Ticket Rush: Film Fans Hand Hollywood Record Cash
The big deal for Hollywood is not the record $10.8 billion that studios took in domestically in 2012. It's the fact that the number of tickets sold went up for the first time in three years.
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Movie Theaters Struggle Despite Summer's Super Blockbusters
After a hot start this year, the multiplexes are emptying out again. Hollywood.com statistics show that attendance during the telltale summer season tallied 533 million moviegoers in North America, nearly 4% fewer than last summer.
Dis-noir? Looks Like Disney Is About to Embrace the Dark Side
The House of Mouse is about to get darker. Positive fan reactions to more violent superhero film interpretations, plus plans for a gruesome new video game, suggest grittier days ahead at Walt Disney.
5 Real Businessmen Who Could Follow in Bruce Wayne's Bat-Steps
In the final installment of director Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy, everything changes for billionaire industrialist Bruce Wayne, which got us thinking: Which real-life business leaders could step into Batman's formidable shoes?
Beyond Batman: Who Will Be the Next Multiplex Superhero?
Between Christopher Nolan's Batman franchise and the Harry Potter series, Time Warner raked in more than $9 billion in box office receipts over the past decade. After The Dark Knight Rises ends its run, what hero will save movie theaters from the attack of the red ink?
3 Super Ways You Can Profit From the New Comic Book Media Boom
Comic book-based media and pop culture enjoying a string of successes like they haven't had in decades. That's good news for the fans -- and for investors looking for a chance at high-flying profits.
7 Movies That Will Save Hollywood This Summer
Summer may be when studios put out their biggest movies, but after a horrendous 2011 at the box office, Hollywood is going all out starting in the spring: This rapid-fire slate of potential blockbusters should turn heads this season.