Mattel Inc
Lego sales increase while other toy makers struggle
Lego Star Wars toys sit on display inside a Toys R Us store in Paramus, New Jersey, Nov. 26, 2019. Bloomberg | Getty Images While other toy companies struggle with an inflation-fueled sales slump, Lego is building positive results brick by brick. The privately held Danish toymaker saw revenue rise 1% during the first six […]
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Gap reports mixed quarterly results after another period of declining sales across all brands
Pedestrians walk past Old Navy and GAP stores in Times Square, New York City. Drew Angerer | Getty Images Gap reported mixed results on Thursday and underwhelming current-quarter guidance as the longtime mall retailer saw another quarter of declining sales across all four of its brands. The company beat Wall Street’s estimates on the bottom […]
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‘Barbie’ is now the highest-grossing domestic film release in 2023
A scene from “Barbie.” Courtesy: Warner Bros. It’s a “Barbie” world — or at least North America. The collaboration among director Greta Gerwig, Mattel and Warner Bros. Discovery topped $575.4 million at the domestic box office Wednesday, making it the highest-grossing movie of the year in North America. The movie based on the iconic doll […]
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‘Barbie’ beats Batman, gets to be Warner Bros.’ best-grossing domestic launch
A scene from the “Barbie” movie. Courtesy: Warner Bros. This Barbie is a box office environment queen. He’s just Batman. On Tuesday “Barbie” topped $537 million, making it the maximum-grossing domestic motion picture in Warner Bros. Discovery‘s 100-12 months historical past. The film surpassed Christopher Nolan’s “The Darkish Knight,” which created $536 million in 2008, […]
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‘Barbie’ is a lot less than $100 million absent from a billion-dollar box office environment heading into 3rd weekend
Barbie The Movie Courtesy: Warner Bros. “Barbie” is less than $100 million away from topping $1 billion at the worldwide box business. Heading into the weekend, the bubblegum pink flick from Warner Bros. Discovery and Mattel has tallied $916.1 million. It really is expected to strike the coveted billion-dollar benchmark just before Monday. “Signing up […]
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Hasbro sells off costly production studio, taking a page from Mattel’s playbook
A Hasbro Monopoly board game arranged in Dobbs Ferry, New York, Feb. 6, 2022. Tiffany Hagler-Geard | Bloomberg | Getty Images Four years after acquiring Toronto-based production studio eOne, Hasbro is selling it off to Lionsgate. The deal, announced Thursday, is valued at $500 million. That price tag consists of $375 million in cash and […]
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‘Barbenheimer’ is a billion-dollar win for the global box office
Movie posters for Barbie and Oppenheimer are pictured outside of the Cinemark Somerdale 16 and XD in Somerdale, New Jersey, 2023. Hannah Beier | The Washington Post | Getty Images “Barbenheimer” remains red-hot at the box office. The combined force of Warner Bros.’ “Barbie” and Universal’s “Oppenheimer” has led to more than $1.1 billion in […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Southwest Airlines, Meta Platforms, Align Technology, EBay and more
A Southwest Airlines aircraft at a gate at AustinBergstrom International Airport (AUS) in Austin, Texas, US, on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023. Jordan Vonderhaar | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in early morning trading. Southwest Airlines — The carrier slid 6% premarket after reporting a mixed financial update early Thursday. Southwest […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: Meta Platforms, Chipotle Mexican Grill, ServiceNow and more
In this article EBAY LHX MAT ALGN NOW CMG STX META Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Meta headquarters in Menlo Park, California, US, on Thursday, July 21, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Meta Platforms – Shares of Meta Platforms jumped nearly […]
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‘Barbie’ box office dominance extends beyond the weekend
Barbie The Movie Courtesy: Warner Bros. It’s Barbie’s world and we’re just living in it. The Warner Bros. flick based on Mattel’s iconic fashion doll continued to tally record ticket sales following its historic opening weekend. On Monday, “Barbie” added $26 million to its haul, the biggest Monday in the history of Warner Bros. and […]
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