CPXGF News and Press, Cineplex Inc From 11/08/21

The latest Marvel Studios (DIS +0.9%) film, Eternals, splashed at the weekend box office with a $71 million opening, far and away the top grosser for the period. But some observers had hoped it could hit $75 million-$80 million. The win for Eternals bumps Dune (T -1.1%), the leader from the l...

InvestorPlace - Stock Market News, Stock Advice & Trading Tips Movie stocks are on the move today as investors celebrate a positive month for the market despite concerns over the pandemic. Source: Zoriana Zaitseva / Shutterstock.com The big news here is that movie ticket sales...

Movie-theater companies are rallying today after closing the books on October, the best month for the domestic box office since the March 2020 start to the COVID-19 pandemic. And that marks the first time in modern history that October has been the year's best month, though spurred by the out...

Dune (T -0.1%) surpassed expectations at the weekend box office, grossing $40.1 million domestically to easily outpace a decent crop of strong performers from the last four weekends. Its performance was particularly notable considering it broke a streak of relatively disappointing numbers fro...

Halloween Kills (CMCSA -1.7%) gored its way to the top spot of the domestic box office, as expected, scoring $50.4 million to easily outpace some healthy competition. That result came in healthy even though the film also launched simultaneously on NBCUniversal's Peacock streaming service...

"The movie business is dead, long live the movie business," says Morgan Stanley in a deep new note from a number of its analysts looking at an industry that has "permanently changed" in the wake of a COVID-19 pandemic and a rush of technological and cultural developments. "Since the onset of ...

It's Halloween season in the movie industry, and that means this weekend features a classic slasher brand name set to make its box-office splash. Halloween Kills (NASDAQ:CMCSA) is the 12th film in an improbable series based on 1978 horror classic Halloween. And it's the second film in a "rebo...

Venom: Let There Be Carnage (SONY -2.1%) opened to $90.1 million domestically at the box office - surpassing not only its own expectations (by far) but also every other film that opened during the COVID-19 pandemic era, providing the best news for the movie industry in a year and a half. The ...

InvestorPlace - Stock Market News, Stock Advice & Trading Tips Disney (NYSE: DIS ) CEO Bob Chapek said on Sept. 21 at a virtual conference held by Goldman Sachs that it wouldn’t commit to releasing films exclusively in theaters beyond 2021. That’s not good news for ...

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (NYSE:DIS) easily held off Dear Evan Hansen (NASDAQ:CMCSA) to keep hold of the top spot at the weekend box office, and in the process became 2021's top grossing domestic film. It grossed $13.3 million in its fourth week of release at the top, bringing...