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Not much has been revealed since Paramount bowed Transformers: Age of Extinction in 2014 and then gathered a cream-of-the-crop group led by Michael Bay and Akiva Goldsman to craft a new Transformers Universe of sequels and spinoffs for the lucrative franchise. A new piece came today though when the newest film, now…

If Monster Hunt has its sights set on all-time Middle Kingdom box office champ, Furious 7, it will need to put another $62.6M in the tank. While that Universal title is still several laps ahead, the local-language juggernaut has been on a tear, steadily rounding up records during its 25-day run thus far. Rentrak puts M…

Jiaflix — the company hatched by former Movie Academy head Sid Ganis, Kenneth Huang and Marc Ganis to facilitate the production and distribution of films in China — is partnering with China Movie Channel and 1905 Pictures and are in early talks to develop a sequel to Need For Speed as an official China-U.S…

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Pictures wants more Transformers. Taking a page from Fox’s incubation of three Avatar sequels and what Disney is doing to revive Star Wars with a sequels and spinoffs, the studio is negotiating with Akiva Goldsman to work with franchise director Michael Bay, exec producer Steven Spielberg and…

After establishing that Transformers: The Age Of Extinction barely bested American Sniper to be crowned the winner of our 2014 Most Valuable Blockbuster Tournament — kudos to Michael Bay and Paramount Pictures — what follows is the research we did that allowed us to crown a champion among the 20 top-grossing films of…

When it comes to evaluating the financial performance of top movies, it isn't about what a film grosses at the box office. The true tale is told when production budgets, P&A, talent participations and other costs collide with box office grosses, and ancillary revenues from VOD to DVD and TV. To get close to that myster…

EPIX has extended its movie licensing deal with Amazon. The agreement includes movies from EPIX studio partners, Paramount Pictures, Lionsgate and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, with new releases such as Transformers: Age of Extinction, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Interstellar, Selma and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay P…

Nominations for the 35th annual Razzie Awards, which satirize “the Worst Achievements in Film for 2014,” are out. Transformers: Age Of Extinction leads the field with seven; while Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas and The Legend Of Hercules are tied at six nods each. As usual, the Razzie races were unveiled one day…

There are some notable differences between the Top 100 chart of films at the international box office and the corresponding domestic list. Among them, there's only one crossover in the Top 5: Transformers: Age Of Extinction, which was the No. 1-grossing film abroad with $845.3M versus its position at No. 5…

Wall Street had low expectations for Viacom, whose stock is down about 20% since the beginning of July mostly due to declining ratings at MTV Networks. So bulls looking for a turnaround likely will breathe a sigh of relief this morning when they examine the results for the September quarter. The company reported net…

With China‘s National Day holiday week still in swing, the box office got an extra boost this frame thanks to the timely release of Breakup Buddies, a sort of follow-up to 2012’s smash hit Lost In Thailand. Playing on half the screens in the massive market, the film grossed just under $38M in China this weekend…

The summer frame, defined this year as May 2 through Labor Day, is down 14.6% versus the same period in 2013, when the industry was headed to a record year. In 2013, Iron Man 3 was phenomenal on the domestic front, grossing $409M to be the summer’s top film. Compare that with this summer’s top performer, once again…