A New Meme-Stock Frenzy Led AMC to Gold Mine Stake
Day traders looking to capitalize on commodity price volatility catalyzed a chain reaction that ended with movie theater giant AMC...
Movies
A Brooding ‘The Batman’ Revives Moviegoing With Top Opening This Year
Batman can add another vanquished villain to his résumé: the dreary start to this year’s Hollywood box office.“The Batman,” Warner...
Batman Has a Big Hole to Fill for Theaters
Such is the state of America’s movie theater industry that even the bleakest of superheroes is being counted on to...
Disney’s Earnings Show Rebound in Disney+, Parks Businesses
Walt Disney Co. DIS 3.33% regained momentum in subscription growth for its flagship Disney DIS 3.33% + streaming service and...
Inside AMC’s Crazy, Bonkers, Upside-Down Year of Apes, Memes and Shorts
A mob rescued the world’s largest movie-theater chain from the edge of bankruptcy. It turned out to be only the...
Do We Need More Heroes? Disney Hopes So.
Many media and tech giants hope to carve out a place in streaming. Disney ’s strategy is to bet you...
Latest James Bond Film Falls Behind Predecessors as Covid-19 Concerns Linger
LOS ANGELES—James Bond finally faced off at the box office against a foe he couldn’t seem to shake, and the...
Disney Lawyer Defends Distribution of ‘Black Widow’ in Scarlett Johansson Fight
A lawyer representing Walt Disney Co. in its legal battle against actress Scarlett Johansson defended Disney’s distribution of “Black Widow”...
Latest ‘Fast & Furious’ Movie Leads Weekend Box Office
LOS ANGELES—The “Fast & Furious” franchise gave Hollywood its best opening weekend since December 2019 at the box office this...
‘A Quiet Place’ Sequel Reboots Summer Moviegoing
Compared with last year, how much better was the kickoff to this year’s summer season at the movies? More than...
Amazon Would Add James Bond, Content Depth in Expected MGM Deal
Amazon.com Inc.’s desire to acquire the fabled MGM movie and television studio in a deal valued at $9 billion with...
Hollywood’s Summer Blockbuster Season Comes With a Side of Studio Angst
LOS ANGELES—At a multiplex on Wednesday, Arnold Schwarzenegger led a pep rally for big-screen films ahead of the summer movie...
AMC’s Largest Shareholder Wanda Group Pares Down Stake
AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc.’s AMC -3.75% largest shareholder, China’s Dalian Wanda Group Co., has sold most of its shares in...
Zack Snyder’s ‘Army of the Dead’ and Other Netflix Movies Turn Up in Theaters
The nation’s movie theaters are running out of movies. Some are turning to an unlikely source for more: Netflix Inc....
Cinemark Reaches Deals With Hollywood Studios to Show Movies
Cinemark Holdings Inc. struck agreements to show films from some of its major Hollywood studio partners, a move aimed at...
South by Southwest Stake Is Sold to Owner of Rolling Stone in Effort to Keep Festival Alive
Penske Media Corp., the publisher of magazines like Rolling Stone, Billboard and Variety, agreed to acquire a 50% stake in...
‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ Roars at Theaters, Suggests Pent-Up Demand
Who won “Godzilla vs. Kong”? Hollywood. An entertainment industry worried about getting consumers back to the theater received a burst...
Disney’s ‘Black Widow’ Sets Stage for Possible Clash With Theaters
A showdown over the debut of Marvel’s “Black Widow” is brewing between two longtime Hollywood partners: Walt Disney Co. and...
Movie Fans Returning to Los Angeles Theaters Find Thrill in Just Showing Up
LOS ANGELES—Film buffs flocked into Los Angeles-area theaters this weekend, eager to turn the page on the pandemic that forced...
WSJ News Exclusive | Beijing Asks Alibaba to Shed Its Media Assets
China’s government has asked Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. BABA -2.01% to dispose of its media assets, as officials grow more...
