Million Opening
Monday, March 28, 2016 - 7:40am | 419For Hollywood, there seems to be something about the Easter season...and it actually has nothing to do with the religious holiday. Last year at this time, Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA)'s Universal revved up its best-ever debut for a film when "Furious 7" crashed into the box...
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Universal Using 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2' As Super-Hero Counter Programming
Saturday, March 26, 2016 - 2:15pm | 404In 2002, Nia Vardalos broke through at the box office with her hit romcom "My Big Fat Greek Wedding." It was a prime example of a film that came in with low expectations and ended up becoming part of pop culture vernacular. The movie laughed its way to over $200 million and a short-...
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'Batman V. Superman': Investors Prepare For Highly Anticipated, Poorly Reviewed Film
Friday, March 25, 2016 - 9:45am | 404Investors in Time Warner Inc (NYSE: TWX) have been preparing for this weekend for a long time. Since 2013, the studio's main film division has been on a constant a up and down ride with a number of hits, but even more misses. The debut of "Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice" is...
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Batman V. Superman: Buy The Hype With This Stock?
Tuesday, March 22, 2016 - 3:38pm | 358After a soft 2015 for Time Warner Inc (NYSE: TWX)'s Warner films, "Batman V. Superman" is finally debuting on Friday, kicking off a series of 10 DC Comics films the next five years. Given the importance of BvS for the DC franchise, the UBS Evidence Lab undertook and shared an...
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Early 'Batman V. Superman' Projections Give Time Warner Super Hopes
Friday, February 26, 2016 - 10:04am | 297It's no secret Time Warner Inc (NYSE: TWX)'s Warner Bros. has had up and down years as of late. Investors have been (mostly) patiently waiting for this year when Warner debuts its version of a connected film universe with its DC superheroes. The first of those films, "Batman V. Superman: Dawn of...