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A24 Hits a Domestic Box Office First

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  A24, mostly known for its slate of highly successful indie titles, has a new feather to add to its cap, and very few saw this one coming. Brandon Blake, entertainment attorney at Blake & Wang P.A., shares the exciting news.                                                                        Brandon Blake New Milestone While A24’s films often come with awards season praise and much interest, Backrooms’ breakout success is still something quite unusual for the company. Backrooms was expected to open at $20M in North America, which itself would have been a fantastic result for a film that cost under $10M to make in a co-financing deal.  However, it broke out in a big way, bringing in $81.4M domestically and $118M globally in just 6 days, giving A24 the best start in its 1.5-decade-long histo...
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Obsession Drives the Biggest Second-Weekend Spike in Modern Box Office Records

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  Overall, the Memorial Day weekend was far more successful for the box office than anticipated, but even among this stellar field, there’s one notable stand-out: Obsession . Brandon Blake, Entertainment Lawyer at Blake & Wang P.A., has the success story to share.                                                                           Brandon Blake Low-Cost, Remarkable Performance In just under 2 weeks since its release, Obsession has managed to bring home $68M. That might not seem all that overwhelming until you consider that the film cost less than $750,000 to make, and was a debut picture for filmmaker Curry Barker. Over the Memorial Day weekend itself, the film saw a 39.4% uptick on its opening weekend, from just 2,615 theaters. Ordinarily, we only see second-week spikes like this at...
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A Great Quarter for Lionsgate (Finally)

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  It’s been choppy waters for Lionsgate since its split from Starz and the expenses that come with such a move. However, they’re back in quarterly profit according to their latest financials, as Brandon Blake, Entertainment Lawyer Los Angeles at Blake & Wang P.A. breaks down.                                                                         Brandon Blake Quarterly Profit With both The Housemaid and Michael to bulk up its finances, it’s not that surprising that this would be its best quarter since the split. They’re also back in the black for what is the fourth quarter of their financial year, taking $70.2M (as opposed to last year’s loss of $117.4M). Overall revenue hit the $906.5M mark ($865.6B last year), if the $206.2M in intersegment elimination of the Starz split is considered. Lion...
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Saudi Arabia Throws a 60% Incentive into the Ring

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  The battle of the film and TV tax incentives has been a hot one of late, and now there is one on the table that will be hard to beat. As Saudi Arabia increases its push for its share of location shoots, we have Brandon Blake, top entertainment law firms los angeles with Blake & Wang P.A., with further details.                                                                            Brandon Blake Cannes Announcement The announcement came from the Saudi Film Commission at the Cannes Film Festival. It also makes the Saudi Arabian incentives among the most generous available at present. Alongside the increase to 60% of eligible spend, there is also expedited disbursement on offer, and financing solutions in partnership with the Saudi Cultural Development Fund.  Streamlining Access All ...
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The Pitt Takes the Top Spot in the Latest Gauge Report

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  Report The Pitt has established itself something of a chokehold among viewers, and it looks like that is paying off for them on streaming, too. With insight from the latest Nielsen Gauge report, we have Brandon Blake, entertainment attorney at Blake & Wang P.A.                                                                          Brandon Blake Crossing a Billion With its season two finale still to come, The Pitt has now hit the No. 1 spot in Nielsen’s ratings, the only series to bring in over 1B in viewing minutes for the week. 1.16B, to be precise. This is the eighth week in a row where it’s stayed above that mark, and the eleventh time the show has hit that milestone in its second season. Love on the Spectrum also had its best performance so far, at 865M viewing minutes, and Invincible...
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The Devil Wears Prada 2 Set for a Major Domestic Opening

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  While we have been seeing strong positive results from the 2026 box office (certainly better than at this same point in 2025), the headlines have been dominated by a few heavy-hitting titles. It seems that The Devil Wears Prada 2 , the sequel to the 2006 original, is set to join them. Brandon Blake, entertainment attorney at Blake & Wang P.A., shares the preview news.                                                                          Brandon Blake $77M Opening Weekend The sequel was pegged to do $70M- $75M in its opening weekend, and managed to slightly exceed those expectations, bringing in $77M to top off the summer box office, three times that of its predecessor. This is particularly interesting, given it's the first female-driven movie in recent years to take that coveted first summe...
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LA Throws Smaller Productions Filming in the State an Extra Incentive

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  LA’s attempts to regain ground in the race to host film and TV shoots has been major news over the last few years. While they have revamped their tax credit program considerably, permitting costs remain a major sticking point - and now there’s a little relief ahead, for smaller productions, at least. Brandon Blake, entertainment attorney at Blake & Wang P.A., shares the details.                                                                            Brandon Blake Small Productions Benefit The 6-month pilot program will reduce permit application fees for qualifying productions from the current $931 to $359. Notification fees will also drop from $250 to $156 per location, and LA Fire Department spot check fees will be waived. This initiative will roll out on April 27, under the name “Low...
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