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Despicable Me First Animated Franchise To Hit $5B: Here Are The Top Grossing Movie Franchises Ever
Monday, July 15, 2024 - 1:34pm | 913Media company Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA) has another reason to celebrate with its Despicable Me franchise hitting the $5 billion milestone with the recent success of "Despicable Me 4" in movie theaters. Here's a look at the important milestone and how it stacks up to other movie franchises...
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Comcast Hits Big With 'Despicable Me 4': Can Stocks, Movie Theaters Benefit From 2024 Blockbusters?
Monday, July 8, 2024 - 12:22pm | 919Concerns for the box office in 2024 may have been overly exaggerated or first half heavy, as "Despicable Me 4" continued the recent success of animated films in movie theaters. What Happened: Opening over the Fourth of July holiday, "Despicable Me 4" grossed $122.6 million at the domestic box...
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Disney And Universal Help Boost Summer Box Office, Set Up 'Collision Course' With Fox
Tuesday, July 12, 2016 - 8:29am | 363To say the summer has gone to the dogs may be an understatement. It's also gone to the cats, fish and numerous other animals. Over the weekend, Universal (Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA))'s "The Secret Life of Pets" was unleashed into theaters and early $70 million estimates proved to be off…...
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Social Data Predicts Record Breaking Opening Weekend For 'Finding Dory'
Friday, June 17, 2016 - 10:50am | 305According to the latest data from TickerTags, this weekend could be a historic one for Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS). Social media buzz surrounding Disney’s new movie “Finding Dory” is unprecedented. TickerTags monitors social media sites to identify trends by searching for words and...
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CinemaCon 2016: Universal Primed For Continued Success With Diverse Slate
Sunday, April 17, 2016 - 6:24pm | 524Over the last few days, Hollywood took a trip to Las Vegas for the annual CinemaCon event. It was there that exhibitors from all around the country came to see what movies are going to be burning up their screens through the rest of the year and beyond. This is a studio-by-studio recap of the...
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Universal's 'Brilliant' Minions Strategy Was Worth $115 Million, But Will It Last?
Monday, July 13, 2015 - 4:25pm | 552Universal Pictures scored another record-breaking hit over the weekend. Instead of dinosaurs (both natural and genetically modified), the studio attracted moviegoers with Twinkie-shaped creatures that speak gibberish. "The Minions are certainly popular little characters and it looks like,...