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Live Action 'How To Train Your Dragon' Box Office Soars Above Cartoon Films: Inside Comcast's 2025 Movie Magic
Monday, June 16, 2025 - 3:45pm | 766Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA) stock could benefit from a strong 2025 film lineup, which could help its Peacock streaming platform and help offset weakness from cable subscribers. The company's live-action "How to Train Your Dragon" film is already setting franchise records. What Happened:...
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Universal Orlando Announces New Theme Park: Epic Universe
Thursday, August 1, 2019 - 2:30pm | 300Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA)-owned Universal Orlando Resort announced the development of its newest theme park Thursday: Universal’s Epic Universe. Although Universal is not yet releasing what lands will be in the new park due to competition, rumors are circulating that Universal...
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Why 'How To Train Your Dragon 2' Is Another DreamWorks Disappointment
Tuesday, June 17, 2014 - 10:50am | 658DreamWorks Animation (NASDAQ: DWA) can't catch a break. The company's shares plummeted more than 10 percent today after investors learned that How To Train Your Dragon 2 failed to secure the number-one spot at the box office. The crown went to Sony's 22 Jump Street, which earned $60 million during...
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Market Wrap For June 16: M&A Frenzy Keep Indices In Positive Territory
Monday, June 16, 2014 - 4:33pm | 1781U.S. stocks closed the day slightly higher as a mergers and acquisition heavy trading session eased fears over escalating violence in Iraq. The New York Federal Reserve's Empire State index for June showed that business conditions in June rose from May. In fact, June's reading proved...
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Market Wrap For May 29: Investors Welcome Another Record High For The S&P 500
Thursday, May 29, 2014 - 4:41pm | 2596U.S. stocks gained on Thursday despite the Commerce Department reporting that U.S. gross domestic product declined at a one percent annualized rate in the quarter. Analysts were expecting GDP to decline 0.4 percent. Pending home sales were below expectations but investors may have shrugged off...
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Will Kids Watch 300 Hours of DreamWorks Programming on Netflix? (NFLX, DWA)
Monday, June 17, 2013 - 2:01pm | 492More than 300 hours of original, animated programming will come to Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) via DreamWorks Animation (NASDAQ: DWA). DreamWorks is expected to use its existing franchises -- which includes Shrek, How to Train Your Dragon, The Croods and Kung Fu Panda -- to develop a number of shows to...
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The 3D Trend Fails...Again
Friday, November 23, 2012 - 9:24am | 524From movie theaters and 3D televisions to 3D game consoles, smartphones and other devices, consumers are always eager for new avenues of three-dimensional entertainment. The latest trend started in a familiar place: movie theaters. After the release of Avatar, which grossed $2.7 billion worldwide...