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[clarker99]

Avatar: Fire and Ash with an estimated $88m opening weekend.
https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Avatar-Fire-and-Ash-(2025)#tab=box-office

Avatar: The Way of Water opened with $134m

Avatar opened at $77m

 

[irlandaise]

Paramount beefs up its bid for Warner Bros. Discovery with new Larry Ellison guarantee​

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/media/paramount-warner-bros-larry-ellison-rcna250453

 

[wabbott]

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/b...review-new-paramount-tender-offer-1236457702/

Warner Bros. Discovery Says It Will “Carefully Review and Consider” Paramount’s Revised Offer
David Ellison submitted his revised tender offering, backed by his father Larry Ellison, Monday morning.

by Alex Weprin
December 22, 2025 - 3:34pm PST

 

[wabbott]

https://www.wsj.com/business/media/...r-deal-d3cbaeca?mod=lead_feature_below_a_pos2

Will the Warner Deal Finally Spell the End of the Movie Theater?
Cinema owners fear that Netflix or Paramount acquiring Warner could reduce number of theatrical releases or speed time to streaming platforms

By Kate King
Dec. 22, 2025 - 7:00 am EST

this gets around paywall

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/com...urdle-to-recovery-the-warner-deal/ar-AA1SP036

 

[wabbott]

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/b.../warner-bros-discovery-espn-sling-1236458289/

What’s a “Subscription?” Warner Bros. Discovery and ESPN Find Out the Hard Way

Dish Network leveraged ambiguity around the term in licensing deals with Warner Bros. Discovery and Disney to offer short-term Sling TV subscription passes.

by Winston Cho
December 23, 2025 - 1:00pm PST

A court has denied Warner Bros. Discovery’s bid to block Dish Network’s Sling TV from selling a suite of short-term offerings that allow users to sign up for as little as one day at a fraction of the full monthly subscription cost. The ruling, issued on Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian, swung on what exactly a “subscription” means under the contracts and is the second in favor of Dish allowing it to continue offering the first-of-its-kind packages.

In August, Sling TV rolled out day, weekend and week passes, which don’t require subscriptions, that give viewers access to its bundle for as little as $4.99 and has popular networks like TNT, CNN and ESPN, among several others. In response, Warner Bros. Discovery and Disney filed breach of contract lawsuits accusing Dish of violating the terms of their licensing agreements.

At the heart of the dispute: the possibility of short-term offerings, like the one rolled out by Dish, undercutting studios’ longstanding business model, which is dependent on regularly recurring monthly subscriptions.

 

[RivShore]

I've been a critic of the non-stop live action remakes but when they "hit", they turn Walt's flywheel into a money making machine...

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/m...-2025-big-winner-stitch-character-1236457944/

How Stitch Became Disney’s MVP of 2025​

The mischievous alien starred in a billion-dollar grossing film, sold more than $4 billion dollars in merchandise, and took over for Mickey Mouse on a national tour.

 

[Elijah Abrams]

I've been a critic of the non-stop live action remakes but when they "hit", they turn Walt's flywheel into a money making machine...

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/m...-2025-big-winner-stitch-character-1236457944/

How Stitch Became Disney’s MVP of 2025​

The mischievous alien starred in a billion-dollar grossing film, sold more than $4 billion dollars in merchandise, and took over for Mickey Mouse on a national tour.

Now if only they would put in a new (and better) Stitch-themed attraction where Stitch’s Great Escape was, although I wouldn’t be surprised if they decided to have the blue mischievous alien take over Disney World's Enchanted Tiki Room like in Tokyo.

 

[Cfabar1]

Now if only they would put in a new (and better) Stitch-themed attraction where Stitch’s Great Escape was, although I wouldn’t be surprised if they decided to have the blue mischievous alien take over Disney World's Enchanted Tiki Room like in Tokyo.

I'd prefer it to be additive... Even with TRON, Tomorrowland could use some work...

 

[wabbott]

https://www.thewrap.com/industry-ne...nt-lionsgate-stock-performance-2025-analysis/

How Major Entertainment Companies’ Stocks Performed in 2025

The year was a major inflection point for streaming profitability despite the continued decline of linear TV and mixed success at the box office

by Lucas Manfredi - December 31, 2025 @ 2:27 PM PST

 

[HokieRaven5]

https://deadline.com/2026/01/box-office-stranger-things-finale-1236660176/

Exhibition wants Netflix to commit to theatrical runs more, and the streamer will have contractual obligations to filmmakers once they complete their acquisition of Warner Bros. Stranger Things finale is something of an olive branch to exhibition, and a means for Netflix to experiment and dip their toes into the theatrical business. Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos has waffled in his messaging on theatrical telling analysts on an earnings call post the success of KPop that Netflix prioritizes their first run movies for the service. Post Netflix firming up its bid for Warner Bros, Sarandos has changed his tune, telling the media, ““There’s been a lot of talk about theatrical distribution, so we want to set the record straight: we are 100% committed to releasing Warner Bros. films in theaters with industry-standard windows.” The town continues to worry what “traditional” means for Netflix. Sources have told Deadline that Netflix have been proponents of a 17-day window which would steamroll the theatrical business, while circuits such as AMC believe the line needs to be held around 45 days.

 

[Elijah Abrams]

https://deadline.com/2026/01/box-office-stranger-things-finale-1236660176/

Exhibition wants Netflix to commit to theatrical runs more, and the streamer will have contractual obligations to filmmakers once they complete their acquisition of Warner Bros. Stranger Things finale is something of an olive branch to exhibition, and a means for Netflix to experiment and dip their toes into the theatrical business. Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos has waffled in his messaging on theatrical telling analysts on an earnings call post the success of KPop that Netflix prioritizes their first run movies for the service. Post Netflix firming up its bid for Warner Bros, Sarandos has changed his tune, telling the media, ““There’s been a lot of talk about theatrical distribution, so we want to set the record straight: we are 100% committed to releasing Warner Bros. films in theaters with industry-standard windows.” The town continues to worry what “traditional” means for Netflix. Sources have told Deadline that Netflix have been proponents of a 17-day window which would steamroll the theatrical business, while circuits such as AMC believe the line needs to be held around 45 days.

That part of the Deadline article is just speculation. I wouldn’t trust that source.