After a terrible start to 2025, “A Minecraft Movie” has been a huge boon for the country’s movie theater operators. Two weekends ago, box office revenues were nearly 11% behind last year and 40% behind 2019, according to Comscore. Now the gap has shrunk to 0.5% ahead of 2024, though still 31% behind 2019. Hollywood is looking at upcoming releases like Ryan Coogler’s R-rated “Sinners,” Marvel’s “Thunderbolts,” Tom Cruise’s “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” and Disney

These windowing guidelines are intertwined with France’s application of the E.U.’s Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMS), which sets local content quotas for streamers across Europe starting 2022. Back then, Netflix was the only streamer to sign a three-year agreement to invest 20% of its revenues in France on local content. As such, the streamer gained an access to films 15 months after their theatrical release rather than the 36-month wait that applied previously.

AnimAID, a fundraising campaign launched to support members of the animation community that were impacted by the Los Angeles wildfires, is kicking off an online auction with Sotheby’s featuring rare and one-of-a-kind pieces of animation history. This includes original drawings, paintings, animation cels and maquette figures tied to animated films and series, including “Snow White,” “The Simpsons,” “Inside Out,” “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,” “The Wild Robot” and “Beauty

Cost of Disney+/Hulu/Max packages to remain unchanged Courtesy of Disney Here comes another round of “streamflation”: Disney is raising...

Pictured above, from left: Alexandra Grey, Vittorio Wyatt Gray, Jason Stuart, Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, Michelle C. Bonilla, National...

WBD's Max wielded the heaviest ax from 2020 to 2023 while Apple TV+ was most merciful "Cowboy Bebop" courtesy of Netflix; "Batwoman"...

CLBC A group of state legislators representing the California Legislative Black Caucus are calling on film studios to meet with them...

Getty Images for Disney The past, present and future of Star Wars was on ample display on Friday at the Star Wars Celebration fan...

Asad Ayaz (Courtesy of Disney) The Walt Disney Company has named Asad Ayaz its first-ever chief brand officer. In the newly created role,...

L-R: Gary Lineker, John Hardie (Courtesy of Getty Images) The BBC has appointed former CEO and editor-in-chief of ITN and executive VP at...

AP Disney’s cost-cutting measures have reached to the top echelons of the company: Isaac “Ike” Perlmutter, chairman of Marvel...

As part of a companywide cost-cutting effort, Disney has axed its cross-divisional Next Generation Storytelling & Consumer Experiences...

Eric Schrier (Courtesy of Disney General Entertainment Content) FX Entertainment president Eric Schrier has been promoted to the newly...

Courtesy of Disney The empire has struck back. After previously losing out on a major rights deal, Disney Star has rebounded and will...

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (Courtesy of Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP) Disney is throwing a pass at spring football. The entertainment giant...

Courtesy of Disney Not every marketer is likely to get its commercials on a new ad-supported version of Disney+. The popular streaming...

Courtesy of Hilary Bronwyn Gayle/Starz Brazilian streaming giant Globoplay is partnering with Lionsgate-backed streaming service...

Courtesy of DreamWorks Animation Another weekend, another new Liam Neeson action-thriller in theaters. “Memory,” the actor’s nth...

Pictured: Patrick Whitesell and Ari Emanuel, center, and other Endeavor and WME leaders ringing the opening bell of the New York Stock...

Courtesy of Ben Mounsey-Wood As Hollywood heads to Las Vegas for CinemaCon, studios will land in Sin City with a renewed appreciation for...