Studios

Indian conglomerate Sahara India Pariwar is in talks to buy U.S. movie studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc in a deal worth more than $2 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported. MGM owes creditors about $4 billion, mostly to hedge funds that purchases the studio's bank obligations at a discount. The...

Paramount Pictures is extending a deal through 2014 with Redbox to provide its movies on the same day they go on sale. The deal won't do anything for your pocketbook at the $1-per-night kiosk rental, but may mean faster access to Paramount titles than for those of other studios, which generally...

According to Hollywood.com and a number of studio estimates, "Alice in Wonderland" brought in $34.5 million in North America box office receipts for the March 19th weekend. That brings the total domestic haul to $265.8 million and the worldwide figure to $565.8 million. But it's difficult to know...