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EXCLUSIVE: Following up on the news this morning that ESPN is laying off several hundred employees, we've learned that there are also a handful of layoffs taking place at Disney's studio division – including six people at Searchlight Pictures. Other areas impacted include Disney's studio marketing group as well as its…

BREAKING: Disney is stopping production on its features until this whole coronavirus outbreak blows over. Those movie shoots include The Little Mermaid, Home Alone, The Last Duel, Nightmare Alley, and Peter Pan & Wendy and Shrunk. No one has been effected on any sets by the coronavirus, it’s strictly a…

The Coronavirus is hitting markets hard Monday with gambling, travel and selected tech stocks taking the hardest punches but other pockets feeling the jitters too — like Walt Disney. The entertainment giant closed Shanghai Disneyland indefinitely last week, causing one financial analyst to ring a warning bell. "We…

Through this weekend, The Walt Disney Studios’ 2018 worldwide grosses have topped the full 2017 haul ($6.458B) to make this year already the second biggest in Mouse history. With $6,468.1M through Sunday, this is also now the third highest grossing year in industry history. The studio holds the overall industry record…

On Wednesday, The Walt Disney Studios rocked across the $5B mark in worldwide receipts — for the third year in a row. That makes The Mouse the first, and only, studio to have reached the threshold three times. The global total from January 1-November 29, 2017, is $5,003.1M. Breaking that down, it’s $1,763.3M…

Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer’s 5th film in the Pirates franchise, Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, has crossed the $500M mark worldwide in its 2nd frame. While the movie saw some wind taken out of its sails overseas with Wonder Woman swooping in this session, there was cannon fodder left in the Johnny…

With $2,491.4M at the domestic box office through today, The Walt Disney Studios has set a new industry record. The Mouse tops the previous record of $2.45B which Universal revved up in 2015. Overseas, Disney has crossed the $4B threshold for the first time in the studio's history with $4,079.5M. Universal last year…

Just a few short days ago, The Walt Disney Studios posted its biggest year of all time at the global box office, landing $5.851B to best the 2015 full-year record. Now, thanks to the spellbinding Doctor Strange, the Mouse has topped itself once again by speeding past the $6B mark — hitting it for the first time in the…

In mid-October, the Walt Disney Studios clocked its best year ever at international turnstiles. Two weeks later, the Mouse now has posted its biggest year of all time at the global box office with $5.851B through November 1. That beats the studio’s own previous record of $5.843B, which was for the full 2015 calendar…

On the heels of such hits as Captain America: Civil War, Zootopia, The Jungle Book and Finding Dory, the Walt Disney Studios has clocked its best year ever at the international box office — and there are still another two and a half months to go in 2016. Through October 16, the offshore total on all Disney releases is…

Now in weekend 16, Disney/Pixar's forgetful blue tang has flapped her fins across the $1B global box office line. The domestic cume on Finding Dory through today is $484.8M with international at $516.7M. Alongside Toy Story 3, the film is Pixar's second billion-dollar release as well as the Walt Disney Studios' fourth…

Swinging from their blockbuster collaboration on The Jungle Book, The Walt Disney Studios and helmer Jon Favreau are teaming on a new reimagining of The Lion King. The film is being fast-tracked to production, although no dates have been disclosed. Favreau teased the news via emoticon this morning across his social…