‘Jurassic World Rebirth’ chomps on big $147-million Fourth of July box office weekend
Dinosaurs ruled the box office once again this weekend as “Jurassic World Rebirth” hauled in a strong $147.3 domestically over the five-day Fourth of July…
Pixar had its worst opening weekend ever with ‘Elio.’ What happened?
Aliens may have embraced Elio, but earthbound audiences did not, marking the lowest opening weekend ever for a Pixar film and highlighting the challenges for…
Pixar needs original animated hits. They’re much harder to come by at the box office
For decades, Pixar could hardly miss with its original animated films.Whether the subject was toys, fish or a cantankerous old man, the Emeryville-based computer animation…
Bleecker Street CEO and indie film champion Andrew Karpen dies at 59
Andrew Karpen, chief executive and founder of independent film distribution company Bleecker Street Media, died Monday of glioblastoma, a rare and aggressive form of brain…
Box office was down in 2024. Why Hollywood still sounds relieved
It wasn’t good, but it could’ve been a lot worse. Given the lingering effects of last year’s Hollywood labor strikes, the relative lack of big…