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Warner Bros Takes the YTD Studio Market Share Top Spot

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  There’s a spot of good luck for Warner Bros., despite a rocky start to the year. With Superman continuing a strong showing at the box office, they can now claim their top spot on the studio domestic box office list. To tell us more, we have Brandon Blake, best entertainment lawyers in los angeles at Blake & Wang P.A.  Brandon Blake Domestic Box Office Wins While the victory may only be temporary, with the upcoming release of Disney’s Fantastic Four: First Steps expected to net them $100M over the opening weekend, Warner Bros has taken the top spot at the domestic box office with $1.32B in total takings this year. Disney, currently in the second spot, is sitting at $1.27B. Even if Disney does surpass them, which should be pretty guaranteed, it’s a notable victory for a studio that has had many struggles in recent years. Building on Success More importantly than the dollar amounts, however, is what they show. Warner Bros. has seen 6 movies open at No. 1 this year, more t...
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Legendary Entertainment Eyes Lionsgate Studios

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  With Lionsgate Studios and Starz now officially two separate entities, it was perhaps inevitable that other M&A talk would emerge around one of the newly-minted businesses. While it’s still very early, with the two entities only finalizing their split from each other last month, it seems that Legendary Entertainment may be interested in Lionsgate Studios. We have Brandon Blake, one of the top entertainment law firms los angeles at Blake & Wang P.A., with the full story.                                                                                   Brandon Blake Co-Productions or Co-Piloting? While M&A talk is still exploratory, we also know that Legendary and Lionsgate are in discussion to co-produce feature-length projects. However, many experts see this...
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Wisconsin Ups its Tax Credit Game

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  Although much of Hollywood’s attention has, understandably, been on California’s ongoing issues with the allure of its tax credit incentives for location shooting, we’ve seen a considerable amount of other states keen to get their slice of the filming pie. Just last week, Wisconsin announced new changes to its tax credit program aimed at sweetening the deal for interested films and TV shows further. Brandon Blake, our expert entertainment lawyer from Blake & Wang P.A., shares the news.                                                                         Brandon Blake Reawakening the State Film Office Wisconsin itself has seen little activity from its state film office since 2005. Now, however, it is to be refreshed and reactivated, with an approved $5M in annual tax credits on offer. Thi...
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Wisconsin Ups its Tax Credit Game

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 Although much of Hollywood’s attention has, understandably, been on California’s ongoing issues with the allure of its tax credit incentives for location shooting, we’ve seen a considerable amount of other states keen to get their slice of the filming pie. Just last week, Wisconsin announced new changes to its tax credit program aimed at sweetening the deal for interested films and TV shows further. Brandon Blake, our expert entertainment lawyer from Blake & Wang P.A., shares the news.                                                                                 Brandon Blake Reawakening the State Film Office Wisconsin itself has seen little activity from its state film office since 2005. Now, however, it is to be refreshed and reactivated, with an approved $5M in annual ...
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Charter and Disney Make a Surprise Deal for Cable Channels

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 You may remember a rather ugly breakup between Disney and Charter back in 2023, which saw several cable channels (and Hulu) removed from Charter’s lineup. In a deal that took most by surprise, they’re back on air. Here is Brandon Blake, our entertainment attorney from Blake & Wang P.A., with his take on the deal.                                                                                     Brandon Blake Spectrum TV Select: Hulu is Back The deal will return Hulu to the subscription bundle for Spectrum TV Select, as well as the cable channels that were cut two years ago in the notorious carriage dispute. At the time, spectrum wanted to bundle in streaming services more vigorously, while Disney at the time wanted to protect its reach (and fees) for its core c...
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Who is Making a Billion in This Year’s Box Office Takings?

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 With the domestic box office now approaching $3.7B, 23% higher than 2024, it’s time to look at who is leading the pack when it comes to box office earnings. We have Brandon Blake, entertainment attorney Los Angeles at Blake & Wang P.A., with the facts and figures.                                                                         Brandon Blake Disney Studios Has Passed $1B To no one’s particular surprise, Disney Studios is leading the majors, with a total of $1.1B in the kitty. In the year that brought us not only the highly successful live-action adaptation of Lilo & Stitch as well as the Captain America: Brave New World Marvel release, that was pretty much predicted. Even the releases that didn’t see particular box office success, like Thunderbolts and the notably less successful...
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Netflix Puts Spanish Originals in the Spotlight

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 As streamers fight for ever-more limited market share across geographical territories, we’ve seen a wealth of strategies arise. HBO Max, for example, is currently engaged in a rather aggressive territory expansion. Netflix has been using its non-English language productions as a selling point in recent years, and now there’s even more ahead. To fill us in, we have Blake & Wang P.A. entertainment attorney Los Angeles , Brandon Blake.                                                                                  Brandon Blake Push for New Productions In February, we saw Netflix co-CEO, Ted Sarandos, announce an ambitious $1B budget for Mexican productions, to be split over four years. Now, they’re offering the same for Spanish originals- $1B through 2029 for local conte...
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