Tag: Bob Iger
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny Bombs, to No One’s Surprise
As predicted, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is bombing at the box office. It met the insanely meager expectations box office predictors had set in its opening weekend, garnering $60 million domestically and $130 million worldwide. For a film that needs to make at least $800 million to break ...
Read MoreGuardians 3 Could Be Successful After All
Marvel’s scrappiest group of misfits is carving out an underdog story more endearing than anything it’s put out in the movies in years. After a disappointing opening weekend, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 had mostly been written off as another Marvel underperformer, perhaps even a bomb. It was ...
Read MoreDisney+ and Hulu are Merging
Disney will offer a combination of the Disney+ and Hulu apps by the end of the year, according to CEO Bob Iger on the second quarter fiscal earnings call. The apps will remain available as-is. There will be a price increase. Additionally, some content will be removed from Disney+, presumably to migr...
Read MoreWhat Does Guardians 3’s Weak Box Office Mean?
The opening weekend results are in, and it looks like Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is going to be another Marvel disappointment at the box office. The last of James Gunn’s spacefaring MCU trilogy took in $118.4 million, which the entertainment media is complimenting as being above predictions, b...
Read MoreDisney Settles with Victoria Alonso
Victoria Alonso just scored a nice severance package. Deadline exclusively reports that Disney has settled the pending lawsuit with the Marvel producer, whom they fired a month ago. The details of the settlement are being kept confidential, but Deadline has heard that Alonso is getting “a multimil...
Read MoreDisney Fires Marvel Entertainment Chairman Ike Perlmutter
The heads continue to roll at Disney, with the most recent being one nobody expected, but everybody probably should have. Ike Perlmutter, the chairman of Marvel Entertainment, has been laid off by Disney. Marvel Entertainment is a separate division from Marvel Studios and is in charge of merchandisi...
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