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‘Ant-Man’ Smaller Than ‘Thor’ & ‘Captain America’; ‘Trainwreck’ Second High For Judd Apatow – Sunday Final Update
6TH UPDATE, Sunday 10:14AM after 8AM post: After a lengthy three years which saw a change-up in two directors, various screenwriters and supporting actors, Marvel's Ant-Man finally opened to $58M. Industry figures for the Disney release are at $57.37M. Worldwide, the pic with a $114.4M opening is less than a $1M shy of…
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Intl Box Office Final: Milestones For ‘Godzilla’, ’22 Jump Street’, ‘Transformers’ + ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ Rockets To $67.4M; Local Pics Make Waves In Asia; More
4TH UPDATE, MONDAY 3 PM PT: Studios have weighed in with overseas actuals for the past weekend that was led by Guardians Of The Galaxy. There were no major discrepancies between what was estimated on Sunday and what's coming across today save for Hercules lifting to $15.4M from a $14.2M estimate. Among the other top…
Marvel Teams Up With ‘The View’ For “Thundering” Promo Synergy
After last week’s tumult on ABC‘s lady chat show The View, the network’s parent co. Disney is changing the conversation – to comic books. Disney-owned Marvel teased today that they’ll announce “an all-new thundering title” Tuesday morning on The View, hosted by Whoopi Goldberg and the departing Sherri Shepherd and…
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By Jen Yamato
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Disney Completes Purchase Of Marvel Home Entertainment Distribution Rights
EXCLUSIVE: This announcement just went out to retailers. It’s the last shoe to drop stemming from the Walt Disney Company’s acquisition of Marvel Entertainment and its takeover of Paramount Pictures‘ entire worldwide marketing and distribution deal with Marvel. All of the home entertainment distribution rights…
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By Nikki Finke
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Disney And Marvel Do Damage Control After Media Scrutiny Of Big Boss Ike Perlmutter
EXCLUSIVE… UPDATE: Sources now tell me that all three female executives in employments disputes with the Walt Disney Co have settled — including one today. This is many months after the women lost their jobs in a Department Of Consumer Products reorganization set in motion nearly a year ago by Marvel boss Ike Perlmutte…
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By Nikki Finke
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Paramount Makes Money Off 'Avengers' Too
The Avengers is the first Marvel Studios film owned, marketed and distributed by The Walt Disney Studios which took over those duties from Paramount this year. So is Paramount left out in the cold even though Avengers is sizzling hot at the box office? The answer is no. Disney CEO/President Bob Iger in 2009 bought the…
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By Nikki Finke
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Disney Fires Marvel's Marketing Department
EXCLUSIVE: Everybody is trying to keep this secret. But I’ve learned that yesterday Disney canned Dana Precious, EVP of Worldwide Marketing for Marvel’s LA Studios (she had replaced Doug Finberg at the end of last summer); Jeffrey Stewart, VP of Worldwide Marketing (he’d been brought in by Dana); and Jodi Miller…
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By Nikki Finke
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BREAKING: Marvel Wins Summary Judgments In Jack Kirby Estate Rights Lawsuits
EXCLUSIVE: Intellectual property lawyer Marc Toberoff has a winning track record when he goes after Hollywood studios on behalf of rightsholders. But not today. I’ve just learned that he lost big in Federal Court for the Southern District Of New York after suing Disney/Marvel for the Jack Kirby Estate. The federal…
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By Nikki Finke
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