Where Money Meets Monsters
Forget vampires and werewolves: The scariest thing in the world is an empty bank account! Take a peek at some of the economic horrors underlying your favorite scary movies.
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Box Office Showdown: Iron Man vs. Harry Potter
With an impressive box office opening for "Iron Man 3," Tony Stark is showing signs of becoming a better a draw for Walt Disney than Harry Potter was for Time Warner.
Zach Braff Defends His Movie Kickstarter: I'm Not Oprah
Zach Braff has explained why he's crowdfunding, "Wish I Was Here": He's not a billionaire, and the result will be a better film. Some critics scoff, but fans are buying it.
The Oscars Pop Quiz: Who Won and Lost Financially in Hollywood
This weekend, the Oscars will celebrate the best in film, and those statuettes don't come cheap. With that in mind, we've compiled some interesting facts about the money behind the movies: Their biggest winners, their saddest losers, and just how much an Academy Award is worth.
Are Hollywood Stocks the New Tech Stocks?
Comic-Con comes to San Diego this July, and it's one of the hottest tickets of the year -- a Super Bowl caliber event for fans of sci-fi, fantasy and horror. And there are plenty of those fans, which is why the studios that cater to them are banking big stock gains.
The 10 Most Valuable Actors of All Time
In Hollywood, there are actors, there are movie stars, and then there are the special few who can "open" a film -- superstars who can make a hit based on their names alone. And these are the 10 most valuable actors of all time.
13 Money Lies You Should Stop Telling Yourself By Age 30
Age 30 has become the new benchmark for people to get their lives together, and advice on how to do that abounds. But in fact, most of us already know how to succeed: We just happen to let ourselves -- and a few convenient lies -- get in the way.
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.
Mattel Goes Hollywood: Can It Beat Hasbro at the Movie Game?
Hasbro has cashed in on its marquee brands in recent years, breathing new life into decades-old toy franchises like Transformers and G.I. Joe through movie releases and updated product lines. Now, larger toy maker Mattel looks like it wants to follow in Hasbro's footsteps.
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.
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.
Celebrity Tax Blunders: What You Can Learn from How Fame Mishandles Fortune
For whatever reason, celebrities often end up crossing paths with the IRS, and surprisingly, most of the problems they have with the tax man are traps anyone could fall into. Here are some common mistakes of the stars, and what you can do to avoid them.
Streaming with the Enemy: Viacom and Google's Love-Hate Story
There's no point in letting a $1 billion lawsuit get in the way of a good thing. Even though Viacom and Google's YouTube are still embroiled in a five-year legal tussle over video clips, the two are hooking up in a digital streaming deal.
For Netflix Streamers, the Starz Go Dark on Thursday
Don't be surprised if Netflix subscribers are on cinematic binges right now. Many of the most popular movies available via its streaming service will be going away on Thursday when its deal with Starz expires and roughly 1,000 movies go offline.
Broke Stars: 11 Celebrities Who Went Bankrupt
Gary Busey joined the ranks of the insolvent last week, filing for bankruptcy. But he's by no means unique: There's a whole subset of celebrities practically defined by their inability to live within their enormous means. Check out our gallery of fiscally fallen stars.