'Dark Knight' sets weekend record with $155.34M
Batman has sent Spidey packing as king of Hollywood's box-office superheroes.- 2:55 PM
Batman has sent Spidey packing as king of Hollywood's box-office superheroes.- 2:55 PM
Batman's joust with the Joker has set another box office record. Stoked by fan fever over the manic performance of the late Heath Ledger as the Joker, "The Dark Knight" set a one-day box office record with $66.4 million on opening day, Warner Bros. head of distribution Dan Fellman said Saturday.- 10:50 AM
The Screen Actors Guild on Thursday gave its most detailed explanation yet for its rejection of a final contract offer by Hollywood studios, citing shortfalls in pay and union jurisdiction on made-for-Internet productions.- 2:32 PM
The Screen Actors Guild on Thursday gave its most detailed explanation yet for its rejection of a final contract offer by Hollywood studios, citing shortfalls in pay and union jurisdiction on made-for-Internet productions.- 7:24 AM
Thousands of Batman fans finally got what they were waiting for Friday as sold-out midnight showings of "The Dark Knight" kicked off a weekend of screenings across the country.- 3:35 PM
Bruce Lee fans are marking the 35th anniversary of his death with an exhibit featuring movie posters, magazine covers and books about the action star.- 1:34 PM
Hollywood producers posted their busiest quarter ever as on-location shoots in the Los Angeles area between April and June rose 26 percent from a year ago, a permitting agency said Thursday.- 4:40 PM
A tinge of Anakin Skywalker's coming dark side clearly is visible in "Star Wars: The Clone Wars." Yet the animated adventure mostly harks back to the fun, swashbuckling times of the original "Star Wars" trilogy.- 2:51 PM
A screenwriter's lawsuit seeking higher payments from Mel Gibson and others for "The Passion of the Christ" has just completed its first edit.- 7:54 AM
The role of Batman in "The Dark Knight" suits Christian Bale better than when he played the comic book hero in "Batman Begins." Literally, the Batman suit fits him better.- 3:10 AM
Being bad may never have been this good before.- 3:10 AM
Even before shooting had wrapped on "The Dark Knight" last year, the movie already seemed destined to become the defining film of the 2008 summer season. Anticipation was building for director Christopher Nolan's sequel to his well-received "Batman Begins," which had salvaged the durable Batman saga from the pop-culture junkyard of passe camp and made Gotham City hip and menacing.- 8:17 AM
"The Class," winner of the Palme d'Or at this year's Cannes Film Festival, will open the 46th annual New York Film Festival.- 4:40 PM
Lucy Liu had some trouble learning her lines for the hit summer animated film "Kung Fu Panda." But that wasn't her fault - a lot of the time, she said, there weren't any lines to learn.- 10:43 AM
Sony is raising the curtain on a PlayStation 3 movie download service.- 5:45 PM
A tight credit market prompted Viacom Inc.'s movie-making subsidiary, Paramount Pictures, to drop a deal for $450 million in financing from Deutsche Bank, the companies said Tuesday.- 3:09 PM
Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 video game console will be able to stream thousands of movies over the Internet, thanks to a deal announced Monday with Netflix Inc. that highlights the way gaming devices are expanding into all-purpose home-entertainment hubs.- 1:55 AM
"Hellboy II: The Golden Army" caught box-office heat with a $34.5 million debut, while Eddie Murphy flopped as his comedy "Meet Dave" opened with just $5.3 million.- 7:15 PM
Filmmakers and photographers who shoot on New York City's streets and sidewalks now have a clear set of rules dictating when they must obtain permits, after years of relying on loose guidelines that civil liberties advocates said were too vague.- 12:40 PM
Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 video game console will be able to stream thousands of movies over the Internet, thanks to a deal announced Monday with Netflix Inc. that highlights the way gaming devices are expanding into all-purpose home-entertainment hubs.- 10:33 AM