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To highlight the creativity and passion fans have for all things Disney, D23: The Official Disney Fan Club is holding two remarkable contests in celebration of D23 EXPO 2015, which takes place August 14–16 at the Anaheim Convention Center. Mousequerade invites participants to create their own Disney-inspired costumes and compete in the following …

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, TT Games and The LEGO Group today announced their 2015 slate of LEGO videogames, including LEGO Jurassic World™, LEGO Marvel’s Avengers, plus new handheld and mobile titles. “The LEGO videogame franchise remains a cornerstone of our business, consistently delivering fun, engaging gameplay and remarkable humor both kids and adults love,” said …

Kabam announced an extended collaboration with Marvel Entertainment to create a second forthcoming free-to-play game based on Super Heroes in the Marvel Universe. The two companies first started working together on Marvel Contest of Champions, a fighting game being released on mobile devices in December 2014. Marvel Contest of Champions had its first-look …

Dumb and Dumber To laughed its way to an estimated $38.1 million debut at the North American box office, enough to edge out strong holdover Big Hero 6. Big Hero 6 fell 36 percent to $36 million from 3,773 locations for a domestic total of $111.7 million and early worldwide haul of $148.4 million. …

Disney’s animated tentpole Big Hero 6 blasted past Christopher Nolan‘s Interstellar to win the domestic box office race with an estimated $56.2 million from $3,761 theaters. Inspired by Marvel characters, Big Hero 6 ‘s performance is another victory for Disney Animation Studios after Frozen and Wreck-It Ralph. The family film chronicles the special bond that develops between Baymax(Scott Adsit), a plus-sized inflatable …

Disney Consumer Products (DCP) has rolled out a robust range of products that celebrate the comedy-adventure Big Hero 6, which debuts in theaters November 7, 2014. Best-in-class licensees including Bandai, Freeze, GDC and Jay Franco in addition to Disney Store and Disney Publishing Worldwide have developed an assortment of action figures, …

Upper Deck’s Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game has become the company’s top gaming property with two core sets (Legendary & Villains) and three expansion sets (Dark City, Fantastic Four & Paint the Town Red) in the market. Now Upper Deck brings Marvel fans even more excitement with the fourth expansion in the series. With content dedicated …

Hasbro and 3DPlusMe announced the introduction of SUPER AWESOME ME, a personalized 3D printing experience that allows kids and kids at heart to become one of their favorite characters, Captain America or Iron Man. The SUPER AWESOME ME initiative provides fans with a customized, one-of-a-kind action figure through a unique, …

Marvel and Disney’s Guardians of the Galaxy stayed at No. 1 in its sixth weekend, grossing $10.6 million for a domestic total of $294.6 million. Globally, the tentpole has earned $586.2 million, surpassing the first Iron Man ($585 million). Guardians is the top-grossing film of 2014 so far in North America, eclipsing the $259.8 million earned by fellow …

Disney Consumer Products and Marvel announced the debut of an annual national multi-platform campaign aimed at taking the Marvel brand to new heights — ‘Marvel Super Hero September.’ Launching this September, the month-long celebration will showcase what being a Super Hero is all about by encouraging the public to “Power …