Greenlighting Movies in the Tentpole Era: A Tough Numbers Game
Studios plan toy lines, video games and rides around their biggest movies, mapping out business plans that span sister divisions.
November 20, 2013
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Studios plan toy lines, video games and rides around their biggest movies, mapping out business plans that span sister divisions.
Hollywood’s hit movies haven’t connected at the overseas box office the way they did last year. The figures don’t include three movies that will have a major impact: “Thor: The Dark World,†“The Hunger Games: Catching Fire†and “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.†Disney’s Marvel superhero sequel has already taken in more than $320 million abroad, but those grosses will show up in the fourth …
PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Rentrak (NASDAQ: RENT), the leader in precisely measuring movies and TV everywhere, today announced the top ten Movies on Demand (MOD) titles based on consumer …
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Rentrak Corporation (NASDAQ: RENT) today announced the Top-10 DVD & Blu-ray sales and rentals according to the company’s Retail Essentials and Home Video Essentials …
New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) Social networking site Worldfloat has introduced free online movie watching service offering over 25,000 English and Hindi movies and plans to include films in other languages. Worldfloat movie feature is currently the largest free movie service in the world for both English and Hindi languages,” Worldfloat founder Pushkar Mahatta said. Worldfloat is India’s homegrown …
Crizal Transitions, the world’s leading Photochromic lens capable of adjusting to any lighting condition, shines a bright light on the metropolitan cultural scene, as it hosts Crizal Transitions Cinemajam, the first ever outdoor movie marathon and music festival in the Philippines, on November 30 at Event Circuit Makati. Crizal Transitions Cinemajam sees the arts and celebration in a different …
BEIJING, Nov.
BEIJING, Nov.
Comcast is reportedly planning to sell movies through its cable boxes, joining Verizon as the second pay-TV operator to go beyond rentals.
Comcast is reportedly planning to sell movies through its cable boxes, joining Verizon as the second pay-TV operator to go beyond rentals.