The summer box office is off to a sizzling start — and it’s only getting started. Over the weekend, domestic ticket sales topped $161 million, a nearly 88% improvement over the same three-day frame in 2025. Disney and 20th Century Studio’s “The Devil Wears Prada 2” led the pack, adding $41.6 million during its second…
Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway return as Miranda Priestly and Andy Sachs in Disney and 20th Century Studios’ “The Devil Wears Prada 2.” Disney | 20th Century Studios Disney has proven that you don’t need superheroes, explosive action-packed sequences or blue-skinned aliens for a sequel to perform well at the box office. Over the weekend,…
Letterboxes have increased in popularity in recent years. once a niche site Meant for only the most ardent movie buffs, the site – which allows users to rate, review and recommend movies to each other – has continued to add millions of accounts, Thanks in large part to the interest of Millennials and Gen-Z. Now,…
At a time when Hollywood is torn between fear of artificial intelligence stealing jobs and the pressure to cut costs, a new kind of hybrid production studio is launching with the latest AI tools. Innovative Dreams is a new production services company, backed by Amazon Web Services and Luma, a generative AI startup, that combines…
In an aerial view, the Netflix logo is displayed above Netflix corporate offices on October 7, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images There’s a love affair on Wall Street between investors and streaming. The romance started about a decade ago when consumers began cutting the cord with cable TV bundles en…
Posters of films are on display at a cinema in Shanghai, Aug. 31, 2025. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images Hollywood has lost one of its most lucrative theatrical markets. It’s unclear if it will ever win it back. The Chinese box office was once a coveted space for American-made movies, so much…
Source: Warner Bros. | Paramount When Paramount Skydance combines with the Warner Bros. film studio, it’ll have a deep bench of marquee franchises and established prestige. What the powerhouse duo will be missing is an animated film slate that could rival Hollywood giants like Disney and Universal. The combined entity, which is still awaiting regulatory approval, has…
The word “Netflix” shines brightly at the presentation of the new season 3 of the Netflix series “Bridgerton” on May 14, 2024. Rolf Vennenbernd | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Your Netflix subscription just got a little more expensive. The streaming giant adjusted its pricing structure Thursday, with all subscription tiers rising at least $1….
Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison speaks during the Bloomberg Screentime conference in Los Angeles on October 9, 2025. Patrick T. Fallon | Afp | Getty Images Hollywood could soon have a new king of the box office. With Paramount Skydance set to take over Warner Bros. Discovery, the combined film studios could dominate the theatrical…
The gap is widening between rival toy makers Hasbro and Mattel — thanks in part to a 30-year-old trading card game. The toy giants have flip-flopped dominance in the space for decades, jockeying for the most coveted master licenses to put new fan favorites — Disney princesses and “Star Wars” characters among them — on…
