Star Wars

Jam City, a leading mobile game company that has owned intellectual property and some of the top licensed games, is going public in a SPAC deal announced Thursday morning. What Happened: The SPAC deal is with Dpcm Capital Inc (NYSE: XPOA). The deal values Jam City at $1.2...

Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) hosted its Investor Day 2020 on Thursday. Disney+ Update: Disney’s streaming platform Disney+ hit 86.8 million subscribers. The streaming platform will add something new every week with dozens of branded series heading to the streaming platform. “Over the...

Walt Disney Co  (NYSE: DIS) is making “Mulan” available on its streaming video-on-demand service Disney+, CNBC reported Tuesday. What Happened The blockbuster movie will become available on the platform on September 4 at a price of $29.99. The cost of watching the...

The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) announced on Thursday it has indefinitely postponed the release of its highly-anticipated action drama "Mulan." The Liu Yifei starrer was slated for release on August 21. What Happened The launch of the next "Avatar" and "Star Wars"...

With the announcement this week that Bob Iger is stepping down as CEO of Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS), with Bob Chapek becoming the storied company’s seventh CEO, we thought it would be interesting to compare the tenures of the chief executives at the House of Mouse. Here’s a list of the...

Investors who owned stocks in the 2010s generally experienced some big gains. In fact, the SPDR S&P 500 (NYSE: SPY) total return for the decade was 250.5%. But there’s no question some big-name stocks did much better than others along the way. Disney’s Big Decade One of the market...

When you're a movie company and you set the record for box office draw with some help from the all-time biggest money-making movie ever, what do you do for an encore? That's the dilemma facing Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) as it goes into 2020. Incredible Year Disney made $11.12 billion at...

At the movies, it was a decade of Disney. Seven of the top 10 grossing movies of the 2010s at the box office came from Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS), topped by 2019's "Avengers: Endgame," the top grossing film of all time. "Endgame" wasn't the only Avengers movie to draw...

Recode senior media editor Peter Kafka has one word to describe the Hollywood box office environment: tepid. The failure of recent films on the big screen is mostly due to consumers having plenty of reasons not to get up from the couch and drive to the theaters, Kafka said Monday on CNBC. For...

Yoda taught us that a Jedi must have the deepest commitment, the most serious mind. But good shoes can't hurt. For that, Adidas AG (OTC: ADDYY) in collaboration with Walt Disney Co.'s (NYSE: DIS) Lucasfilm, has a Star Wars-themed line of athletic shoes, the newest of which, the Space Battle...

Entertainment and media giant Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) launched its highly anticipated streaming video product Tuesday, Disney+. Here's what the experts are saying.  Nathanson Sees Bet On Nostalgia Disney+ should see "a lot of momentum" in its early days by targeting not only...

Disney+, the latest major offering in streaming services from Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS), launches on Tuesday. Here's everything you need to know about the new service. How Much Does Disney+ Cost? Disney+ will cost $6.99 a month. That’s a bit more than Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AAPL) new...

Each day, Benzinga takes a look back at a notable market-related moment that occurred on this date. What Happened On Oct. 30, 2012, the Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) acquired Lucasfilm Ltd. along with the rights to Star Wars and Indiana Jones. Where The Market Was  The S&P 500 traded around 1...

Toy manufacturer Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS) reported sharply lower third-quarter earnings, citing tariffs on Chinese products and higher supply chain costs. "The threat and implementation of tariffs negatively impacted our quarterly results," said Brian Goldner, chairman and chief executive...