$AEMC FLASH: On the life and times of Judy Garland. Lost on the Yellow Brick Road, co-written by Michael Selsman and Michael Simpson, published by Troika Publishing Group, says that, “Judy Garland is the story of a woman in terror much of her life, who had obstacles to climb, pitfalls that may as well have […]
$DIS, $IMAX Superheros rule the big screen these days, and biggest worldwide opening of all time for a female-fronted film is Captain Marvel, and the 2nd-largest for a comic book adaptation. Captain Marvel in it box office debut hauled in $455-M in worldwide ticket sales, including $153-M in NA In North America, Marvel and Disney’s […]
$AEMC A decade ago, a group of us were engaged in manufacturing filmed entertainment under the title of Archer Entertainment Media Communications. It was a publicly traded Company – its trading symbol AEMC. It still is. There were more important subjects then to occupy us – politics, regional conflicts, questions about inoculations, and a subject […]
Box Office: ‘Star Is Born,’ ‘Venom’ Out Pace ‘First Man’ Weak Open at $16.5-M $USMCA, $SNE, $TWX, $FOX, $AMZN, $NFLX ‘Venom’ Top’d the chart in its second outing with $35.7-M, while ‘A Star Is Born’ pulls in another $28-M. Universal’s, a unit of Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) critically acclaimed astronaut drama First Man sputtered in its box-office open, grossing […]
ENX The Cryptocurrency Set to Take Over Hollywood ENX will use blockchain technology to create low-cost tokenized ticketing systems with compelling features. ENX is a movie, video and music streaming service and digital payments ecosystem—designed to solve the entertainment industry’s most fundamental problems. Movie theaters, television, and cable were all disrupted by the advent of […]
Box Office: Global Expanded, Domestic Contracted in 2017 $DIS, $CMCSA, $TWX Revenue in North America for Y 2017 dipped 2.3%, but growth at the international box office resulted in a 3% uptick worldwide box. The performance of the Y 2017 worldwide box office was a roller-coaster ride. Attendance fell in North America to a likely […]
Mega-Producer, The Weinstein Company, Shunned by Peers $CLNS, $DIS, $GS, $AGO, $AMCX The Weinstein Company (TWC) has entered talks to sell the bulk of its assets to private equity firm Colony Capital, the companies said late Monday, as the film production company looks for stability after firing co-founder Harvey Weinstein the resignation of the majority […]
Shareholders, Banks, Partners of The Weinstein Company Loyalty Questioned Things look painful and grim for the Brothers Weinstein. Friday, it was reported that The Weinstein Co aka TWC, the film production company part-owned by Harvey Weinstein, is exploring a sale or shutdown and is unlikely to continue as an independent entity, but the company’s co-Chairman […]
Time Warner Inc (NYSE:TWX) HEFFX Highlights Telecom giant AT&T’s ( T) $85 billion acquisition of cable company Time Warner ( TWX) could be completed in as little as 60 days, according to CNBC. The report comes after an earlier report suggested that President Trump would not back the merger if CNN President Jeff Zucker is […]
Trading Hollywood: Disney Owns the Weekend Highlight Disney comes in first on box office results worldwide comScore’s Senior Media Analyst Paul Dergarabedian commented, “Disney/Marvel’s ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2’ has another great global weekend of $115.2 million, including $63 million from its first place showing in North America for an incredible worldwide overall total […]
Join The Film Industry and Make Dreams Come True! Join the Avengers. (No, really) As an applicant for Franchise & Marketing Coordinator at Marvel Studios in Burbank, California, you might get the chance to help Disney promote Iron Man, Thor, Black Panther and more than 8,000 other Marvel characters. Think you could play C-3PO? Disney […]
AMC Theatres (NYSE:AMC) Closes Carmike Cinemas Acquisition $AMC AMC Theaters as unit of Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda, now operates 900 venues with more than 10,000 screens globally. Wednesday, AMC Theatres said Wednesday hat it has completed its acquisition of Carmike Cinemas for approximately $1.1-B, including the assumption of Carmike debt, making it the largest movie […]
Image Nation Abu Dhabi to Produce 3 Movies this Year The 3 films will be shot on location in the UAE and Oman Image Nation Abu Dhabi will begin production on 3 feature films in Q-4 if Y 2016, it announced. All 3 films will be shot on location in the UAE and Oman, with […]
Imax Home Premier (NYSE:IMAX), the $10-K Secure Set-Top Box $IMAX Imax Private Theatre is being marketed to the growing number of high-net-worth individuals in China and the Middle East. Viewers get the highest-quality cinematic experience available, and they will also be able to watch new releases just as they open in theaters, this is a radical development for Hollywood. Imax […]
LTN Looks At US Entertainment Giant’s Quarterly Earnings $CMCSA, $DWA, $DIS, $FOX, $TWX, $VIA, $CBS, $SNE Strong advertising trends and signs of improved pay TV subscriber momentum will be Key trends when big Hollywood report their latest Quarterly earnings over the next 1 weeks, according to Wall Street analysts. And that could mean that film […]
China Bans Key Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) Service, Growth Dampened China’s blocking of Apple mobile entertainment services in presents fresh challenges for the giant tech company as it prepares to report its 1st-ever fall in iPhone sales. specifically Apple movies and book store were shut down by the government. The news on Thursday that Apple’s online book and […]