Thursday, January 16, 2025

Business

Barbie Box Office Boffo: $70.5 Mil Opening for a Record Shattering Weekend, Marketing Triumph

"Barbie" is a marketing colossus. Last night, the Greta Gerwig directed comedy made $48 million on top of $22 mil in Thursday previews ...

Box Office: Hello, Doll! as “Barbie” Breaks Records with $22.3 Million Preview Night, More than “Avengers,” “The Batman,” “Hunger Games”

"Barbie" is not toying with us. The Greta Gerwig directed, Margot Robbie directed feminist comedy made a stunning $22.3 million last night in previews. That places...

Random House Loses Dozens of Legacy Editors, Execs in a Corporate Buy Out/Lay Off Scheme that Guts the Company’s History

A culture Atomic bomb has gone off at Random House. You could call it Penguin Random House. But the venerable publishing's power is held in...

UPDATED” Crowdfunded Christian Movie “Sound of Freedom” Hits $100 Mil*, Tops “Mission Impossible” Wednesday, Star Calls Trump “A New Moses” on Fox

THURS MORNING UPDATE: "Sound of Freedom" narrowly beat "Mission Impossible" last night and took the top position at this morning's box office. Technically. It's...

Jason Aldean Fans Send Racist Song to the Top of iTunes Singles, Wrong Album to Number 3 Album

Jason Aldean fans aren't too bright. They've sent Aldean's racist song, "Try That in a Small Town" to the top of the iTunes singles charts....

TV Networks Panic Over Strike: CBS Showing “Yellowstone” Reruns, ABC Turns to “Ms. Marvel, More to Come

The actors and writers strikes are forcing the networks to take crucial action. Facing a scarcity of original programming, the broadcast companies are lining up...

Box Office: Mission Impossible Lower Than 2018 Installment As Audiences Turn Off Summer Movies, Aging Stars

It's really a rough summer in Hollywood. Not only is the town on a massive strike, but box office receipts are disappointing all the way...

Too Much, Too Soon for Tom Cruise After “Top Gun Maverick”? New “Mission Impossible” Has Soft Box Office

Is there such a thing as too much Tom Cruise? Just last year, "Top Gun Maverick" broke box office records and was credit for saving...