Yahoo Finance • 11 days ago

'Avatar: Fire and Ash' debuts strongly at box office, but trails prior sequel

Jeff Spicer/Getty Images Entertainment James Cameron’s “Avatar: Fire and Ash” delivered an estimated $345 million global opening, including $88 million domestically, making it the second-largest worldwide launch of the year, trailing only... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 23 days ago

Cinema union ICA says Netflix's deal for Warner Bros. could threaten theatrical exhibition

[Preparations Underway In Atlanta For First Presidential Debate] Kevin Dietsch The combination of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/WBD]) and Netflix (NFLX [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/NFLX]) will further re... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 23 days ago

Streaming Apocalypse: How Netflix Could Kill AMC and Movie Theaters Forever

Paperkites / iStock via Getty Images Quick Read Netflix (NFLX) bid $72B to acquire Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) studios and streaming assets at $27.75 per share. Paramount Skydance countered with a $108B hostile takeover bid. U.S. theater... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 23 days ago

Imax price target raised to $42 from $40 at Roth Capital

Roth Capital analyst Eric Handler raised the firm’s price target on Imax (IMAX) to $42 from $40 and keeps a Buy rating on the shares following the investor day. The company announced “bullish” near- and long-term targets which topped conse... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 24 days ago

Paramount Skydance ups the stakes for Warner Bros. Discovery with hostile bid - update

UPDATED 11:55ET to include Affinity Partners, Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, L'imad Holding Company PJSC, and Qatar Investment Authority as outside financing partners. [World Brand Logotypes] Erik Khalitov Paramount Skydance Corp... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 24 days ago

BrightView Shares Down 30%: What a Full Fund Exit Signals for Investors

Key Points Connecticut-based Manatuck Hill Partners sold 367,000 shares of BrightView Holdings in the third quarter. The position was previously worth about $7.8 million. The move marked an exit, with no reported BrightView holdings at qu... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 24 days ago

Why One Fund Still Has a $14 Million Bet on This Resale Stock Up 130% This Past Year

Key Points Connecticut-based Manatuck Hill Partners sold 350,000 shares of The RealReal in the third quarter. The position value decreased by an estimated $5.8 million versus the prior quarter. Manatuck now holds nearly 1.3 million shares... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 24 days ago

Why One Fund Added 415,000 Shares of a Software Stock Down 26% This Past Year

Key Points Connecticut-based Manatuck Hill Partners bought 415,000 shares of Zeta Global in the third quarter. The value of the overall stake increased by about $9.5 million during the period. The fund now holds 705,000 Zeta shares valued... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 24 days ago

This Fund Just Bought $6 Million in Plug Power Stock — Is a Turnaround in Sight?

Key Points Connecticut-based Manatuck Hill Partners acquired 2.5 million shares of Plug Power in the third quarter. The position value increased by about $5.8 million from quarter to quarter. As of September 30, Manatuck reported holding... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 25 days ago

‘Five Nights at Freddy’s 2’ dominates a $154M domestic box office weekend

Phillip Faraone/Getty Images Entertainment The U.S. box office surged to an estimated $154 million over the Dec. 5–7 weekend, driven by a massive debut from Universal’s (CMCSA [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/CMCSA]) _Five Nights at Fredd... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 27 days ago

SpaceX seeks $800B val., theater stocks fall on Netflix news

Yahoo Finance Senior Reporter Brooke DiPalma joins Market Domination host Josh Lipton to discuss some of Friday's trending tickers and stories. Movie theater stocks, like AMC (AMC), iMax (IMAX), and Cinemark (CNK), are moving lower after... Full story

Yahoo Finance • last month

'Zootopia 2,' 'Wicked: For Good' to generate ~$250M at box office for Thanksgiving

[Disney Studios At CinemaCon 2025] Jesse Grant/Getty Images Entertainment Box office collections for Disney's (DIS [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/DIS]) _Zootopia 2 _are expected to be between $125M and $150M for the Thanksgiving holiday... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 2 months ago

‘Now You See Me: Now You Don’t’ opens at No. 1 with $21.3 million box-office haul

Rick Kern/Getty Images Entertainment Lionsgate’s (LION [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/LION]) _Now You See Me: Now You Don’t_ materialized at the top of the domestic box office this weekend, launching with $21.3 million from 3,403 locati... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 2 months ago

‘Predator: Badlands’ dominates box office with $40 million debut

[UK Special Screening Of 20th Century Studios Predator: Badlands At BFI IMAX, London] Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images Entertainment 20th Century Studios’ (DIS [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/DIS]) “Predator: Badlands” slashed its way to the t... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 2 months ago

MoviePass redux? Reinvented again as a prediction market-like platform

Tashi-Delek MoviePass has evolved once again to offer a prediction market-style experience centered around movies. The company recently launched the Mogul platform that allows users to draft movie teams of films, actors, and directors t... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 2 months ago

‘Chainsaw Man: The Movie – Reze Arc’ slashes to No. 1 with $17.3M debut

[Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc New York Fan Screening] Daniel Zuchnik/Getty Images Entertainment Sony/Crunchyroll’s (NYSE:SONY [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/SONY]) _Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc_ tore through the North Americ... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 3 months ago

Napco, Lumen, CDW, IMAX, and TD SYNNEX Shares Plummet, What You Need To Know

What Happened? A number of stocks fell in the afternoon session after the U.S. government shutdown halted the release of crucial economic data, creating uncertainty for investors and policymakers. In its second week, the shutdown had sto... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 3 months ago

'One Battle After Another' conquers weekend box office with $22.4M debut

Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images Entertainment Warner Bros. (NASDAQ:WBD [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/WBD]) scored a strong opening this weekend as Paul Thomas Anderson’s _One Battle After Another_ led the domestic box office with $22.4 mill... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 3 months ago

‘Demon Slayer’ reigns again, while Jordan Peele’s 'Him' opens strong at No. 2

Leon Bennett/Getty Images Entertainment Sony/Crunchyroll’s (NYSE:SONY [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/SONY]) _Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Infinity Castle_ held the No. 1 spot at the domestic box office for the second weekend in a row,... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 3 months ago

AMC Entertainment reportedly collaborating with Taylor Swift for her 'secret' theatrical event

[67th Annual GRAMMY Awards - Arrivals] Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images Entertainment According to a Friday report by _The Hollywood Reporter_, pop music artist Taylor Swift is planning a "secret" theatrical event that will be tied to her up... Full story