Movies
‘Barbie’ to best $1 billion at the world box business office Sunday
Barbie The Motion picture Courtesy: Warner Bros. “Barbie” is expected to be a part of the billion-greenback club Sunday. The bubblegum pink flick from Warner Bros. Discovery and Mattel will top $1 billion in world-wide ticket income, right before the finish of the weekend, in accordance to estimates from the studio. Closing figures will be produced Monday. Only all […]
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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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Hollywood producers seek sit-down with striking writers, the first sign of stalemate break
Picketers walk outside the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, CA on Tuesday, June 6, 2023 as the Writers Guild of America strike enters the sixth week. Myung J. Chun | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images As the Hollywood writers strike nears its 100th day and pressure from striking actors mounts, producers are asking for […]
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Trump-endorsed ‘Sound of Freedom’ has outgrossed ‘Mission: Impossible,’ ‘The Flash’
“Barbenheimer” isn’t the only phenomenon at the July box office. Over the last four weeks, Angel Studios’ “Sound of Freedom,” an indie film that has drawn the support of former President Donald Trump and other conservatives, has captured nearly $150 million in domestic ticket sales. The figure may seem small against Hollywood blockbuster performances from […]
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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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The secret to the huge ‘Barbenheimer’ box office take? FOMO
An employee adds letters for upcoming film releases “Oppenheimer” and “Barbie” to a marquee at the Colonial Theater on July 16, 2023 in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. Hannah Beier | The Washington Post | Getty Images Hollywood’s biggest weekend at the box office in years wasn’t fueled by superheroes, Jedi or the promise of a sequel. Sure, […]
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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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‘Barbenheimer’ tops $235 million in domestic debut, eyes second-highest box office weekend ever
Cillian Murphy in Oppenheimer and Margot Robbie as Barbie Julien De Rosa | AFP | Getty Images; Stuart C. Wilson | Getty Images “Barbenheimer” exploded over the weekend, generating an estimated $235.5 million in ticket sales and reinvigorating the domestic box office. “Barbie” tallied around $155 million during its first three days in theaters, the […]
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Barbie’s designer made missiles for Raytheon initially as ‘Barbenheimer’ rocks box offices
The first Barbie Doll from 1959 is shown at the interactive exhibition “The Planet of Barbie” on June 28, 2023, at Santa Monica Area in Santa Monica, California. Robyn Beck | Afp | Getty Photos A weapons engineer turned doll maker is the sudden backlink to “Barbenheimer,” the affectionately dubbed duo from Warner Bros.′ “Barbie” and […]
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