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Late Friday night estimates: Decorating Christmas trees, watching light shows, getting into the holiday party scene, or maybe even watching NBC’s Peter Pan Live! on a DVR — these are some of the activities people were doing last night instead of seeing a movie.  Versus Black Friday a week ago, a number of major studio…

That’s what analysts are debating today after last night’s lower-than-expected Q2 earnings report — and disclosure of an SEC investigation —  drove shares -14.9% this morning as they hit 52-week lows. Skeptics say DreamWorks Animation is still too uncertain, especially with the additional news of the government probe…

Benedict Cumberbatch and John Malkovich lend their voices to DreamWorks’ animated spin-off The Penguins Of Madagascar, in which secret agent birds Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private join forces with chic spy Agent Classified (Cumberbatch) to save the world from Dr. Octavius Brine (Malkovich). Simon Smith (Bee Movie)…

Less than a month before the release of its tentpole sequel How To Train Your Dragon 2, DreamWorks has flipped the dates for its next two films. Madagascar spinoff The Penguins Of Madagascar is moving up from March 27, 2015, to a Thanksgiving week bow of November 26. It’s switching places with Home, the…