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Disney Movies

Toy Story 3-D Double Feature Takes In $12.5 Million

October 4, 2009

In its opening weekend, the double feature 3-D version of Toy Story and Toy Story 2 met with mild box office success by achieving an estimated $12.5 million dollars in weekend box office receipts.  While not blockbuster results, it was enough to garner the Disney-Pixar flicks the number three spot for the weekend. Coming in [...]

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Miramax Films Reigned In, But Not Killed

October 3, 2009

In a move consistent with Disney Chief Executive Robert Iger’s strategy to emphasize family and “branded” films, Miramax’s (a division of the Disney Company) workforce has been cut by 70% and it has been limited to only 3 releases a year. Miramax was started in 1979 by Bob and Harvey Weinstein and has since specialized [...]

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Pirates of the Caribbean 4 Announced At D23

September 18, 2009

With Johnny Depp in full costume, the Disney corporation announced last week that there would be a Pirates of the Caribbean 4 movie entitled ‘On Stranger Tides.”  The news came out during the D23 Expo to an estimated crowd of 5,000. Johnny Depp is slated to play the part of Captain Jack Sparrow again, but [...]

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