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Weekend Box Office: 'Avengers' Joins $1 Billion Club After 19 Days UPDATED

Box Office

Disney’s “The Avengers” boasted the biggest second weekend in box office history with a stunning $103.2 million, down a mild 50% from its debut and bringing the 10 day cume for the Marvel Studios film to an unprecedented $373.2 million domestic and $628.9 million internationally.

By Brian Fuson
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May 13, 2012 12:33 PM
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Trailer Watch: Pixar's 'Brave' Will Be One of the Summer's Top Performers

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Why isn't "Brave" showing at Cannes? Because it's set to open the Edinburgh Film Festival instead just after its June 22 stateside release. Pixar's 13th film and first fairy tale, "Brave," is sure to be yet another top box office performer by summer's end,

By Anne Thompson
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May 12, 2012 2:03 PM
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Jolie Joined by Fanning, Copley, Richardson, Staunton, Manville, Cranham, Riley & Eisley for Disney's 'Maleficent'

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Disney's "Maleficent" has rounded out its cast. Joining Angelina Jolie are...

By Sophia Savage
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May 8, 2012 11:40 AM
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Weekend Box Office: "Avengers' Shatters North American Box Office Records with $200-Million Haul UPDATED

Box Office

Disney’s “The Avengers” shattered North American box office records by a wide margin this weekend as estimates have the Marvel Studios production racking up a heart pounding $200.3 million in its first three days – marking the biggest opening in box office history.

By Brian Fuson
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May 6, 2012 12:26 PM
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Why Rich Ross Had to Step Down at Disney

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It felt wrong back in October 2009 when Walt Disney Co. CEO Robert Iger first announced Rich Ross as his movie studio chief. And it never felt right. In the wake of the biggest write-off in Hollywood history, "John Carter" (March 9), film industry outsider Ross is stepping down, citing a lack of passion for the job:

By Anne Thompson
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April 20, 2012 1:40 PM
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TCM Classic Film Fest & D23 Team for Screenings of 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,' '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'

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Two Disney classics, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" and "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea," will be presented at the TCM Classic Film Festival in collaboration with D23: The Official Disney Fan Club...

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March 20, 2012 3:56 PM
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Disney to Bring 'Pocahontas,' 'Evita,' 'The Color of Money' and 30 Other Films to Blu-Ray

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Throughout 2012, the Walt Disney Studios plans to add more than 30 popular and iconic films to its ever-expanding Blu-ray library. Each released edition will be digitally remastered, giving viewers high definition picture and sound quality.

By Maggie Lange
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March 16, 2012 3:11 PM
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Immersed in Movies: Andrew Stanton's Leap of Faith with 'John Carter' (VIDEO)

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So what are we to make of "John Carter"? A fascinating failure, as Anne Thompson has suggested? Another "Dune" that's lovely to look at but short on narrative? Well, Francois Truffaut once wrote that fascinating failures are more memorable than safe successes.

By Bill Desowitz
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March 9, 2012 2:38 PM
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Why 'John Carter' Is a Fascinating Disaster, Early Reviews (Video)

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You could see Disney's "John Carter" (March 9) shaping up as a misfire from a long way off. No studio has projected "disaster" so loudly since Sony's misbegotten remake of "Godzilla" in 1998. For a $250 million movie to be tracking near a $25 million opening is shocking.

By Anne Thompson
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March 6, 2012 1:42 PM
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Composer Alan Menken Over-Achieving in March with Three Broadway Musicals and (Woeful-Looking) 'Mirror Mirror'

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Though Relativity Media's "Mirror Mirror" looks like an embarrassing made-for-the-Disney-channel movie from the mid '90s, the film's original score still marks composer Alan Menken's fourth accomplisment in March...