Entertainment Lawyers

  Despite a flurry of price hikes earlier this year, new data from Ampere Analysis suggests that we’re reaching the bounds of what customers are willing to spend on an individual platform. Brandon Blake, entertainment attorney at Blake & Wang P.A., has all the details.                                                                   Brandon Blake     Reaching the Limit We’ve already seen the big three of streaming, Disney, Netflix, and Prime Video, scale down the ambition in their price hikes. In the 2024/2024 period, pricing increases averaged 24% per subscription type, which has slid to 14% in 2025/2026. We’ve also seen significant uptake for ad-supported tiers to reduce the cost burden on households, although average increases at this tier have been $1.61, versus $1.21 for more premium tiers.  No...

  Knocking Deadpool & Wolverine off its number 1 spot, The Odyssey is now officially the best-earning R-rated movie on record, as Brandon Blake, entertainment attorney at Blake & Wang P.A., is here to share.                                                                   Brandon Blake Beating Deadpool & Wolverine It’s certainly been a year for setting and re-setting box office records, that’s for sure. As of Thursday last week, Universal Pictures confirmed that the Nolan-directed retelling of Greek legend had brought in $1.352B globally, stealing the title from its previous holder, Deadpool & Wolverine, which totaled $1.338B across its 2024 run. The Odyssey has had something of a historic run at the box office, and now claims a domestic cume of $516.3M, making it Nolan’s highest-grossing movie...

  With Spider-Man already performing fantastically for Chinese audiences, it seems The Odyssey is keen to make its mark on the Chinese box office as well, especially with a splashy IMAX release to back it. Brandon Blake, Entertainment lawyer with Blake & Wang P.A., has the full story.                                                                       Brandon Blake   Fantastic Previews With almost $7M in the kitty before the film was released, The Odyssey looks set for a strong Chinese run. The film was, of course, shot specifically for IMAX, but seeing such a strong surge of interest before the film’s official opening was probably one of the biggest surprises ahead of its first weekend.  Overall, the film accounted for roughly 7% of this past weekend’s business, an impressive feat in...

  With a new edition of Nielsen’s Gauge report recently released, one thing is crystal clear: domestic audiences are still in love with both Stranger Things and The Pitt. Brandon Blake, entertainment lawyer at Blake & Wang P.A, breaks down the current state of streaming for us.                                                                           Brandon Blake A 2025 Premier (Technically) Regarding Stranger Things , it’s technically a 2025 release. But given it aired on the last day of the year, that’s splitting hairs. It was Nielsen’s most-streamed title so far for the year, beating out not just fellow TV titles, but also movies.  It managed 23.26B viewing minutes across the period, also setting a single-week record of 8.65B minutes for its first week. While it fell off the top 10 cha...

  Building on the deal inked last year, Peacock and YouTube will now be expanding, adding Peacock bundling to YouTube Premium as well as some livestreams for sports events on YouTube channels. Brandon Blake, entertainment lawyer with Blake & Wang P.A., shares the news.                                                                           Brandon Blake YouTube and Bundling May Be the Next Hit It certainly seems like YouTube Premium is keen to make itself the next major entertainment bundler. Peacock will now be included with the $15.99 YouTube Premium service, beginning next year. With NBCUniversal itself preparing for a split from its parent company, Comcast, this could be a lucrative source of new subscribers for the streaming platform, which has only just managed to break even in the ...

  We’ve seen another glum quarter for shoot days in LA, but with the bulk of the projects that benefited from the expanded and refreshed tax credit program only set to show in the next quarter, there’s still a lot to hope for. Brandon Blake, entertainment attorney at Blake & Wang P.A., walks us through it all.                                                                          Brandon Blake Shoot Days Down for Q2 Compared with the same quarter in 2025, shoot days were down 12.7%. However, let’s not lose sight of the fact that the expansion to California’s tax credit incentive program will only really show in the next quarter, before anyone gets too gloomy. Of the 170 projects that have been granted credits under the new plan, most will only show their impact from Q3. 41 new feature films ha...