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‘One Battle After Another’ Tops Weekly Fandango at Home Chart Through Nov. 16 0

‘One Battle After Another’ Tops Weekly Fandango at Home Chart Through Nov. 16

Warner Bros.’ One Battle After Another led the chart of the top 10 titles on Fandango’s transactional digital service Fandango at Home for the week ended Nov. 16. The actioner became available for premium digital purchase and rental Nov. 14. Written, directed and produced by Wes Anderson, One Battle After Another, inspired by Thomas Pynchon’s 1990 novel Vineland, stars … Continue reading “‘One Battle After Another’ Tops Weekly Fandango at Home Chart Through Nov. 16”

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Lionsgate’s ‘Now You See Me: Now You Don’t’ Tops Weekend Box Office, Previous Release Openings, With .5 Million Globally 0

Lionsgate’s ‘Now You See Me: Now You Don’t’ Tops Weekend Box Office, Previous Release Openings, With $75.5 Million Globally

Lionsgate returned atop North American box office for the first time in 12 years with the third installment in the Now You See Me franchise, Now You See Me: Now You Don’t, which generated an estimated $21.4 million in ticket sales through Nov. 16. The film also grossed $54.2 million across 64 international territories, including … Continue reading “Lionsgate’s ‘Now You See Me: Now You Don’t’ Tops Weekend Box Office, Previous Release Openings, With $75.5 Million Globally”

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Disney, YouTube TV Reach Carriage Deal 0

Disney, YouTube TV Reach Carriage Deal

The battle is over. The Walt Disney Co. has announced a multi-year distribution agreement with YouTube TV that delivers Disney’s sports, news and entertainment programming, ending a carriage spat that had lasted 15 days. As part of the new deal, Disney’s full suite of networks and stations — including ESPN and ABC — have already … Continue reading “Disney, YouTube TV Reach Carriage Deal”

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Thriller ‘Reawakening’ Due Via On Demand Nov. 18 From Level 33 0

Thriller ‘Reawakening’ Due Via On Demand Nov. 18 From Level 33

The psychological thriller Reawakening will be released via on demand Nov. 18 from Level 33 Entertainment. Written and directed by BAFTA Award-nominated writer-director Virginia Gilbert (Hesitation, A Long Way From Home), the film stars Jared Harris (“Chernobyl”), BAFTA-nominee Juliet Stevenson (Truly Madly Deeply), and recent Emmy-winner Erin Doherty (“Adolescence”). The film follows John (Harris) and … Continue reading “Thriller ‘Reawakening’ Due Via On Demand Nov. 18 From Level 33”

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Lionsgate’s Emmy-Winning ‘Mad Men’ Coming HBO Max on Dec. 1 0

Lionsgate’s Emmy-Winning ‘Mad Men’ Coming HBO Max on Dec. 1

Lionsgate’s 16-time Emmy winning series, “Mad Men,” starring Jon Hamm, Vincent Kartheiser, Elisabeth Moss, John Slattery, January Jones, and Christina Hendricks, among others, is coming to HBO Max for the first time in 4K beginning Dec. 1. The series storyline explores the glamorous and ego-driven “Golden Age” of advertising led by Don Draper (Hamm), Madison … Continue reading “Lionsgate’s Emmy-Winning ‘Mad Men’ Coming HBO Max on Dec. 1”

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Universal’s ‘Wicked’ Returns Atop Weekly U.K. Home Entertainment Sales Chart Through Nov. 12 0

Universal’s ‘Wicked’ Returns Atop Weekly U.K. Home Entertainment Sales Chart Through Nov. 12

Universal Pictures’ Wicked returned atop the Official Film Chart from last week’s No. 6 ranking. The reimagining of the untold story of the witches of Oz is set to release part two, Wicked: For Good in theatres on Nov. 21, again starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande in the lead roles. Warner’s Superman (2025) dropped … Continue reading “Universal’s ‘Wicked’ Returns Atop Weekly U.K. Home Entertainment Sales Chart Through Nov. 12”

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Disney-YouTubeTV Spat Results in Google Play/YouTube Leaving Movies Anywhere 0

Disney-YouTubeTV Spat Results in Google Play/YouTube Leaving Movies Anywhere

The carriage agreement spat between Disney and YouTube TV has resulted in a casualty in the transactional space. In a brief note on the Movies Anywhere site, the digital locker service — which allows consumers to consolidate their digital purchases from various outlets such as Fandango at Home and others — announced it no longer … Continue reading “Disney-YouTubeTV Spat Results in Google Play/YouTube Leaving Movies Anywhere”

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S1 of Docuseries ‘GOATs’ Bowing on Samsung TV Plus Nov. 10 0

S1 of Docuseries ‘GOATs’ Bowing on Samsung TV Plus Nov. 10

GOATS Entertainment and AEG’s SLVR Sports & Entertainment Channel announce the digital premiere of season one of the critically acclaimed documentary series “GOATs: The Greatest of All Time” with photographer Walter Iooss, launching Nov. 10 on Samsung TV Plus. The sports docuseries celebrates the legendary work of renowned photographer Walter Iooss and offers unprecedented access … Continue reading “S1 of Docuseries ‘GOATs’ Bowing on Samsung TV Plus Nov. 10”

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20th Century Studios’ ‘Predator: Badlands’ Sets Franchise Opening Weekend Record With  Million in Global Ticket Sales 0

20th Century Studios’ ‘Predator: Badlands’ Sets Franchise Opening Weekend Record With $80 Million in Global Ticket Sales

Disney-owned 20th Century Studios’ Predator: Badlands set a franchise record with $80 million in opening weekend global ticket sales through Nov. 9, including $40 million across North American screens. The sci-fi adventure movie, starring Elle Fanning and Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi, among others, had been projected to generate about $30 million in domestic revenue. The tally bodes … Continue reading “20th Century Studios’ ‘Predator: Badlands’ Sets Franchise Opening Weekend Record With $80 Million in Global Ticket Sales”

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Sling TV Ups Quarterly Subs 11% on Flexible Subscription Tiers 0

Sling TV Ups Quarterly Subs 11% on Flexible Subscription Tiers

EchoStar’s 10-year-old virtual multichannel video program distribution (vMVPD) pioneer Sling TV upped its paid subscriber base 11% to 1.99 million in the third quarter ended Sept. 30, from 1.79 million subs in the previous-year period. EchoStar’s Dish brand lost 152,000 satellite TV subscribers to end the period with 5.2 million. EchoStar combines the two platforms for … Continue reading “Sling TV Ups Quarterly Subs 11% on Flexible Subscription Tiers”

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