Entertainment Lawyers

 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...

 While this won’t go down as the most exciting box office weekend on record, it managed to carry on the fantastic momentum that began with Labor Day and keep cinema seats warm. To keep us up to date on what’s performing well, we have Brandon Blake, our entertainment attorney Los Angeles from Blake & Wang P.A.                                                                     Brandon Blake Ballerina Puts on a Solid Performance The John Wick spinoff, Ballerina , was projected to take around the $30M mark, so its $25M across North American screens ($10.6M domestically) was just about on the mark, if a little lackluster. It brought in $51M across all 82 territories where it initially released, again roughly in line with the expected $60M. This puts it pretty much on a par with John Wick: Chapter 3 in 2019,...

 It’s that time of the month again- Nielsen’s latest round of streaming ratings are in. It’s always interesting to see what’s hot (and what’s not) on the streaming charts, so Brandon Blake, our entertainment lawyer Los Angeles in the know from Blake & Wang P.A. is here to unpack this week’s top streaming titles.                                                                             Brandon Blake You Remains on Top, but The Four Seasons Has a Strong Start Netflix’s comedy, The Four Seasons , opened on streaming this week, and managed to rack up 1.3B minutes of watch time, even without a full week to attract viewers. This took it straight into second place.   However, it was still beaten out by You for the number 1 spot, which was also the top performer in the prior set...