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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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Looking for superheroes in Detroit?

by Quinn Klinefelter
Mar 24, 2016
A new app shows where scenes were shot for Batman vs Superman around Detroit
Downtown Detroit at night. 
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The appeal of post-recession films

by Kai Ryssdal
Feb 12, 2016
A look at the trend of films depicting the 2008 financial crisis
"The Big Short" is nominated for multiple Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Last year, "Wolf of Wall Street" was also nominated for several Academy Awards. 
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Big box office pays off big for online ticket sites

by Kimberly Adams
Dec 25, 2015
Mobile apps and growing demand for reservations is boosting sites like Fandango.
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'Star Wars' made $528 million - $3.5 billion to go

by Tony Wagner
Dec 21, 2015
Half a billion is pretty good, but should Disney get cocky?
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