‘The Odyssey’ fuels all-time high

Imax is on a winning streak, and it has Christopher Nolan to thank. Shares of the entertainment technology company hit an all-time high Monday as it continues to haul in box office receipts from Nolan’s “The Odyssey.” Imax CEO Rich Gelfond said Monday the film is tracking almost double what Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” raked in in 2023….

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Brand New Day’ box office $355 million domestic opening

Tom Holland stars as Peter Parker aka Spider-Man in Sony and Marvel’s “Spider-Man: Brand New Day.” Son Spider-Man is taking on the Avengers. Sony and Marvel’s “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” tallied an estimated $355 million at the domestic box office this weekend, just $2 million shy of the record-breaking debut of 2019’s “Avengers: Endgame.” The…

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Christopher Nolan and Universal opening weekend

Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” is off to an epic start. The Universal film adaptation tallied an estimated $124.5 million in its opening weekend as audiences flocked to premium large-format screenings, especially IMAX theaters. “Death, taxes, and Christopher Nolan,” said Shawn Robbins, director of analytics at Fandango and founder of Box Office Theory. “He’s reinvented the…

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Comcast to separate media and tech wings; stock jumps 14%

Comcast said Monday it plans to separate its media and technology businesses into two publicly traded companies through a tax-free spin-off of NBCUniversal and Sky, to better position strategic priorities. The spin-off is expected to be completed in about one year, and Comcast shareholders will own shares in both Comcast and NBCUniversal, the company said…

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Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the Fed, dies at age 100

Alan Greenspan, the longtime Federal Reserve chairman known as “the Maestro” who became one of the most influential economic policymakers of his era and famously warned of “irrational exuberance,” has died. He was 100. The influential economist died Monday from complications of Parkinson’s Disease, said his wife of 29 years, Andrea Mitchell, the chief Washington…

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