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Is MGM Really for Sale or Just Testing the Market?
“It’s all-out streaming wars now, and exclusive content is the primary differentiator,” one insider says
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‘Monster Hunter’ Edges ‘Croods 2’ With $2.2 Million at Pandemic Box Office
DreamWorks film arrives early on home release thanks to theatrical window deal between Universal and AMC
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China and Japan Delivered Half of 2020’s Top 10 Box Office Hits for First Time Ever
Chinese hits “The Eight Hundred” and “My People, My Homeland” supplant battered Hollywood blockbusters as the two biggest ticket sellers worldwide
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‘Croods 2’ Gives Universal 7th Straight No. 1 at Pandemic Box Office With $3 Million Weekend
Animated sequel faces no new competition
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‘Croods 2’ Adds $4.4 Million as Universal Nearly Sweeps Top 5 at Pandemic Box Office
Universal and its indie wing, Focus, are releasing new films thanks to its PVOD deal, but the industry is still struggling
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Warner Bros.’ HBO Max Move May Be ‘Nail in the Coffin’ for Struggling Movie Theaters
Uncertainty over COVID-19 recovery led the studio to release films simultaneously in theater and on streaming, but could this change moviegoing habits forever?
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AMC Theatres Starts ‘Urgent’ Talks With Warner Bros. to Renegotiate Terms After HBO Max Deal
CEO Adam Aron vows that the theater chain will “pursue economic terms that preserve our business”
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‘Croods: A New Age’ Edges ‘Tenet’ 3-Day Opening With $9.7 Million Thanksgiving Start
DreamWorks Animation offering takes $14.2 million 5-day opening and $35 million global start
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‘The Croods: A New Age’ Takes In $2.7 Million on Pandemic-Stricken Thanksgiving
DreamWorks Animation sequel now up to $4.6 million
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As ‘Croods: A New Age’ Opens in Theaters, Expect a New-Age Streaming Debut Next Month
Animated sequel opens in 2,200 theaters as pandemic forces multiple states to close cinemas and other businesses
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As Studios Push Early 2021 Film Releases, Are Hopes for Box Office Recovery Dashed?
“The pandemic rules are being rewritten as we go along,” Boxoffice editor Daniel Loria says
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Jackie Chan’s ‘Vanguard’ Fizzles With $400,000 as Box Office Faces New Wave of Theater Closures
“Freaky” stays No. 1 with just $1.2 million, the lowest chart-topping total since “Tenet” was released
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Can ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Still Lasso Big Revenues With a Simultaneous HBO Max Release?
It’s not even certain if any theaters will still be open when the DC film hits cinemas and streaming on Christmas Day
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How Much Is Cinemark Giving Up by Allowing Universal Films to Stream Sooner?
A new clause in the theater chain’s deal could keep them from losing millions in box office revenue
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Cinemark Signs Deal With Universal to Shorten Theatrical Window
Theater chain joins AMC as the second company to radically change how long it can exclusively screen Universal’s films