Paul Dergarabedian

“Frozen II” brought the heat over opening weekend — bagging $350 million worldwide and a box-office record for global day-and-date releases of an animated feature. The film received warm reviews, although not quite as hot as those of the “Frozen” prequel. “There...

After 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...

Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) set a new record after its remake of the animated classic "The Lion King" took in $185 million over the opening weekend. What Happened The strong performance surpassed Disney's own expectations at $150 million domestically. "The Lion King" received...

Last 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...

“I’m funny how? Like I’m funny like a clown? I’m here to amuse you? I make you laugh?” Nope, that’s not a line from the killer-clown hit “It,” but a bit of menacing dialogue from one of the many, many memorable scenes in Martin Scorsese's...

Time Warner Inc's (NYSE: TWX) “It” slaughtered expectations and took in a second-weekend toll that defied the usual drop-off for hit horror movies, leading another killer weekend at the box office. Holy It “‘It’ continues to set a new standard for what is...

Will “It” kill “mother!” or will “American Assassin” take them both out? Whether the head-to-head horror flicks take top honors or the spy thriller infiltrates moviegoers’ pocketbooks is largely irrelevant: the box office is expected to see its second...

Hollywood’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...

Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS)’s sounding more and more like its target audience, embracing the definitive motto of youth: “Mine.” The company decided last month that it was done sharing its expansive media portfolio with Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) and would instead launch its...

It’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...

Content is king, streaming rules, and heavyweight media companies acted furiously over a remarkable two days to snap up talent and tech, torching alliances and furiously competing for cord-cutting, new-media consumers. In the past 48 hours: Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) lured David Letterman out...

“Detroit,” director Kathryn Bigelow’s bleak look into the American psyche through the lens of Motown’s 1967 race riots, was a punishingly hard sell at the box office in its first weekend of wide release, taking in $7.3 million from more than 3,000 screens. The Stephen King...

The 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-...

“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...

It started with a group of guys who liked comic books and blew up into the biggest pop culture marketing opportunity of the year, filling all 11 acres of the San Diego Convention Center and sprawling outside into infinity and beyond. The 47th annual San Diego Comic-Con is being held while one of...