MGMB News and Press, Mgm Holdings Inc Class A From 02/11/22

Last weekend Jackass Forever (VIAC, VIACA) ruled the box office, and Super Bowl weekend usually sets up for a holdover winner (with viewers' attention focused on the football game) - but three wide releases are looking to steal the thunder anyway. Jackass Forever is likely to pull back to the...

Amazon.com's (AMZN -3.6%) $8.5 billion deal to acquire MGM Studios (OTC:MGMB) is likely to take a while to wrap up, as the Federal Trade Commission continues to pore over it for antitrust concerns, according to Dealreporter. The FTC's front office doesn't currently have the votes to move the ...

Netflix's (NFLX) heavy filmmaking investment continued the company's (and streaming's) push into prestige movies, as its Western The Power of the Dog leads Oscar nominations with 12, and the company earned the most nominations of any studio. That film was followed closely by Dune (T -0.1...

A long weekend offered movies what they needed to push the box office over $100 million in total again, and Disney (DIS -0.1%) responded as expected, with its Encanto taking top receipts with $40.3 million. The new film from Disney animation had targeted $40 million over the five-day Thanksgi...

It's Thanksgiving in the U.S., which means the usual Friday film releases move up to Wednesday in a pitched battle for the holiday moviegoer's dollars on a five-day weekend. There are three new wide releases looking to steal share from Ghostbusters: Afterlife (NYSE:SONY), which opened to a fa...

Four unions are coming out against Amazon.com's (NASDAQ:AMZN) $8.45 billion proposal to buy MGM Studios (OTC:MGMB), urging the Federal Trade Commission to reject the deal on antitrust grounds. The Service Employees International Union, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Communications Wo...

Ghostbusters: Afterlife (SONY -1.5%) - a modern sequel to the beloved 1984 film Ghostbusters - cleaned up the town at movie theaters over the weekend, leading all comers with $44 million in grosses. That was well over expectations for $27 million-$35 million. It was the film to knock Eternals...

Marvel's (NYSE:DIS) Eternals repeated as top of the heap at the weekend box office, largely as expected, while its big red competition put up a surprisingly strong outing. Eternals drew $27.5 million, to cross the $100 million mark domestically, a slightly bigger week-to-week drop than was se...

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...

After showing up strong at the box office in the first three-quarters of the year, Disney (NYSE:DIS) took a bit of a breather in October, flush from the success of the year's top film, and some studio rivals posted strong openings. But it's November now, and it's Marvel time again: Ensemble h...