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‘Moana 2’-led Thanksgiving box office could be best in years

Auliʻi Cravalho voices Moana in Disney Animation’s “Moana 2.” Disney The domestic box office is poised for its biggest Thanksgiving haul since the pandemic thanks to a Polynesian princess, a pair of witches and a revenge-fueled gladiator. Disney’s “Moana 2” hit theaters Wednesday and is expected to generate between $120 million and $150 million in […]

Business & Finance

‘Wicked’ soars with $114 million domestic opening, ‘Gladiator’ snares $55.5 million

Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande star as Elphaba and Glinda in Universal’s “Wicked.” Universal The box office was a popular destination this weekend as Universal’s “Wicked” and Paramount’s “Gladiator II” arrived in cinemas. “Wicked” is expected to snare $114 million during its domestic opening, the highest debut of a Broadway adaptation in cinematic history, according […]

Business & Finance

Disney (DIS) earnings Q4 2024

A statue of Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse stands in a garden in front of Cinderella’s Castle at the Magic Kingdom Park at Walt Disney World on May 31, 2024, in Orlando, Florida. Gary Hershorn | Corbis News | Getty Images Disney reported its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings Thursday, narrowly beating analyst estimates as streaming growth […]

Politics

Shari Redstone backs ‘CBS Mornings’ host over Coates interview

Paramount Global’s non-executive chair Shari Redstone publicly broke with the CBS News management team over its handling of a controversial interview with author Ta-Nehisi Coates about Israel that has roiled the newsroom. Redstone, speaking Wednesday at a previously scheduled event for Advertising Week in New York, said the Paramount Global’s news division leadership “made a […]