Marvel

After a year absence at Comic-Con, Marvel Studios came back to the convention's 50th anniversary with a bang, announcing several new movies and arguably saving the event. Less Is More Marvel is certainly the king of drumming up excitement and press, and Comic-Con’s 50th anniversary event...

Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) treated moviegoers to a lineup of Marvel films through 2021 and the announcement is notable for investors for three reasons, according to Morgan Stanley. The Analyst Morgan Stanley's Benjamin Swinburne maintains an Overweight rating on Disney's stock with a $160...

For Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS), the end game to its string of successes isn’t in sight, analysts said coming out of a weekend in which the company’s “Avengers: Endgame” shattered box office records. Several reiterated their belief in strong upside potential for the company,...

Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS)'s "Avengers: Endgame" ended its opening weekend with $350 million in domestic ticket sales and $1.2 billion in worldwide ticket sales. Disney's latest film now holds multiple box office records, including the best debut in movie history. In just a few...

Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) traded up 5.3 percent Friday after detailing the Nov. 12 launch of its Disney+ streaming service. What We Know For $6.99 per month, Disney+ subscribers will have access to new original content and historical offerings of not only the Disney brand but Pixar, Star Wars...

After more than a full year of regulatory reviews, Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) last week closed its acquisition of certain media assets owned by Fox Corp (NASDAQ: FOXA). The Analyst Imperial Capital's David Miller maintains an Outperform rating on Disney with an unchanged $129 price target. The...

After Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS)'s strong fourth-quarter earnings report earlier this month, Imperial Capital said it expects that next year will be a transitional one for the entertainment conglomerate.  The Analyst Analyst David W. Miller upgraded Walt Disney from In-Line to...

Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) awoke Tuesday without a hero. Stan Lee — the Marvel maven who brought the world “The Fantastic Four,” “X-Men” and “The Avengers" — died at 95. The Super Legacy A New York native, Stanley Lieber first entered the print world...

Marvel’s "Avengers: Infinity War" blew up the box office again over the weekend with $112.5 million in receipts, making it the fourth film in history to top $100 million in its second weekend. Nonetheless, the Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) film missed MKM Partners' estimates by $5....

Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS)’s “Black Panther” was already expected to bring in strong box office receipts — opening weekend projections span from $100 million to $120 million, although some expect more. Now, the first Marvel film about a black superhero is getting an extra...

Among our many valiant missions here at Benzinga, one the most savored is to enlighten our audience on information they didn't know previously. For example, most of our readers are blissfully unaware that today, Sept. 25, is National Comic Book Day. Comic fan or not, you would be forgiven for...

Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) CEO Bob Iger keeps confirming what was obvious a month ago: The roster of the original Marvel shows currently running on Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) will be joining the Mouse House’s new streaming service when the contracts between the companies are up in 2019....

Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS)’s sounding more and more like its target audience, embracing the definitive motto of youth: “Mine.” The company decided last month that it was done sharing its expansive media portfolio with Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) and would instead launch its...

When Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) announced last week that it would launch two streaming TV services, the move was considered to have far reaching implications for several industries such as cable, satellite and other video streaming companies. The streaming services are set to be rolled out in...

For a time, Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) was content to share the wealth of its popular portfolio. But now it’s scrapping middlemen and taking distribution into its own hands. The company announced Tuesday its plans to launch ESPN- and Disney-branded over-the-top services in 2018 and 2019,...