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Disney Soars As 'Avengers: Endgame' Is Already Setting Box Office Records
Friday, April 26, 2019 - 11:56am | 873Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) stock shot to an all-time high Thursday as advance and opening night ticket sales for “Avengers: Endgame” set records leading to projections that the culmination of the Marvel Cinematic Universe could shatter opening weekend box office records. “We...
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Hasbro Reportedly in Talks to Acquire DreamWorks Animation
Thursday, November 13, 2014 - 12:23am | 72Hasbro Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS) and DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. (NASDAQ: DWA) are in merger talks according to Deadline Hollywood. DWA CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg is looking for $35 per share from Hasbro, according to sources. The combined company would reportedly be called DreamWorks-Hasbro. Both...
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Hollywood's Still Not Getting It (Bring On The Sky Pirates)
Sunday, December 11, 2011 - 10:24pm | 1699The Associated Press' David Germain reported Sunday that Hollywood's holiday season is off to a poor start. In a time of the year when the film industry expects many to head to the theaters, domestic revenue has been lackluster. Germain: "Fewer people went to the movies the last two weekends than...
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Lamentation Over Hollywood: Weak Box Office Numbers
Sunday, October 16, 2011 - 4:22pm | 1747According to deadline.com's Nikki Finke, Hollywood is worried about weak box office numbers, and rightly so. Finke: "Seriously, do movie moguls get into showbiz just to greenlight unnecessary remakes of teen movies, prequels to horror movies, or unfunny comedies that humiliate big stars like Owen...
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Is Netflix Cheap Now? (NFLX)
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 - 9:01am | 450In a stunning move, Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) has started negotiating with two of Hollywood's biggest names for an original show, worth up to $100 million. This could potentially make shares of Netflix cheap at these levels, if all goes according to plan. The story was first reported by...