Box Office & Industry

Pixar’s Hoppers is projected to deliver a sizable opening and glowing audience response, while The Bride endures a tepid launch amid mixed reviews and low audience scores

Pixar’s original Hoppers earned $13.2 million on Friday from 4,000 theaters and looks set for a solid family weekend while other new and holdover films post mixed results

Early preview receipts and near-universal praise have Hoppers positioned as a contender to rekindle the Pixar original box office, with premium formats and strong theater counts boosting prospects

Producer Charles Roven names Road House 2 among his current post-production projects, offering fresh momentum for Jake Gyllenhaal’s action sequel and confirming key creative elements

Amazon MGM Studios poured major resources into Project Hail Mary; this article examines budget details, box office scenarios, and the film’s production approach

Versant Media, newly spun off from NBCUniversal, plans to use its sports portfolio to bid for nfl rights as broadcasters rethink their holdings ahead of the league’s opt-out

Scream 7 debuted strongly at the box office even as protests over Melissa Barrera’s firing and heated industry debates cast a long shadow

Paramount’s leadership has signaled that HBO will retain creative independence even as the company proposes to fold streaming services and a large library into a single platform

EchoStar reported deep 2026 losses, ongoing pay-TV subscriber declines and mixed results across wireless and broadband, with investor interest fueled by SpaceX-related speculation

Scream 7 launched to a record global opening while Chinese titles Pegasus 3 and Blades of the Guardians and specialty release Hamnet made significant contributions to the worldwide chart

Imax shifted from China-centric growth to a broad Asia-Pacific strategy that helped deliver a record $1.28 billion global box office in 2026

Paramount secured a superior proposal for Warner Bros. Discovery while Netflix withdrew its $82.7–$83 billion bid, setting up a complex regulatory and political aftermath

An examination of IMAX schedule decisions that left Spider-Man: Brand New Day and Avengers: Doomsday off most US IMAX screens

Disney insiders say they like Avengers: Doomsday, but a stacked 2026 calendar and evolving audience tastes mean the film’s status as the year’s top grosser is far from guaranteed.

The Avatar series still ranks among cinema’s biggest earners, yet declining ticket sales for the most recent entry have made a fourth film financially precarious for Disney and James Cameron

A former Venice post office has been reborn as The Lighthouse, a membership-driven creative campus offering studios, edit bays, programming, and a playbook for turning collisions into projects

As Netflix pursues Warner Bros. Discovery, the Department of Justice issued a civil investigative demand, multiple Republican attorneys general warned of market concentration, and Paramount raised its bid in a volatile bidding war

An industry showdown between Netflix and Paramount over Warner Bros. Discovery raises questions about how high bids can go, the role of synergies and the weight of antitrust scrutiny

GOAT’s sustained audience and modest weekend drop point to renewed appetite for family films, while new releases underperform and the market waits for bigger tentpoles

Tom Fussell and Zai Bennett discuss BBC Studios’ streaming expansion, market outlook amid consolidation, and the status of Bluey: The Movie

Wuthering Heights tops international markets, GOAT crosses $100 million worldwide, and several studio releases and Chinese hits alter the global box office landscape

Discover how Toy Story 5 reunites the classic cast with new characters like Lilypad while Andrew Stanton and Kenna Harris steer Pixar back into familiar, emotionally resonant territory

Neon is exploring a deal with Department M, a 2026-founded production company led by Mike Larocca and Michael Schaefer, while Netflix series casting and Neon’s recent achievements add industry context

Three veteran managers—Josh Kesselman, Amy Zvi and Katrina Escudero—left Sugar23 to join Mgmt Entertainment, with Kesselman and Zvi elevated to partners to help scale the company’s literary, comedy and production divisions

Sony Pictures Animation has moved the original comedy Buds from March 12, 2027, to Dec. 22, 2027, capitalizing on the momentum created by GOAT’s box office success