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Movie Analyst: When It Comes To Marvel, Less Is More
Friday, July 26, 2019 - 12:49pm | 656After a year absence at Comic-Con, Marvel Studios came back to the convention's 50th anniversary with a bang, announcing several new movies and arguably saving the event. Less Is More Marvel is certainly the king of drumming up excitement and press, and Comic-Con’s 50th anniversary event...
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Infographic: The Products Consumers Buy On Their Phone
Saturday, December 23, 2017 - 11:39am | 421The mobile shopping phenomenon is experiencing rapid growth: Mobile devices now account for $1 out of every $4 spent online in the United States, according to a new report from Statista Mobile e-commerce may soon day overtake online shopping as the preferred method of purchasing in the U.S. In...
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Holiday Box Office Preview: 'This Could Be One Of The Strongest Christmas Weekends Ever'
Friday, December 22, 2017 - 5:53pm | 986Last Christmas brought “Fences,” “Hidden Figures” and “20th Century Women,” and the year before that “The Revenant,” “The Hateful Eight,” “Daddy’s Home” and “The Danish Girl.” Both seasons also rode the...
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Cinemark's Movie Club Steps Up The Competition With MoviePass
Tuesday, December 5, 2017 - 3:36pm | 498Helios and Matheson Analytics Inc (NASDAQ: HMNY) stock is tanking more than 20 percent on Tuesday after Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CNK) announced a brand new subscription movie service that will rival MoviePass. Cinemark said moviegoers can now pay just $8.99 per month for a subscription to...
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Movie Studios Blame Rotten Tomatoes For Box Office Woes
Monday, September 11, 2017 - 8:41am | 867Hollywood’s offering a modern twist to the “Frankenstein” tale with a live, unscripted performance. In the twilight of its worst summer since 2006, with North American revenue under $4 billion and 15 percent below summer 2016, studios are holed up in a bombed-out box office...
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Who Benefits From Facebook's Metric Mishap?
Sunday, September 10, 2017 - 8:08pm | 603Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) is gaining a lot of momentum with its newly launched streaming service, Facebook Watch. A+E Networks' new short-form series "Bae or Bail" reached over 24 million viewers on the platform. Traditional networks are taking a liking to the new platform, and we will likely see...
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The Primary Winner Of Facebook's Expansion In Video Will Be Third-Party Measurement Firms
Thursday, September 7, 2017 - 1:22pm | 492Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) might boast content agreements with Discovery Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: DISCA), A&E, Univision and the widely-followed Indian Premier League. But that may not be enough to re-earn the esteem of advertisers, on whom its Watch project relies. “Measurement issues...
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'Girls Trip' Passes $100 Million Mark; First Comedy Of The Year To Mark Milestone In Gloomy Summer At Disrupted Box Office
Monday, August 21, 2017 - 9:26am | 509It’s been a bummer of a summer at the box office — among the worst in a quarter century — but the fact that “Girls Trip” tiptoed over $100 million domestically should teach Hollywood, and America, some lessons. The raunchy comedy, centered on the New Orleans adventures...
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AMC Tanks To Record Lows In Midst Of Box Office Slump; 'Wonder Woman' Helps Lasso Time Warner Profit Beat
Wednesday, August 2, 2017 - 3:39pm | 607The only thing riskier than Wall Street is betting big on Hollywood blockbusters. Shares of AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc (NYSE: AMC) swung to record lows on Wednesday after it warned it would take a loss in the second quarter, the heart of a sluggish summer at the box office and a string of big-...
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'Dunkirk' Takes Box Office For Second Weekend; 'Atomic Blonde' Doesn't Bomb
Monday, July 31, 2017 - 9:28am | 678“Dunkirk,” Christopher Nolan’s movie about an Allied retreat that may have paradoxically won World War II, demolished Charlize Theron’s Bondian action thriller “Atomic Blonde,” but the latter’s lean budget and potential legs are reminiscent of its director...
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According To New Data, The Samsung S8 Is No 'iPhone Killer' Device
Saturday, May 13, 2017 - 9:39am | 403Samsung Electronic (OTC: SSNLF)'s flagship and high-end smartphone, the Galaxy S8 and S8-Plus, was deemed by some as being an "iPhone killer" device. But the release of recent data from comScore shows Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) isn't falling behind to the S8. ComScore released on Tuesday a ranking...
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Yet Another Facebook Metric Mishap
Friday, December 16, 2016 - 10:45am | 299Shares of Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) disclosed yet another metric mishap. The company said Friday it undercounted traffic from certain publishers who uploaded content to the social media's Instant Articles platform. Facebook's Instant Articles platform allows content publishers to...
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FedEx Price Target Increased Into Holiday Season
Monday, December 12, 2016 - 1:30pm | 293In addition to delivering holiday presents to tens of millions of people across the world, FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX) is expected to deliver an attractive return to investors, at least according to Scott Schneeberger of Oppenheimer. In a research report Monday, Schneeberger maintains an...
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Since September, 65% Of All U.S. Internet Users Visited Amazon.com
Thursday, December 8, 2016 - 2:52pm | 424Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) may be priming for a strong holiday quarter, going by research highlighted by Wells Fargo in a note released Thursday. Findings Quoting online traffic data from ComScore, analyst Ike Boruchow noted that about 65 percent of all U.S. internet users visited Amazon....
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How Does Amazon's Q3 Performance Read Through For The Rest Of Retail?
Thursday, December 8, 2016 - 11:44am | 557While Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) remains on a growth trajectory, the rest of the retail industry continues to feel the pressure, Wells Fargo’s Ike Boruchow said in a report. Q3 Read Through Boruchow mentioned that an analysis of Amazon’s Q3 performance highlighted four major...