Shrek and Mummy Returns Stay Strong
May 28, 2001
Pearl Harbor may have fallen well short of the record-setting $100 million opening that some insiders predicted, but the film did well enough to take the Memorial Day box office sweepstakes with an estimated $75.1 million, good enough for the second largest opening in Hollywood history.
Also Soundtrack
May 28, 2001
Tokyopop has just announced that it has licensed the 26-episode Vampire Princess Miyu television series as well as the soundtrack CD.
Best-sellers in Pop Culture Stores
May 27, 2001
Trends that we have seen during the first quarter, such as the increasing dominance of the DVD format, the overall sales importance of high ticket items, and the continuing reign of CCGs are even more apparent in the April numbers.
Championed 'Sad Sack'
May 26, 2001
Hartzell Spence, the founder and editor of the popular World War II magazine Yank , has died at the age of 93.
Hasbro Rides on Disney Film's Coattails
May 26, 2001
Pearl Harbor opened this weekend, and Hasbro's new line of Pearl Harbor G.I. Joe figures just happened to hit the marketplace the same week
First $100 Million Opening Possible
May 23, 2001
The Walt Disney Company's historical film Pearl Harbor is poised for one of the biggest openings in box office history.
Newsstand Books Will Carry Code, for Now
May 23, 2001
ICv2 has learned that Marvel is still submitting books to the CMAA (Comics Magazine Association of America) in order to get the Comics Code Seal of Approval.
Bolstering Its Sword & Sorcery Line
May 23, 2001
White Wolf Publishing has entered into an agreement to publish Fiery Dragon's line of d20 roleplaying games.
Direct Edition of X-Force Laughs at Code
May 22, 2001
The direct and newsstand versions of Marvel's X-Force #116 hit the street today.
Shoji Kawamori's 'Spring & Chaos'
May 22, 2001
Tokyopop's first anime release, Shoji Kawamori's Spring & Chaos debuts next week.
Most Consistently Popular Property
May 22, 2001
Dragonball has regained its position on top of the Lycos survey of most popular Internet searches.
In-jokes and Variants
May 21, 2001
It appears that while creating toys for the animated blockbuster Shrek, the sculptors also managed to indulge in a few in-jokes and also to create some variants that will undoubtedly be of interest to collectors.
