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Suicide Squad killed it on opening weekend ... now what?

by Andy Uhler
Aug 8, 2016
The summer blockbuster saw a sharp decline in ticket sales on Saturday. Why?
The cast of "Suicide Squad."
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"Suicide Squad" gambles on anti-heroes

by Kai Ryssdal , Adriene Hill and Jennie Josephson
Aug 4, 2016
Warner Bros. and DC have a lot riding on this squad of misfits
Actor Jared Leto attends the "Suicide Squad" premiere at the Beacon Theatre on August 1, 2016 in New York City.
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What Diane Keaton can teach you about working women

by Bridget Bodnar
Jul 14, 2016
Is it easier to find a movie with positive depictions of women in the workplace in the 1980s than it is today?
Diane Keaton in the 1987 comedy "Baby Boom."
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How movie tracking has changed

by Adriene Hill
Jul 4, 2016
Polls can estimate a movie's numbers even before the flick is released, a practice that has changed with social media.
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What do marketers think millennials want?

by Tony Wagner
Jul 2, 2016
It's a rootin', tootin', panderin' roundup.
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The Price of Profits

Forrest Full of Shares

by Marketplace Staff
Jun 15, 2016
What's a share? Well, Paddy Hirsch's mom used to say they were like a box of chocolates...
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Batman v Hollywood

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Apr 20, 2016
They said it couldn't be done: Making superheroes into movie stars. Forty years ago, Hollywood told 27-year-old Michael Uslan a Batman movie would never succeed. More than a dozen big-budget superhero movies will hit the big screen in the next few years. Holy impossibility, Batman!
Burt Ward as Robin, Adam West as Batman and Cesar Romero as The Joker, in a still from the 1960s "Batman" TV show, 1967.
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CinemaCon and what may be coming to a theater near you

by Kai Ryssdal and Adriene Hill
Apr 13, 2016
Marketplace’s Adriene Hill reports from the annual movie-industry gathering
 National Association of Theatre Owners President and CEO John Fithian speaks onstage during CinemaCon 2016 The State of the Industry: Past, Present and Future and STX Entertainment Presentation at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace during CinemaCon on April, 12, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Warner Bros has a lot riding on "Batman v. Superman"

by David Brancaccio and Adriene Hill
Mar 25, 2016
The Man of Steel is bulletproof, but is he review-proof?
Batman and Superman as they appear in "Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice."
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All the times Batman and Superman almost met on the big screen

by Tony Wagner
Mar 24, 2016
"Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice" is a match-up 70 years in the making.
Artist Mauro Perucchetti's sculpture 'Modern Heroes', which depicts Batman and Superman in a pose reminiscent of The Creation of Adam in The Sistine Chapel, is installed in the Halcyon Gallery on October 6, 2010 in London, England.
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