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  Despite a reasonably slow box office weekend, we have seen some strong holdovers contribute to both the domestic and international box office, which should also translate to some big milestones. Not least of all for F1 , another one of this year’s surprise releases that has done tremendously well. Brandon Blake, our expert entertainment lawyer at Blake & Wang P.A., has all the details.   Brandon Blake F1 Success Continues Jurassic World: Rebirth is still on track to pass the $800M globally. More unexpectedly, however, F1 is still seeing exponential success with audiences. The Apple-Warner Bros film is eyeing a $600M worldwide cume, equal to DC and Warner Bros. Superman . We also saw another strong performance from Weapons , which topped this weekend’s box office with $18.4M over 73 markets. F1 saw only a 23% drop from last weekend, impressive numbers for a film already in its 8th frame. The film is doing particularly well in Korea, where it is now the top m...

  With lofty promises of being “the next-generation media and tech giant”, we can finally draw a line under the Skydance-Paramount merger and look ahead to brighter things. With this long-awaited merger finally officially closed, we have Brandon Blake, the best entertainment lawyers in los angeles at Blake & Wang P.A., with the final details.   Brandon Blake $8B Deal Closed The newly combined company will be, as expected, under the leadership of David Ellison as CEO, with Jeff Shell (formerly of NBCUniversal) taking over as president. David Ellison has long been a champion of bringing technology and entertainment together, so it’s little surprise that that will be their first focus as they seek to bring ailing Paramount back into profit and prominence.   Among promises made in the shareholder letter, we see a unified technology stack and the merger of Pluto and Paramount+ into a single streaming offering. Of course, there were the usual promises of makin...

With the dust finally settling on the turbulent Paramount-Skydance merger, the now-merged companies do not seem keen on another rising entertainment trend- spinning off their cable networks. However, it seems they will be focusing mostly on their streaming potential. We have Brandon Blake, the best entertainment attorney in Los Angeles at Blake & Wang P.A., with the full story.                                                                              Brandon Blake   No Spin Offs Ahead   Although we have seen a general move towards spinning off legacy and cable channel networks into stand-alone companies this year, with NBCUniversal and even Warner Bros. looking to lighten their load and modernize their business models, it seems the new Paramount leadership is not on b...

  The summer season may be ready to fade away, but the domestic and international box offices are still going strong. To share the good news, we have Brandon Blake, best entertainment lawyers in Los Angeles from Blake & Wang P.A.                                                                                  Brandon Blake Superman Continues to Show Success The latest Superman release, intended to revitalize the franchise, has now passed $300M at the domestic box office- the first DC movie to attain that benchmark since The Batman in 2022. Given that it was hoped that the film, a soft reboot of the DC universe, would revitalize the franchise, they must be very happy. It’s also the ninth DC movie to meet that mark at the North American box office, and has surpassed the...

  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...