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Hollywood’s summer blockbuster season is winding down, and the near-final results (courtesy of Rentrak) aren’t pretty: After five years of box office records, total domestic box office for the 2014 season is down nearly 18 percent from last summer, or a whopping $701 million, to $3.22 billion. Last weekend…

The final eight films in Deadline’s Most Valuable Blockbuster movie tournament face off today. This is the fourth of our quarterfinal matchups and for the first time we reveal the numbers behind the numbers that show just how profitable a movie really is. The Matchup: Another intramural battle, this time at Disney. Mo…

The fourth of four posts today in Deadline's Most Valuable Blockbuster tournament. The subsequent rounds will play out next week. Other Matchups: #1 'Iron Man 3′ Vs. #16 'The Conjuring' #3 'Despicable Me 2′ Vs. #14 Star Trek Into Darkness' #4 'Hobbit: Desolation Of Smaug' Vs. #13 'Oz The Great And Powerful' #5 'The Hu…

The race for best animated feature is usually fairly easy to predict. With a few exceptions, you can always count on Disney/Pixar to win or place. The studio has had a pony on this track nearly every year the category has been in existence since 2001 (when DreamWorks' Shrek became the inaugural winner). In fact, Pixar…

Thomas J. McLean is an AwardsLine contributor. You gotta give Pixar credit — they never follow the easy path. Take Monsters University, the first prequel to come out of the Emeryville toon works. Prequels are still new territory for storytelling purposes and it was no small feat for first-time feature director Dan Scan…

Diane Haithman is a Deadline contributor. A new Disney Animation movie, big-name voice castings, a new Mickey Mouse short, details on the Finding Nemo and Planes sequels, two new Tinkerbell pics – there was no shortage of news during day 1 of Disney's annual D23 expo at the Anaheim Convention Center. John Lasseter…

Almost exactly one year ago, Fox Searchlight released Beasts Of The Southern Wild. The Sundance sensation was significant in many ways, but it also stood out as the only 2012 Best Picture Oscar nominee to have been released in theatres in the definitely NOT Oscar-friendly first half of the year — and coming at the…

Mike and Sully will take their college shenanigans to the Far East this month. The Shanghai International Film Festival has picked Pixar's sequel to open its 16th edition on June 15. Monsters University will be the first 3D or animated pic to christen the fest. Disney opens the film, which reunites lead voices Billy…

Here’s the final trailer for Disney/Pixar’s Monsters University with Mike (Billy Crystal), Sulley (John Goodman) and the rest of the incoming class of 2013. Voice cast also includes Steve Buscemi, Helen Mirren, Alfred Molina, Dave Foley, Sean P. Hayes, Joel Murray, Peter Sohn, Charlie Day, Nathan Fillion, Bobby…

Disney announced that it will keep three of its theme parks open for 24 hours in a row on May 24 to celebrate the start of summer. Disneyland Park and Disney Adventure Park in Anaheim and The Magic Kingdom Park in Orlando will stay open from 6 AM to 6 AM to kick off Memorial Day weekend. Most of the extra bells and…

Here’s a new UK trailer for Disney/Pixar‘s Monsters University. This one focuses on Mike (Billy Crystal) and Sulley (John Goodman) as they study to become “scarers.” It also introduces Helen Mirren’s Dean Hardscrabble. Steve Buscemi, John Krasinski, Nathan Fillion and Alfred Molina also star. The film opens in the…

Alan Horn today made his CinemaCon debut in his new capacity as Chairman of Walt Disney Studios hosting a long three hour presentation that was a slide show highlighting the studio’s entire slate for the next two years. It included Johnny Depp and a first look at 20 minutes of new footage plus a trailer premiere from…