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'The 100% Critic Scored Streaming Show That Just Hit Peak Popularity' via @forbes.com by @movieconomics.bsky.social
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December 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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‘Avengers: Doomsday Demolished By Avatar: Fire And Ash In Popularity Analysis' via @forbes.com by @movieconomics.bsky.social
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December 21, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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‘Avengers: Doomsday Director's Next Project Cost $180 Million' via @forbes.com by @movieconomics.bsky.social
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December 21, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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'How Disney Is Using AI To Promote Avengers: Doomsday’ via @forbes.com by @movieconomics.bsky.social
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December 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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‘The Fantastic Four On Track To Be One Of Disney's Cheapest Marvel Movies' via @forbes.com by @movieconomics.bsky.social
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‘The Fantastic Four’ On Track To Be One Of Disney's Cheapest Marvel Movies
The Fantastic Four: First Steps cost less to film than any of the other Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero movies Disney has made in the United Kingdom over the past decade.
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December 3, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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‘Zootopia 2 Isn't The Overnight Success That It Seems' via @forbes.com by @movieconomics.bsky.social
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‘Zootopia 2’ Isn't The Overnight Success That It Seems
In less than a week Disney's Zootopia 2 has broken record after record at the box office. However, the film is far from an overnight success.
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December 2, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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'The Disney Park That Hasn't Built A New Ride In Decades But Is Increasing Its Ticket Prices' via @forbes.com by @movieconomics.bsky.social
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The Disney Park That Hasn't Built A New Ride In Decades But Is Increasing Its Ticket Prices
It was no surprise when one of Disney’s resorts announced the price of its annual passes is increasing. Staggeringly, one of the parks it grants access to hasn't increased its tally of rides in 30 yea...
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November 29, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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‘Deadpool & Wolverine Cost Half A Billion Dollars But Did It Make A Profit?' via @forbes.com by @movieconomics.bsky.social
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‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Cost Half A Billion Dollars But Did It Make A Profit?
Disney has revealed that it spent more than half a billion dollars on Deadpool & Wolverine and confirmed that its "final costs exceeded the production budget."
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November 27, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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'Profits Plummet By 20% At This Disney Theme Park. Here's Why It's Good News For Fans' via @forbes.com by @movieconomics.bsky.social
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Profits Plummet By 20% At This Disney Theme Park. Here's Why It's Good News For Fans
Disney has revealed that the operating profit of one of its flagship theme park resorts collapsed by 20% to $156.3 million last year.
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November 24, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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'Disney Spent More On Andor Than Any Of Its Star Wars Movies' via @forbes.com by @movieconomics.bsky.social
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Disney Spent More On ‘Andor’ Than Any Of Its ‘Star Wars’ Movies
Disney has revealed it spent $60.5 million on Star Wars streaming series Andor in 2024, giving the show a total cost of $705.5 million - far higher than the spending on any of the movies in the saga.
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November 22, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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'Disney's Theme Park Claims In Doubt As Summer Season Revenue Repeatedly Hits Year-Long Low' via @forbes.com by @movieconomics.bsky.social
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Disney's Theme Park Claims In Doubt As Summer Season Revenue Repeatedly Hits Year-Long Low
Doubt has been cast on the accuracy of Disney’s documents after it emerged that the revenue of its theme parks division hit the lowest level of the year during the summer season for the past two years...
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November 19, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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'Revealed: The World's Hottest Theme Park Regions' via @forbes.com by @movieconomics.bsky.social
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Revealed: The World's Hottest Theme Park Regions
One of the theme park industry’s leading lights has revealed that he is "closely" watching three regions which are poised for massive expansion.
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November 19, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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'Record-Breaking Luxury Theme Park Announces Opening' via @forbes.com by @movieconomics.bsky.social
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Record-Breaking Luxury Theme Park Announces Opening
The operator of a theme park which merges record-breaking rides, immersive attractions and lavish grounds in a gamechanging way has announced it will open in fall next year.
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November 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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'Netflix's New 100% Rotten Tomatoes Scored Show Surges In Popularity' via @forbes.com by @movieconomics.bsky.social
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Netflix's New 100% Rotten Tomatoes Scored Show Surges In Popularity
Every year hundreds of new shows and movies join Netflix’s library. This makes it all the more noteworthy when a foreign title surges in interest.
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November 15, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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'Disney Reveals Roaring Success Of Mufasa’ via @forbes.com by @movieconomics.bsky.social
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Disney Reveals Roaring Success Of ‘Mufasa’
Disney has revealed that last year’s live action movie Mufasa: The Lion King cost less than expected enabling it to roar off with hundreds of millions of dollars in profits.
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November 12, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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'How Movies Have A Blockbuster Impact On Abu Dhabi's Economy' via @forbes.com by @movieconomics.bsky.social
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How Movies Have A Blockbuster Impact On Abu Dhabi's Economy
When Now You See Me: Now You Don’t debuts next week, audiences will be treated to a stream of futuristic settings. Even though they wouldn't look out of place in a sci-fi film, not one of them was com...
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November 12, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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'Why This Disney Hotel Had Birds In Its Lobby' via @forbes.com by @movieconomics.bsky.social
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Why This Disney Hotel Had Birds In Its Lobby
On Monday Disney will open a new bird-themed bar in one of its flagship hotels. This is the inside story behind the birds which once flew inside it.
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November 6, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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'How Much Did It Cost Universal To Make The Mummy?' via @forbes.com by @movieconomics.bsky.social
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How Much Did It Cost Universal To Make ‘The Mummy’?
Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz are reportedly set to reunite for a follow up to The Mummy Returns. If Universal Pictures wants to make up for the 2017 reboot it may need a monster budget.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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'Why Dark Winds Is A Perfect 100% Rotten Tomatoes Scored Netflix Show' via @forbes.com by @movieconomics.bsky.social
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Why ‘Dark Winds’ Is A Perfect 100% Rotten Tomatoes Scored Netflix Show
Netflix’s Navajo noir Dark Winds has won plaudits for its riveting supernatural storyline but it is also reeling in the returns in a way many other productions can't match.
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November 3, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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'Disney Locks Out Theme Park Guests From Flagship Hotel' via @forbes.com by @movieconomics.bsky.social
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Disney Locks Out Theme Park Guests From Flagship Hotel
Disney has begun limiting access to one of its most famous hotels to guests who have a reservation, preventing other theme park-goers from experiencing its surroundings.
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November 2, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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'Rian Johnson's Knives Out Pay Revealed' via @forbes.com by @movieconomics.bsky.social
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Rian Johnson's ‘Knives Out’ Pay Revealed
Rian Johnson is reeling in the returns from his Knives Out movies according to company filings which reveal how much he was paid to write and direct the third instalment in the series.
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October 31, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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‘Loki Second Season Cost Marvel More Than $170 Million' via @forbes.com by @movieconomics.bsky.social
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‘Loki’ Second Season Cost Marvel More Than $170 Million
The cost of making the second season of Marvel’s acclaimed streaming series Loki rose by $9.7 million last year to a total of $176.8 million.
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October 30, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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'New Netflix Show Hits Peak Popularity On Its Third 100% Rotten Tomatoes Scored Season' via @forbes.com by @movieconomics.bsky.social
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New Netflix Show Hits Peak Popularity On Its Third 100% Rotten Tomatoes Scored Season
Making a show which earns a 100% critics score on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes is no mean feat. Doing this for three consecutive seasons sets an even higher barrier.
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October 29, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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'Netflix's New 100% Critic Scored Movie Surges To Peak Popularity' via @forbes.com by @movieconomics.bsky.social
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Netflix's New 100% Critic Scored Movie Surges To Peak Popularity
It is widely thought that a successful streaming platform is built on blockbuster brands. Non-fiction documentaries can have just as much impact.
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October 27, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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'Disneyland Paris Reveals 45% Fall In Profits Driven By 30-Year-Old Deal' via @forbes.com by @movieconomics.bsky.social
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Disneyland Paris Reveals 45% Fall In Profits Driven By 30-Year-Old Deal
Disneyland Paris has revealed that its net profit fell by 45.3% to $98.2 million last year after a deal dating back decades cast a dark spell on its bottom line.
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October 26, 2025 at 8:24 PM