Marvel Has Eight Of The Top Ten Titles
July 15, 2003
Diamond Comic Distributors' tally of comics shipped during June showed declines in nineteen of the top 25 comics. Only four comics out of the top 25 showed gains and they were all Marvels.
But DVD Sales & Rentals Are Up 61%
July 13, 2003
In spite of a strong set of May releases including X2 , The Matrix Reloaded , and Finding Nemo , Hollywood's box office revenues were down some 4.6% during the first half of 2003.
League Respectable, Not Extraordinary
July 13, 2003
Johnny Depp enjoyed his biggest opening ever as Pirates of the Caribbean took the weekend box office with an estimated gross of $46.4 million and a smashing five-day total of $70.4 million.
Sales Estimates for June Based on Diamond Indexes and Publisher Title Data
July 15, 2003
These are estimates of the sales by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during June 2003.
The Hulk's Bulk Unveiled
July 10, 2003
London tabloid The Sun broke the story of a Hulk plush doll that was endowed with more than mere bulges of green muscle.
Nemo Now #1 For Year--Sinbad Flops
July 6, 2003
Arnold Schwarzenegger scored the biggest box office triumph of his career with the opening of Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines , which generated an estimated $44 million over the Fourth of July weekend.
Weekend Box Office Down 15% From Last Year
June 29, 2003
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle won this weekend's box office derby with an estimated gross of $38 million. Ang Lee's Hulk suffered a big second week drop, plummeting some 70% from $62 million plus to an estimated $18.4 million.
'Disgusted'
June 24, 2003
Rich Biedrzycki of Dreamland Comics in Schaumburg, Illinois wonders why Harry Potter sells better than comics.
From X3D Technologies
June 23, 2003
Marvel Comics has announced a licensing agreement to produce 3-D comics based on more than 50 Marvel superheroes.
Will The Hulk Become A Film Franchise?
June 23, 2003
Marvel's stock price fell nearly 12% on Monday and Variety is blaming the Hulk . How can a film set a record for a June opening and still be considered a disappointment?
