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Captain Marvel, starring Brie Larson, shattered the glass ceiling in its box office debut with $455 million in worldwide ticket sales, including $153 million in North America. The tentpole’s global launch reps the biggest ever for a female-fronted film — eclipsing Beauty and the Beast ($357 million) and doubling Wonder Woman ($223 …

The Super Bowl is always a challenge for the U.S. box office, but this year was a complete blowout. Universal/Disney’s Glass and STXfilms/Lantern’s The Upside stayed atop the chart in their third and fourth outings with $9.5 million and $8 million, respectively, after facing little competition fromMiss Bala, the only new nationwide offering which …

For the first time in history, a pair of animated pics — Ralph Breaks the Internet and The Grinch — claimed the top two spots on the box office chart for the second weekend in a row, underscoring the buying power of families. Disney Animation Studios’ Ralph 2 stayed No. 1 for the third consecutive weekend …

Disney Animation Studios’ Ralph Breaks the Internet stayed a big winner in its second outing, earning another $25.8 million from 4,017 theaters to top the box office chart in North America. The weekend after Thanksgiving is one of the quietest of the year in terms of fresh studio offerings, and …

Ant-Man and the Wasp may have leveled off a bit in its North American box-office debut, but it had no trouble crushing the competition over the weekend with $76 million — or coming in 33 percent ahead of the first Ant-Man as Disney and Marvel Studios cement the standing of …

Universal and Amblin’s Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom did notably better than expected in its U.S. debut with $150 million, but still didn’t roar as loudly as its predecessor. Globally, the dinos have already grossed more than $700 million, putting the summer tentpole on course to join the billion-dollar club.The sequel …

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. (“21CF”) (NASDAQ: FOXA, FOX) announced today that it has entered into an amended and restated merger agreement with The Walt Disney Company (“Disney”) (NYSE: DIS) pursuant to which Disney has agreed to acquire for a  price of $38 per 21CF share the same businesses Disney agreed …

Disney and Pixar’s Incredibles 2 flew to a record-shattering $180 million from 4,410 theaters at the domestic box office over the weekend, blowing past all expectations. Not only did the sequel score the biggest launch ever for an animated film — Pixar’s Finding Dory was the previous champ with $135 …

In advance of the E3 2018, at the KINGDOM HEARTSOrchestra – World Tour -, SQUARE ENIX and Disney announced that the highly anticipated action RPG, KINGDOM HEARTS III will launch on January 29, 2019. “With the release set for next January, I apologize for having to ask for a little …

Solo: A Star Wars Story, in its second weekend, continued to lose altitude, but held the top spot at the box office due to a lack of new competition. The space adventure from Disney and Lucasfilm attracted an estimated $29.3 million in North America, down 65 percent from the $84.7 …