Movies
Here’s what to expect when Disney reports earnings before the bell
Daytime fireworks launch over Cinderella Castle during a performance of “Mickey’s Magical Friendship Faire” in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World, Bay Lake, Florida, April 30, 2024. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) Orlando Sentinel | Tribune News Service | Getty Images Disney will report its fiscal second-quarter earnings before the bell […]
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Mattel CEO says toy manufacturing won’t come to America, but price hikes will
One of the goals of President Donald Trump’s 145% tariffs against China is to drive manufacturing back to America. But the odds of that are low, at least when it comes to toys. “We don’t see that happening,” Mattel CEO Ynon Kreiz said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” Tuesday, less than a day after the company […]
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Trump to ask Hollywood studios if they’re happy with 100% foreign film tariff idea
U.S. President Donald Trump announces the NFL draft will be held in Washington, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 5, 2025. Leah Millis | Reuters President Donald Trump said Monday that he will ask Hollywood studios if “they’re happy” with his proposal to impose tariffs of 100% percent on foreign-made films. “I’m […]
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Hollywood studio stocks briefly fall after Trump proposes foreign film tariff
The famed Hollywood sign is viewed on September 25, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images Investors in Hollywood’s top studios and streaming services were trying to make sense Monday of President Donald Trump’s proposed 100% tariff on movies made overseas. Shares of Netflix, Disney, Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery briefly fell […]
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Australia, New Zealand pledge support for film industry after Trump proposes tariffs
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon in Canakkale, Turkiye on April 25, 2025. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images Australia and New Zealand vowed to advocate for their film industries on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a plan to impose 100% tariffs on foreign-made movies. Australia and New Zealand have emerged as popular […]
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Trump announces 100% tariff for movies produced outside U.S.
The Hollywood sign in Los Angeles on Jan. 22, 2024 Mario Tama | Getty Images News | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump announced Sunday a 100% tariff on movies produced outside of the United States, saying the U.S. movie industry was dying a “very fast death” due to the incentives that other countries were offering to draw American filmmakers. “This […]
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Disney and Marvel’s ‘Thunderbolts*’ snares $76 million domestic opening
Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, David Harbour, Wyatt Russell and Hannah John-Kamen star in Disney and Marvel’s “Thunderbolts*” Disney A group of unconventional antiheroes has jumpstarted the summer box office. Disney and Marvel’s “Thunderbolts*” tallied an estimated $76 million during its domestic opening weekend, the third highest debut of 2025. Including international ticket sales, the latest […]
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Netflix stock is trading at all-time high levels in unprecedented win streak
Netflix is on a winning streak. The streaming giant’s stock has traded for 11 straight days without a decline, the company’s longest positive run ever. Stock Chart IconStock chart icon Netflix stock since April 17. Its previous record was a nine-day stretch in late 2018 and early 2019 when the stock traded up for four […]
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Amazon is stepping up to fill a gap in Hollywood’s movie slate
Cast of the Amazon MGM Studios CinemaCon 2025 seen at the Amazon MGM Studios CinemaCon 2025 presentation at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace on April 02, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Stewart Cook | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Tech is saving Hollywood — though not in the way you might think. Back in […]
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Warner Bros. Discovery starts Max password-sharing crackdown
Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Warner Bros. Discovery is taking a page out of Netflix’s playbook. In an apparent move to crack down on password sharing outside the home, the company’s streaming service Max has launched a new feature it is calling Extra Member Add-On. Similar to Netflix’s paid sharing model, the new […]
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