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  It’s Official: Younger Audiences Want Fresh Content It may be odd for a demographic that’s already crossed the boundary into the dreaded 40s to consider themselves ‘young’, but for some things, it still counts. According to a recent survey from Tubi, Fox’s FAST streaming service, one thing is resoundingly clear— Millennials and younger theatergoers want something from their cinema experience that distributors have been reluctant to provide in the post-pandemic era. Fresh, original storytelling, not “safe” franchise fare. Brandon Blake, our skilled entertainment attorney Los Angeles from Blake & Wang P.A., explores this new finding in more depth.                                                                       Brandon Blake A Values Dissonance 2023’s box office heyday demonstrates that perfectly. Barbie, Oppenheimer, Super Mario, and even the indie flick The Sound of Freedom — the only thing they share in common with each other, or what has been released before, is

 With Dune: Part Two having finally powered up the 2024 box office, it's time to build on that impetus if the wider box office recovery is to continue. There could be another strong contender lurking in the wings for this weekend’s releases- but it will doubtless surprise you to learn that this hope lies with the fourth installment of the animated Kung Fu Panda saga! Blake & Wang P.A. entertainment attorney Los Angeles , Brandon Blake, has more on this ironic twist for us.                                                                          Brandon Blake Two $40M Grosses on the Cards For the first time since July 2023 and the Barbenheimer dual release, we have a chance at not one, but two, films grossing over $40M this weekend. In fact, those figures may top $50M! While Dune: Part Two has had the benefit of massive hype and anticipation, Kung Fu Panda 4 may well turn out to be the more profitable production. Dune: Part Two has already grossed over $100M globally,

After a sluggish-at-best start to the 2024 box office, much hope has been pinned on the lavish and highly-anticipated Dune: Part 2 release from Warner Bros Discovery and Legendary Entertainment. With lofty predictions of a $170M debut weekend to pep up the flagging box office spirits, is this the film that has finally managed to deliver that boost after several false starts and flops? One of the best Entertainment lawyers Brandon Blake, at Blake & Wang P.A., has all the news from this weekend’s much-anticipated opening.                                                                  Brandon Blake Beating the Benchmarks Let’s start with some excellent news. Dune: Part 2 managed to outperform predictions for its opening weekend, both domestically and internationally. At the domestic box office, it closed on $82.5M, slightly higher than originally expected. Most of this extra came from a better-than-anticipated Sunday, pulling in an extra $1.3M for the kitty.   There’s s

  The Fate of Freevee - No Change (For Now)   With Amazon summarily shifting all Amazon Prime Video subscribers to an ad-supported subscription plan unless they specifically opted-in for the extra $3 per month to secure an ad-free experience, there have been some serious questions raised about the future viability of Freevee. Our Blake & Wang P.A. entertainment attorney , Brandon Blake, takes a look at Amazon’s new statement on the matter.        Brandon Blake   Amazon Denies Industry Chatter   With the entirety of Prime Video now effectively offering an AVOD model, many in th e industry have raised questions about the fate of Freevee . Some have even gone as far as to declare the service redundant.      However, this week an Amazon spokesperson clarified that there will be no coming changes to Freevee , emphasizing its spot as a non-Pri me subscriber service as well as its accessibility to Prime