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Hollywood just marked its fourth consecutive $1 billion month of domestic box office sales, and movie theater operators are celebrating. The July 31 opening weekend of Sony Pictures’ Spider-Man: Brand New Day launched AMC Entertainment to its highest revenue weekend for tickets and food-and-beverage sales in its 106-year history, counting more than 10.2 million moviegoers in its theaters in the U.S. and worldwide. According to CEO Adam Aron, Spider-Man was the ninth movie title since March to have a “gangbusters opening-weekend gross.”

Wolfe Research says Netflix's rough summer had nothing to do with demand, and that one reframing sent shares jumping while Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery barely flinched. Here is what the analyst actually found buried in millions of viewing data points.

Disney is cutting costs while pouring billions into different quarters.

The Voluntary Early Retirement Offer is open to U.S.-based director-through-EVP-level staff who meet a 65-point age-and-tenure threshold

For Netflix shareholders, here is a way to get paid a meaningful income right now, money you keep no matter what, in exchange for agreeing to sell your stock at a higher price if it climbs.

The on-demand library it was built on is no longer the story management leads with, and the quality measure it now sets beside view hours is one the company will not detail.

Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index drops Monday ahead the 'economic D-Day' on Iran. Alibaba shares tumbles on a share offering.

Exciting developments are taking place for the stocks in this article. They’ve all surged ahead of the broader market over the last month as catalysts such as new products and positive media coverage have propelled their returns.

The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) has secured a multi-year agreement to stream the all-electric Formula E World Championship across 144 territories, expanding the live-sports offering available through Disney+. Beginning with the 2026–27 season, subscribers will receive live coverage of practice sessions, qualifying sessions, and races, as well as replays, analysis, and behind-the-scenes programming. Viewers in […]

Entertainment giant The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS)’s shares are down by 9% over the past year and by 3.6% year-to-date. One aspect of the firm that Cramer regularly discusses is its cruise ship business. For instance, in August 2025, the CNBC TV host predicted that The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) would make “a lot of […]

In early August, former Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger and investor Josh Kushner bought a majority stake in the Los Angeles Lakers at a record $12.5 billion valuation—$2.5 billion more than the sale price a year ago. Another is not-so-obvious: tax benefits. Since 2004, pro franchises have been considered “Section 197 intangibles,” says tax expert Robert Willens.

Netflix has shed a third of its value in the past year, and now a proprietary model is flashing a signal that has traders paying close attention. The math behind what happens next is harder to dismiss than most bears expect.

The low valuation multiples for value stocks provide a margin of safety that growth stocks rarely offer. However, the challenge lies in determining whether these cheap assets are genuinely undervalued or simply on sale due to their potentially deteriorating business models.

Walt Disney (DIS) has been in focus after appointing Andy Shu as director and head of commerce for Disney+ Asia Pacific, a move that highlights the company’s ongoing push in streaming and regional growth. See our latest analysis for Walt Disney. Recent news around Disney+ leadership, stronger parks commentary and a settlement with Comcast has come alongside a 30 day share price return of 11.63% and a 3 year total shareholder return of 34.22%, while the 1 year total shareholder return declined...

While the stock is flat over the past five years, it has quadrupled from its April 2025 lows. Its Wall Street fan base is also growing:

On August 14, 2026, The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) CEO Josh D’Amaro, in his first CNBC interview since succeeding Bob Iger in March 2026, told “Squawk on the Street” that the company’s parks division was a “big surprise” last quarter. Days earlier, on August 11, 2026, Disney and Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA) reached a deal ending […]

Both of these entertainment giants have lost money for their shareholders in 2026.

DIS stock is on track to clock gains this month, after three straight months of losses, if the gains hold.

Investment firm Arctos Partners agrees to buy a minority stake in the Atlanta Falcons at a $10.6 billion valuation, CNBC reports.

New park and cruise capacity is filling up while guests spend more per visit, and that pairing is the clearest upside case for Walt Disney stock.

From Monte Carlo to Milan, the world of F1 has long been dripping with glamour, making stars out of drivers like Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton, who are outshone only by the supercars themselves. “From 1950 until about 2016, it was pretty badly run,” says Markus Hansen, a portfolio manager at Vontobel Asset Management, which owns Liberty Media Series C Liberty Formula One shares. “In 2017, when Liberty Media took over Formula One, they brought a proper approach to running the business…to turning sports assets into viable financial businesses.”

Netflix has shed more than a third of its value over the past year, yet a billionaire who once lost $400 million betting on this exact stock just bought back in, and the reasoning behind his conviction is harder to dismiss than you might expect.

Netflix's ad business is scaling fast, with billions in ad revenue targeted as live programming and new ad tools fuel demand.

Plus: Disney sues FCC over license review, and Europe’s rivers are drying up, threatening its economy.

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Earlier this month, Bath & Body Works declared a regular quarterly dividend of US$0.20 per share, payable on September 4, 2026, to shareholders of record as of August 21, 2026. At the same time, the company is leaning into brand partnerships like Disney’s The Nightmare Before Christmas collection, extending its reach across themed body care and home fragrance products. Now we’ll explore how Citi’s favorable reassessment ahead of earnings, alongside Disney collaborations, may influence Bath &...

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Chairman Brendan Carr says ABC’s early review is about DEI, not Kimmel or “The View”... but the timeline says otherwise

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