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Movie Fans Get ‘Dumb and Dumber To’ This Weekend
While “Big Hero 6” is expected to lead the box office sweepstakes again this weekend, the “Dumb and Dumber To” debut is expected to nab second place.
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First Holiday Movies Hit the Big Screen This Weekend
The first Friday in November marks the beginning of the holiday movie season, which runs through the week or weekend of New Year's Day.
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Did Subscription Internet Video Competition Just Get a Death Blow?
There’s been a lot of talk in recent weeks related to offering pay-TV packages that give customers more of what they want for less money.
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The 52-Week Low Club for Tuesday
ThinkstockSeptember 23, 2014: The following stocks are among the 203 equities making new 52-week lows today: Chico’s FAS Inc. (NYSE: CHS) dropped about 1.2% on Tuesday to post a new 52-week low…
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As Video Streaming Grows, Price War Likely
U.S. consumers might get a break from the high costs of a pay-TV subscriptions next year when several major providers plan to introduce over-the-top (OTT) programming.
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Disney’s ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ Topped a Slow August Weekend
Disney's "Guardians of the Galaxy" tops a slow August weekend, beating "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles."
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9-Year Delay Could Sink ‘Sin City’ Movie Sequel
“Sin City: A Dame to Kill For” opens on 2,894 screens this weekend and its prospects for matching its predecessor’s opening take are not good.
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Weekend Movie Sweepstakes Dominated by Viacom
As anticipated, Paramount Studios’ “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” held on to its weekend box-office supremacy for a second week, outselling “The Expendables 3,” from Lions Gate Entertainment.
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Ninja Turtles Likely to Beat the Expendables at the Box Office
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.The summer movie season has only three more weekends to run, including this one, which features a third installment of the senior citizen action heroes, “The Expendables 3” from…
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Disney Leads 2014 Movie Box Office Sweepstakes
The Walt Disney Co.Of the top 10 grossing movies so far this year, the Buena Vista Studio owned by The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) claims three titles, while Time Warner Inc.’s…
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Murdoch’s Next Target May Be Viacom
Rupert Murdoch needs to only make one call to land another huge multimedia company. Sumner Redstone, Viacom's founder and executive chairman, owns 79% of the Class A common shares.
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America’s Most Successful Movie Studios
The Walt Disney Co.The first weekend of August is now behind us and we have a new, all-time leading August movie release weekend champion. Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy” grabbed $94 million…
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Is Sylvester Stallone Too Old for the Movies?
ThinkstockSylvester Stallone has been in the news lately, as a version of his new movie “The Expendables 3” has been illegally downloaded by 200,000 people. The first two versions of the movie…
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Weekend Movies: Will Scarlett Johansson Beat Up on ‘The Rock’?
Universal Studios; Comcast Corp.Last week’s big movie, “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes,” pulled in more than $100 million in its first week, after an opening weekend of $72.6 million, but…
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Time Warner-Fox Deal Raises Other Media Merger Possibilities
Reports Wednesday morning that Twenty-First Century Fox made an $85 per share offer to acquire Time Warner sent shares of Time Warner soaring in Wednesday morning trading.