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Studio reported its second-best quarter ever

At a time when other media and entertainment companies are reporting downbeat earnings, Lionsgate’s numbers roared past analysts’ expectations Monday with its second-best quarter ever amid growth in nearly every division.

https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118007120.html?categoryid=18&cs=1&nid=2563

Fox pulls discs from Redbox

Move follows breakdown in negotiations between firms

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3idb676dc68387c3add49f6dd58b72eaf2

Hollywood hoping Redbox will be the DVD version of $1 movie theaters

Movie studio executives don’t hate Redbox — they just think it’s the equivalent of that dingy movie theater where you can see 4-month-old movies for a buck.

https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2009/07/hollywood-hoping-redbox-will-be-dvd-version-of-1-movie-theaters.html

Big Media Earnings: Film/TV Bright Spots

Hey, Hollywood, don’t get suckered by this week’s earnings reports of doom and gloom at the Big Media companies. In fact, the entertainment sides of some of these companies are doing — dare I say it — better.

Spin-doctoring or just plain old optimism?

https://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/big-media-earnings-filmtv-bright-spots/

DreamWorks Animation facing its first-ever international underperformance

When DreamWorks Animation reports its second quarter earnings tomorrow afternoon, Jeffrey Katzenberg may have to answer questions about a problem his company has never faced before: international underperformance.

Uh, perhaps 3-D for no reason other than limiting venues?

https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2009/07/dreamworks-animation-facing-its-first-ever-international-underperformance.html