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 Walt Disney Parks and Resorts and the Hong Kong Government celebrated the grand opening of Iron Man Experience, the first-ever Marvel-themed ride at a Disney park and the first Disney attraction to feature the city of Hong Kong as its story setting. “We are always pushing the boundaries of creativity and innovation …

Rogue One, the stand-alone Star Wars movie starring Felicity Jones, squeaked out another box office win, narrowly beating out Hidden Figures. The film has now earned a massive $477.3 million domestically and is virtually guaranteed of crossing the $500 million mark. The pic easily won the foreign weekend race with $56.6 million, …

A galaxy of new Star Wars experiences is coming to Disney’s Hollywood Studios beginning mid-December. The announcement – made today at Walt Disney World Resort – noted that some of the coming-soon additions are inspired by “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” that opens in theaters worldwide on Dec. 16. Guests, including fans of the …

BioWare and Lucasfilm released worldwide the latest digital expansion to the critically acclaimed MMORPG game, Star Wars: The Old Republic- Knights of the Eternal Throne. This expansion is a story-driven point-of-entry for new and veteran players alike and offered free to all Premium players (subscribers). In Knights of the Eternal Throne, players can experience the …

Disney’s Moana easily topped the domestic box office for its second week in a row, with a catch of $28.4 million. On a traditionally sleepy weekend between major holidays, the Disney animated film did strong business, dropping just 50 percent from its opening weekend. That’s even better than Disney’s record-breaking animated hit, Frozen, which dropped …

In another huge win for animated films — and Disney — Moana scored one of the best five-day Thanksgiving showings of all time with $81.1 million from 3,875 theaters, enough to conquer holdover Harry Potter spinoff Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, which placed No. 2 in its second outing with $65.8 million from …

 IMAX, Marvel Television, and Disney/ABC Television Group announced an innovative agreement to exclusively premiere the new ABC series “Marvel’s The Inhumans” in IMAX commercial theatres, marking the first time a live-action television series has debuted in this manner. Under the agreement, a version of the first two episodes of Marvel …

From Doctor Strange to Trolls to Denis Villeneuve’s new cerebral sci-fi thriller Arrival, movies playing at the North American box office enjoyed a rare collective boost over the weekend as consumers flocked to the cinema seemingly seeking escapism following the conclusion of the 2016 presidential election and Donald Trump’s surprise victory. Marvel and Disney’s Doctor Strange easily stayed …

Doctor Strange opened to a far better-than-expected $85 million from 3,882 theaters at the North American box office, adding another franchise to the expanding Marvel Studios and Disney superhero universe and putting the movie’s early global total at a magical $325.4 million. Overseas, the pic earned another $118.7 million this weekend. Doctor Strange, …

A team of Star Wars superfans today revealed the new toy line for the highly anticipated “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” movie via a series of fan-made animated shorts launching on the Star Wars YouTube channel. As part of a competition in collaboration with creative network Tongal, a team was assembled to write, direct and produce original, …