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'Cars 2' Opening Weekend Was $66 million -- Not $68 million

June 27, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

The adjusted weekend figure is still some $6 million higher than the most optimistic pre-release projections

  

UltraViolet Arrives Soon: Will It Save the Day for Hollywood?

June 26, 2011 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

The cloud-based technology is debuting this Fall, but without Apple can the video anywhere platform pull off a miracle?

  

Pixar Announces New Project for Winter 2013, Gives Few Details

June 20, 2011 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

Animation studio will debut an "untitled" film on Nov. 27, 2013

  

'Lone Ranger' to Ride Into Theaters on Dec. 21, 2012

June 8, 2011 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

Disney's adaptation of the Western serial will star Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer

  

Disney Preparing to Lay Off About 200 People

June 6, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Most of the positions cut are in distribution

  

Judge Denies Disney's Motion Against Dish Network

June 3, 2011 By Tim Kenneally 1 year ago

Satellite provider can go forward to give Starz away free to its customers for a year -- at least for now

  

'Lion King' 3D Conversion Set for Sept. 16 Release

May 26, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Disney announcement follows earlier report that Fox and Paramount will re-release "Titanic" in 3D next year

  

Disney Sets 3/8/13 Release Date for James Franco Movie 'Oz: The Great and Powerful'

May 25, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Mila Kunis will co-star in Sam Raimi's 3D "Wizard of Oz" prequel

  

'Pirates 4' Plunders $4.7M in Midnight Showings

May 20, 2011 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

The 3D sequel to Disney's mega-grossing franchise on pace to gross between $90 to $100 million

  

Report: Disney Raked in $28.6B From Licensed Merchandise in 2010

May 18, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 2 years ago

License! Global Magazine's latest annual tally shows the Mouse House made nearly as much from selling merchandise than all the studios did through global movie distribution last year

  

Weezer, Robbie Williams, Brad Paisley Rock 'Cars 2'

May 11, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 2 years ago

Weezer recorded The Cars' "You Might Think" for Pixar's film, and Williams and Paisley recorded a duet

  

Adam Shankman's Offspring Entertainment Decamps to New Line

May 10, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 2 years ago

The company has been at Disney for eight years

  

Blame It on 'Mars': Disney Earnings Up, But Miss Mark

May 10, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

Profits increase marginally; 'Mars Needs Moms' flopped while Tokyo earthquake and tsunami hurt parks and resorts

  

Starz and Disney Sue Dish Network Over Year-Long Giveaway

May 3, 2011 By Tim Kenneally 2 years ago

Satellite provider under legal heat for offering its subscribers perhaps a bit too much value

  

$500 Captain Jack Handbags? Disney Rolls Out Its 'Pirates 4' Merch

May 3, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 2 years ago

From Lego handbags to Swarovski jewelry, a look at Disney's licensed treasures

  

Rich Ross and His Decentralized Magic Kingdom -- Is It Working?



April 28, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein & Brent Lang 2 years ago

Under the former DIsney Channel chief, the studio is more synergy focused and bottom-line oriented, but the price could be its famous brand

  

Why Fox, Paramount, Disney Are Holding Out on the YouTube Deal

April 26, 2011 By Sharon Waxman 2 years ago

Exclusive: A divide has opened among Hollywood’s major studios over whether to join YouTube’s initiative to rent movies on demand – which is holding up the launch of the service

  

Ryan Gosling in Talks to Join Johnny Depp in 'The Lone Ranger'

April 15, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 2 years ago

Exclusive: Gosling would play Lone Ranger to Depp's Tonto in the Jerry Bruckheimer film

  

Mark Gordon Renews Pact With ABC, Makes First-Look Deal With Disney

April 7, 2011 By Tim Molloy 2 years ago

Gordon will continue to produce "Grey's Anatomy," "Private Practice," other shows

  

Sports Drama 'McFarland' Back on Track at Disney

April 6, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 2 years ago

Exclusive: Grant Thompson rewrote the script, based on an L.A. Times article from 1997.

  

Disney Pushes 'Monsters, Inc.' Sequel Back to 2013

April 4, 2011 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

Studio moves up 3D "Reboot Ralph" to plug the hole

  

The Take-Away From CinemaCon: Studios Demand More, More, More

April 1, 2011 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

The summer of 2012 looks killer, but news of premium VOD pacts knee-caps exhibitors when they need a helping hand

  

Dick Cook Tribute Brings ex-Disney Rivals Together - Eisner, Katzenberg, Roth

March 30, 2011 By Sharon Waxman 2 years ago

Even people who officially can't stand each other - Michael Eisner and Jeffrey Katzenberg - showed up to honor Cook

  

DreamWorks' Snider Staffs Disney Marketing Dept. - Who's in Charge?

March 29, 2011 By Sharon Waxman 2 years ago

Snider wanted executives "with bags under their eyes," according to one insider

  

Disney Hot on the Trail of a Younger Miss Marple

March 28, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 2 years ago

The studio hopes to reinvigorate Agatha Christie's character by making her younger

  

Mila Kunis Joins James Franco in 'Oz, the Great and Powerful'

March 25, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 2 years ago

The 'Black Swan' star will play a wicked witch in Sam Raimi's prequel to the 1939 classic