Global smartphone shipments fell for the first time as "iPhone fatigue" dragged down sales for Apple's once-unstoppable franchise amid a general weakening in the market for new devices.
The "Titanic" director announced the expansion of the franchise at CinemaCon.
Adapted from the mobile game franchise "Angry Birds", the movie will reveal why the birds are so angry.
Stallone's Oscar nomination, for his supporting performance in "Creed" — the seventh film in the "Rocky" franchise, which won him his last Oscar nominations four decades ago — has left him, by all outward showings, enormously grateful and glowingly proud, if slightly befuddled.
The latest in the Kung Fu Panda franchise has also climbed to the top of the North American box office, pulling in 10.
Star Wars: the Force Awakens is the seventh movie in a franchise that has spanned decades.
Two hand-me-down film properties drove this year's results: The best-selling releases of the year are likely to be the seventh chapter in a "Star Wars" franchise that began 38 years ago, and the fourth entry in the 22-year-old "Jurassic Park" series.
62 billion yuan, was about the only franchise movie that climbed over the billion-yuan bench.
The newest film in the Stars Wars franchise has set a box office record for an opening weekend in the US and Canada.
"Diamonds Are Forever" by Shirley Bassey 007:·--《》 The second-best song that Shirley Bassey performed for the James Bond franchise is still one of the best.
The third installment of the "Kung Fu Panda" franchise, co-produced by China and the U.
This latest "Star Trek" series will focus on "new characters seeking imaginative new worlds and new civilizations, while exploring the dramatic contemporary themes that have been a signature of the franchise since its inception," CBS said in a news release.
A 100-acre theme park dedicated to the blockbuster movie franchise starring Jennifer Lawrence and Liam Hemsworth is set to open in Atlanta by 2019, Lions Gate Entertainment Corp confirmed on Monday.
"We can't disclose the actual cost of the franchise but we do invest significantly," David Lette, premium brands director for Heineken UK, told Reuters, adding that both Bond and Heineken beer have "global appeal".
Ticketmaster franchise, in a deal that put a value on the whole enterprise of $551 million.
" Well, in case the studio decides to go ahead with a younger James Bond, Cumberbatch could definitely be a serious candidate, if only he wasn't already attached to another big franchise.
Over time, the franchise progressed away from the humor of original TV series Dragon Ball, which depicted Goku as a boy, to the heavy combat action of Dragon Ball Z, which depicted Goku as a man.
Originally comedic background characters in the Despicable Me franchise, these yellow pill-shaped screwballs, including Stuart, Kevin, and Bob among others, have totally stolen the show and turned into a pervasive meme.
But many Chinese are expressing outrage over one of the country's newest films, an animated children's movie that came out in theaters nationwide on Friday called "The Autobots," which many say bears a more-than-uncanny resemblance to Disney-Pixar's hit franchise "Cars.
In addition to making an investment of an unspecified amount in the Tom Cruise-led franchise film, Alibaba Pictures, the film unit of e-commerce giant Alibaba, said it would become an official partner for the promotion of the movie in China.
