Marvel’s decline in profits on sales to the direct market were one of the few blemishes on an otherwise outstanding quarter.

Christopher Nolan’s second Batman movie eked out a narrow victory over its strongest challenger yet.

Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight continued its record-shattering run at the summer box office.

Sales of licensed entertainment properties boosted sales for Hasbro, the nation’s number two toymaker.

The Dark Knight continued to rack up the records as it earned a gargantuan total of $155.4 million.

Marvel’s Secret Invasion #3 was the top-selling comic book of June with a total of over175,000 copies.

These are estimates of the sales by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during June 2008.

Guillermo del Toro’s Hellboy II: The Golden Army topped the weekend box office with an estimated total of $35.9 million.

Will Smith's Hancock steamrolled its way to an easy triumph at the box office.

Pixar’s Wall-E easily took the weekend box office crown with an estimated total of $62.5 million.