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Goldman Sachs: The New Agency in Town?

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    It’s unlikely that many had an investment bank giant move into representation on their cards, but here we are. With a new majority stake in Excel Sports Management, the entertainment landscape has a new talent backer in play- and notably, that growth is once again in the sports market. Brandon Blake, our entertainment lawyer Los Angeles at Blake & Wang P.A., looks at the news and what it could mean for the talent agency business.                                                           Brandon Blake   Goldman Sachs Acquires Major Talent Agency Share   The deal for the majority share has not been fully released, but is set to cost the investment bank almost $1B. The deal itself was with  Private Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives, their private equity arm. We’ve seen private equity’s interest in the entertain...
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Zootopia 2 Should Perk Up The Thanksgiving Box Office

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  Will we see another highly successful Thanksgiving box office weekend? With Zootopia 2 already performing strongly in tracking, we certainly could. In fact, the sequel could even beat out last year’s Moana 2 , or even give 2019’s Frozen 2 a good run. With the full story, we have Brandon Blake, an entertainment lawyer from Blake & Wang P.A.                                                                             Brandon Blake   Strong Debut Predicted   Presales for the film are already in line with Pixar’s Inside Out 2 . That film opened at $154.2M over just 3 days back in June 2004. Zootopia 2 has 5 to put to good use, and current predictions suggest that we could see the film take $125M+ on its opening weekend.   To date, Disney has been responsible for ...
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YouTube Snags Even More of the TV Market

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  It’s definitely been a great quarter (and indeed, a great year) for YouTube TV. As it releases its next quarter earnings, complete with a growing share of the TV Market, we have Brandon Blake, Entertainment Lawyer Los Angeles at Blake & Wang P.A., with the facts and figures.                                                                             Brandon Blake   Advertising Grows   In the latest financial quarter, YouTube TV advertising brought home $10.3B. This is a significant rise from the start of the year, which closed at $8.9B, rising to $9.8B in the previous quarter. Alphabet, its parent company (alongside Google), took in total revenue of $102.35B, with earnings per share of $2.87. This is a 16% growth over 2024, and came in above analysts’ expectations....
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Neon Makes a Strong Play for Awards Season Success

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  Armed with its 6th consecutive Cannes Palme d’Or winner, Neon is ramping up its awards season bid with a surprisingly successful limited screening. Brandon Blake, our best entertainment lawyers in los angeles in the know from Blake & Wang P.A., takes a look at the film’s chances ahead of the major awards events.                                                                               Brandon Blake Neon: Not an Accident It Was Just An Accident took $68k over a single weekend and three screens, for a $115k total over five days. It’s clear they’re hoping the film will join its stable of award winners, including Parasite’s 2019 success and a four year winning streak since 2021 with Titane, Triangle of Sadness, Anatomy of a Fall, and Anora , and its recent Cannes victory ce...
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Tron Turns in a Lackluster Weekend

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  Another decade, another Tron film that has failed to grip the box office quite the way that Hollywood would like it to. Despite missing its box office projections, however, the film turned in a credible opening weekend supported by some strong holdovers. Here’s the box office latest from Brandon Blake, best entertainment lawyer in los angeles at Blake & Wang P.A.                                                                              Brandon Blake Crossing $60M Although earlier projections had foreseen a higher start, Tron: Ares managed to add $60.5M to Disney’s box office kitty, with $27M of that coming from offshore starts at the international box office. Interestingly, the movie is performing better across both audience and critical ratings than its predecessor. ...
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One Battle After Another Wins a Box Office Victory

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  While we may be in the slow season between the summer box office and the year-end slates, the box office is still ticking over nicely. With several strong performers this week, we have Brandon Blake, our top entertainment law firms los angeles at Blake & Wang P.A., with a recap.                                                                                 Brandon Blake One Battle After Another Emerges Victorious In its sophomore session, we’ve seen another strong performance from One Battle After Another , with only a 22% drop at the international box office. With a further $21.7M in the kitty this week, it has now taken $101.7M total to date. The film performed particularly well in New Zealand and Germany, as well as the Latin American and Nordic markets. It will be P...
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Fubo Approves Hulu Merger

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  Fubo shareholders have voted to approve a planned merger with Hulu + Live TV, which will form a larger company under Disney’s control. We have Brandon Blake, entertainment lawyer at Blake & Wang P.A, with all the details.                                                                               Brandon Blake Subject to Governmental Green Light Fubo is a niche streaming platform, focusing on over-the-top sports streaming. The Disney deal has been in the works since January this year. Live sports programming has been a real growth area for streaming over the last few years, and Disney has been making considerable inroads into their sports offerings in a bid for greater share of the market.   For Fubo, the shareholder vote will be the final step before the merger heads to ...
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