After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the White House wanted major media companies to help improve the U.S. image abroad. That hasn’t panned out.

After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the White House wanted major media companies to help improve the U.S. image abroad. That hasn’t panned out.

“Four Christmases,” a holiday comedy starring Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon, led the box office on a solid post-Thanksgiving weekend.

In order to stave off dismantling his media empire, Sumner M. Redstone, the controlling shareholder of Viacom and CBS, may sell his movie-theater chain.

“Twilight” took a giant bite out of the North American box office over the weekend, selling an estimated $70.6 million in tickets.

The economic crisis has almost certainly accelerated the move to cheaper ways of seeing movies and TV shows on the Web.

Total DVD sales are down by about 4 percent for the year, contributing to a creeping dread in the movie capital that buyer interest is plummeting as the global economic crisis worsens.

Tiny Summit Entertainment finds itself sitting atop one of the biggest pop-culture phenomena of recent years.

The new James Bond film sold an estimated $70.4 million in tickets at North American theaters, setting an opening-weekend record for the franchise.

“Valkyrie” was conceived as a dramatic showcase for Tom Cruise, as well as a high-profile effort to kick-start United Artists.