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Disney's 'Dumbo' Flies Off With Weekend Box Office, But Not Quite As High As Expected
Monday, April 1, 2019 - 9:38am | 432"Dumbo" didn’t fly quite as high as expected, but the big-eared elephant still managed to give Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) the biggest grossing film of the weekend as the new release beat out holdovers "Us" and "Captain Marvel." MKM Parntners Analyst Eric Handler...
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Boyd Group's Michael Boyd On American Airlines/US Airways Merger Block
Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - 10:48am | 380Michael Boyd, chairman at the Boyd Group , describes himself as a man who dislikes mergers. In the case of the American Airlines and US Airways (NYSE: LCC) merger, however, he was all for it. Boyd appeared on CNBC's Squawk Box on Wednesday morning to go over why he thinks the Department of...
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Are Box Office Failures (Green Lantern, X-Men, Super 8) a Bad Sign for Cars 2?
Friday, June 24, 2011 - 1:47pm | 1219Judging by the some of the recent failures at the box office, you might be wondering if moviegoers are getting smarter, pickier, or both. Two weeks ago, Super 8 performed fairly well by industry standards but fell below my own $70 million prediction. While there were signs that the film wouldn't...