Analysis: Sony's foreign-first rollout for "Skyfall" was designed to maximize profits in Europe, but it has built major box-office buzz ahead of its U.S. debut Friday

Foreign territories are cushioning the blow from flops like "Battleship" and transforming domestic underperformers like "Ice Age: Continental Drift" into global blockbusters

On a day when Brian Grazer, Michael DeLuca, Mark Johnson, Cean Chaffin and others discussed passion projects, "Battleship" director Peter Berg says his "underperforming" film was too big and impersonal

Universal's dark fantasy "Snow White and the Huntsman" exceeds expectations at box office. "Men in Black 3" hits $29.3M, "The Avengers" takes $28.3M

Brian Roberts acknowledges what few in the media have been saying: "Battleship" is a "John Carter"-sized flop

The big-budget alien sea saga "Battleship" fails to connect in the U.S. and will bring red ink, but its overseas headstart means no bloodbath for Universal

Superhero saga "The Avengers" is on its way to another $50M in its third weekend, swamping "Battleship" and "The Dictator"

The ships and the sailors in "Battleship" are real, and the Navy is so happy with the Peter Berg film it is busy advertising its involvement

Peter Berg’s big-budget board game adaptation is as ridiculous as you expect, but it’s never dull

Universal's comedy raises its foreign cume to $117M as "Battleship" steams past the $200M mark

Universal brought "Battleship," "Snow White and the Huntsman" and "Savages," but all it really needed was a pot-smoking teddy bear named "Ted"

The "Titanic" rerelease in 3D bows to $58 million in the best opening ever in China. Universal's early foreign rollout of "Battleship" pays off