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It's A Bird, It's A Plane, It's DC Comics New Movies, TV Shows Announced
Wednesday, February 1, 2023 - 6:41pm | 828Read More...Leading entertainment company Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ: WBD) is putting a heavy emphasis on the rebranding of DC Studios and the new DC Universe as part of its content revamp. New details emerged this week regarding which projects and superheroes will be launched first. What Happened: DC...
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Fox's Investment In 'Deadpool' Set To Pay Off
Friday, February 12, 2016 - 9:20am | 530Read More...While Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) has the market cornered on Marvel's core characters, Twenty-First Century Fox Inc (NASDAQ: FOXA) has slyly found a new way to stay in the game. Many remember the studio holds the film rights to the "X-Men," and "Fantastic Four" comics, but the character getting the...
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Marvel Comics New Muslim Character Could Diversify Cinematic Universe
Tuesday, December 24, 2013 - 1:50pm | 1067Read More...DC Comics and Marvel are known widely as comic book royalty. By sporting rabbit and mouse ears respectively, they have access to big funds that translate into better writers, actors, directors and animators for their big-budget films. While Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) and Disney (NYSE: DIS) are...
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Is Harry Potter Better Than Tolkien, Narnia, and Star Wars?
Friday, July 15, 2011 - 9:45am | 896Read More...It's the finale that will leave fans cheering and tearing at the same time. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, which hit theaters last night at midnight, has already broken records and is about to become the biggest film of the year. My colleague is under the impression that Potter...
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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 | 1219Read More...Judging 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...
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Super 8 Surpasses Tracking by 20%, Wunderlich Securities Reports
Monday, June 13, 2011 - 9:30am | 170Read More...According to a report by Wunderlich Securities, box office for the top 12 movies fell 5.9% to $144.8.7 million “with Super 8 emerging as the #1 weekend movie with an about-20% better-than-expected $37.0mm.” “20th Century Fox's X-Men prequel fell 55% from its opening weekend to $25.0mm, with cume...
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The Hangover 2 Has a Record Opening Weekend
Monday, May 30, 2011 - 10:15am | 186Read More...Warner Bros., a unit of Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), got off to a strong start for the summer. Despite harsh reviews, its The Hangover Part II raked in $86.5 million from Thursday to Sunday. That was the best three-day weekend ever for a live-action comedy and the second-best opening of all-time for an...
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The Green Lantern: Destined To Flop? (TWX)
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 - 3:32pm | 686Read More...There has been a lot of hype for this summer's “blockbuster” comic book movie. But all signs point to a flop for what is sure to be hailed as a blasphemous attempt at mainstream filmmaking. While the trailers and ridiculous movie posters have received a ton of buzz, curious critics and excited...
