Miramax Films

The Walt Disney Co. rode World Cup soccer, "Toy Story 3" and careful cost controls to increased revenue and profitability in the third quarter of 2010, according to the latest earnings reports released Tuesday. Revenues topped $10 billion for the...

It’s not just the film’s aging stars that have staying power. For the second week in a row, Sylvester Stallone’s “The Expendables,” the action movie starring an ensemble of performers so long in the tooth they qualify for the...

Hollywood is releasing a family comedy, a romantic comedy, a teen-targeted spoof, a cheesy 3-D thriller, and an African American-targeted comedy this weekend. But instead of heading for the new releases, moviegoers may just stick with the same old action....

Steven Spielberg was certain his copy of "Paranormal Activity" was haunted. -------------------- FOR THE RECORD: 'Paranormal Activity': An article in today's Calendar about the film "Paranormal Activity" misspelled the last name of DreamWorks...

In a continued housecleaning at Walt Disney Co., studio distribution veteran Mark Zoradi is leaving the company after 29 years. The departure of Zoradi, president of Disney's motion pictures group, follows the ousting of his former boss, Disney Studios...

Universal Pictures, which has endured a horrible year at the box office with such costly misfires as "Land of the Lost," starring Will Ferrell, "Funny People," with Adam Sandler, and Sacha Baron Cohen's "Bruno," is poised to bring in a......

It looks as though moviegoers will still be digesting the record-breaking Thanksgiving weekend at the box office. The weekend following the holiday weekend has traditionally been a slow one in movie theaters, and that trend will likely continue this year,...

A relatively modest post-holiday drop put box-office phenom "The Blind Side" at No. 1 on its third weekend in theaters. Meanwhile, four new movies in wide release opened to less than $10 million each, meaning that despite their modest budgets,......

There are few films that can stain a person's brain like 2003's "Bad Santa." Billy Bob Thornton's corrupt and irascible Santa is one thing, but add to it graphic sex scenes and lines that we couldn't even begin to censor with asterisks, and you've got a...

Daniel Battsek, who in late October was ousted as president of Disney's specialty movie label Miramax Films, is in advanced talks to become head of boutique production house National Geographic Films. He would succeed Adam Leipzig, who will leave the........

Former Miramax Films chief Daniel Battsek, as expected, landed a new gig: president of National Geographic Films. Battsek, who was ousted as head of Disney's specialty label Miramax in October, will begin his new job on March 15, reporting to......

A member of the Weinstein Co. board of directors has issued a statement on behalf of the board in support of Bob and Harvey Weinstein's role in a consortium looking to acquire Miramax Films from Disney. The move comes after......