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Two Disney movies top the second weakest weekend box office of the year

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Two Disney films are at the top of the box office charts during the second worst weekend of the year so far. Twentieth Century Studios barbaric He will take the lead. The horror movie grossed $3.8 million on Friday. She is expected to earn $9 million by the end of the weekend. Critics love the movie, which has 92% of approved new points in the comment aggregator rotten tomatoes. The critical consensus says, “Intelligent, black humor, and above all scary, barbaric It offers a constantly chilling and unpredictable thrilling journey…

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Disney’s 100th anniversary title card revealed

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At the D23 Expo, Disney unveiled a new title card to celebrate its centenary. The Walt Disney Company began existence in 1923, making 2023 the company’s centenary. The new title card will appear before the films premiere during the anniversary celebration. It preserves the famous Disney castle that was first introduced in 1985 with the Disney 100 added to the picture. Last year, the company revealed the Disney 100 logo, with and without the familiar Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse mascots emerging from zeros. The logo and characters are in…

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13 years ago, Disney bought Marvel for a deal

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By the time Bob Iger was the CEO of The Walt Disney Company, he became well known for expanding Disney’s powerful portfolio of brands with notable acquisitions. Although the first was Pixar in the early 2000s, on August 31, 2009, Disney announced its biggest-ever purchase, Marvel Entertainment. Bought by Disney in a deal worth about $4 billion, the House of Mouse picked the house of ideas and walked away from the deal of the century (at least until they bought Lucasfilm a few years later). Marvel has a long history…

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Chadwick Boseman, Kristen Bell and more to be honored as Disney Legends

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Ahead of the 2022 edition of the D23 Expo, which kicks off next month, The Walt Disney Company has confirmed the names of 14 people who will be honored as Disney Legends during their special event. Among those confirmed to receive the honor will be plenty of Frozen cast including Kristen Bell, Josh Gad, Jonathan Groff and Idina Menzel, as well as late Marvel star Chadwick Boseman. Disney awards Disney Legends a two-foot-tall bronze sculpture with bronze hand-prints on display at Disney Legends Plaza at the company’s Burbank headquarters. Check…

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Disney + price increase is not suitable for subscribers

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Subscribers will have to pay a little more if they want to keep Disney+ without ads. The Walt Disney Company held its third-quarter 2022 earnings call on Wednesday afternoon, revealing the Disney+ Basic and Disney+ Premium levels. Disney+ Basic (including ads) will run $7.99 per month without the annual subscription option and Disney+ Premium (without ads) will increase to $10.99 per month and $109.99 per year, an increase of three dollars per month for monthly subscribers and $40 for annual subscribers ( jump by 37% for both). Naturally, users discuss…

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Disney passes Netflix in total subscribers

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It took nearly three years, but Disney is now a bigger player in the streaming game than Netflix. Ahead of Wednesday’s quarterly earnings call, The Walt Disney Company announced that Disney+ added 14.4 million subscribers over the last quarter, bringing the global service total to more than 152 million. When you factor in the rest of Disney’s streaming services, which include Hulu, Disney+, and Star, the company has overtaken Netflix in total streaming subscriptions. Across all of its streaming platforms, Disney has more than 221 million streaming subscribers around the…

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Disney+ raised prices in December along with the launch of the ad-supported category

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The Walt Disney Company rolled out some major announcements today, confirming that the ad-supported tier on Disney+ will arrive this December. With the arrival of the new plan, called Disney + Basic, they also confirmed that the ad-free version will be known as Disney + Premium, and it will come with a price increase. According to the company, Disney+ Basic (including ads) will be $7.99 per month without the annual subscription option and Disney+ Premium (without ads) will go up to $10.99 per month and $109.99 per year, a three-month…

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Walmart is in talks with Disney, Paramount, and Comcast to air the deal

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Walmart is looking to offer the streaming service to its customers, and it has its eye on some of the big players in the industry. Big companies have moved into streaming over the past several years to compete with Netflix, which has become an industry leader. Even as Wall Street expectations appear to deteriorate on broadcast, there is still interest from Walmart to join the game. according to New York timesWalmart is looking to add a streaming service to its Walmart+ subscription offering, and has reached out to companies like…

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Disney + Day ads break after only one month

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The biggest day of the year for Disney+ arrives in exactly one month. The annual Disney+ Day event sees the streaming service stream new movies and shows, reveals big news, and delivers surprises for fans. Earlier this year, Disney announced that the 2022 edition of Disney+ Day would arrive on September 8, significantly ahead of last year’s November event, and fans are eagerly awaiting whatever surprises might be in store. There isn’t a lot of info about this year’s Disney + Day, but the House of Mouse is definitely doing…

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Former Disney CEO Bob Iger is said to be unhappy with Bob Chuck who became the successor

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The Walt Disney Company has easily become one of the powerful global powers of today, with its business decisions affecting a wide range of our popular culture. As such, even some of the people involved in Disney’s behind-the-scenes work are somewhat of a household name, including current CEO Bob Chapek, who succeeded Bob Iger in the role in February of 2020. New report from interested in trade It sheds an interesting light on the transition from Iger to Chapek – and not in an entirely positive way. According to the…

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