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"Rise of the Planet of the Apes" took the No. 1 spot at the box office this weekend, while the R-rated comedy "The Change-Up" had a weak opening....

After the coffee. Before thanking the crows for stopping me from oversleeping today. The Skinny: Are you as tired as I am of those "breaking news" email alerts that are seldom either? Be grateful I don't do that for the......

Independent studio Relativity Media is making a jump into the fast-growing Chinese market with a deal that will give it a stake in a local production company and an avenue to release its own movies in the country. Relativity's chief......

Legendary Pictures' new Chinese film venture will trade publicly on the Hong Kong stock market in an agreement that initially values the company at $441 million and provides it with a $220.5-million cash infusion. Legendary East, which intends to produce....

After the coffee. Before wondering if D.C. will get hit with a mudslide next. The Skinny: I got out of D.C. just one day before the earthquake. That's unusual for me. I was in New York during on September 11......

Labor Day weekend is traditionally slow for the movie business. As a result, three new films -- "The Debt," "Apollo 18" and "Shark Night 3D" -- are only expected to take in a modest number of ticket sales at the box office....

"The Help" was No. 1 for the third weekend in a row, while three new films struggled to gross ticket sales over a slow Labor Day weekend at the movies....

Four new films will open at the box office this weekend: "Moneyball," "Dolphin Tale," "Abduction" and "Killer Elite." "Moneyball," a baseball movie starring Brad Pitt, and the family film "Dolphin Tale" have the best chance at selling the most tickets...

Seeking to challenge Netflix without undermining its own satellite television business, Dish Network has launched a new service to stream movies and TV and send DVDs by mail under its newly acquired Blockbuster unit that will be available only to its...

"Machine Gun Preacher," based on the real life story of thug-turned-preacher Sam Childers, who traveled to Sudan to help children of war there, opened in four theaters this weekend. The film got off to a decent start in limited release, grossing $44,000...

It has been a slow tempo for Hollywood's session musicians. Work has grown more scarce in the last two decades as studios have slashed music budgets and composers have relied more on synthesizers and digital samplers to produce scores for......

Relativity Media's fund used to co-finance movies at Universal Pictures will now be controlled by the independent studio's backer, Elliott Management, the companies announced late Wednesday. In the latest shift of control between the two firms, Elliott is...