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Despicable Me First Animated Franchise To Hit $5B: Here Are The Top Grossing Movie Franchises Ever
Monday, July 15, 2024 - 1:34pm | 913Read More...Media company Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA) has another reason to celebrate with its Despicable Me franchise hitting the $5 billion milestone with the recent success of "Despicable Me 4" in movie theaters. Here's a look at the important milestone and how it stacks up to other movie franchises...
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Disney's 'Dory' Swims Circles Around Fox's 'Independence Day' Sequel
Monday, June 27, 2016 - 8:37am | 217Read More...It was an interesting battle at the box office the last few days, as two popular franchises from the past returned for another go-around with audiences. Going in, analysts knew the outcome, and just as was the case last weekend, it wasn't if Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS)'s "Finding Dory" would win, it...
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Will Kids Watch 300 Hours of DreamWorks Programming on Netflix? (NFLX, DWA)
Monday, June 17, 2013 - 2:01pm | 492Read More...More than 300 hours of original, animated programming will come to Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) via DreamWorks Animation (NASDAQ: DWA). DreamWorks is expected to use its existing franchises -- which includes Shrek, How to Train Your Dragon, The Croods and Kung Fu Panda -- to develop a number of shows to...
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Is DreamWorks Smart to Drop HBO for Netflix?
Monday, September 26, 2011 - 2:52pm | 678Read More...And is this something Netflix should be bragging about? I loved How to Train Your Dragon. It was comical, endearing, exciting, and wholeheartedly original. It transformed a simple-sounding concept into one of the greatest films of 2010. But when Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) announced that it had signed...
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Can Jack Bauer Help Amazon Stop a Netflix Attack?
Monday, September 26, 2011 - 11:48am | 909Read More...The following takes place between Netflix's success and Netflix's demise. Events occur in real-time. Earlier today, Twentieth Century Fox announced a new partnership with Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), bringing a handful of movies (Speed, Office Space, and Mrs. Doubtfire, to name a few) and TV shows (such...
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Rango At Number One, But Is It Any Good? (VIA)
Monday, March 7, 2011 - 9:39am | 856Read More...Is Gore Verbinski's animated western worth its $38 million (estimated) gross? Since the first trailer debuted last year, Rango has been hyped as a different kind of movie. First it was promoted as a semi-silly action-comedy. Then it was promoted as an animated feature for adults. During the Super...
