20th Century Fox Articles

Thanks to James Cameron’s Avatar, officially the #1 all-time box-office champ both domestically and internationally, Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., which owns 20th Century Fox, reported higher quarterly profits than Wall Street forecasters had predicted, the New York Times has reported. News Corp. announced earnings of $8.68 billion in its fiscal second quarter, which ended Dec. 31; that's up 10 percent from the year before. News [...]

Zoe Saldana, Sam Worthington in Avatar Avatar grossed an estimated $25 million at the domestic box office on Friday, New Year's Day, surpassing the $300 million mark, reports Nikki Finke at Deadline Hollywood. The total domestic gross of James Cameron's sci-fi epic currently stands at $308.8m. Worldwide, it's at more than $800m. For this weekend, estimates have been hovering around $60m. Sherlock Holmes, starring Robert [...]

Sam Worthington in Avatar (WETA / 20th Century Fox) Thanks to better than expected Sunday business, James Cameron's Avatar grossed $77 million domestically on its opening weekend. On Friday and early Saturday, estimates ranged from $80m-$85m for the weekend, but with the sharp drop seen later on Saturday — a direct result of the winter storm battering the East Coast of the United States — [...]

In the Los Angeles Times, Michelle Castillo discusses Dragonball Evolution, which, "for right or wrong, may be the most-hated film of 2009 that hasn't even been released yet." Fans are reportedly furious because of changes made to the storyline and the characters. Below is a brief quote from Castillo's article: "At 20th Century Fox, the studio behind the Dragonball film, there must be some executives [...]