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2/22/24 7:00PM

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‍Vice Media — once the edgy digital media company covering music, art, trends, and drug culture, which started in Montreal nearly 3 decades ago — yesterday announced that it will stop publishing stories to Vice.com, as it prepares to lay off “several hundred” employees amid continued financial woes.

Despite several large investments throughout the 2010s seeing the publication rise to a more than $5bn valuation in 2018, its parent company Vice Media Group filed for bankruptcy in the US last May. Since then, Vice’s issues have only worsened, making it “no longer cost-effective” to run their website, according to a memo from CEO Bruce Dixon sent to workers — where it was noted that Vice “will continue to operate as a standalone diversified digital publishing business” moving forward.

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Disney could be well on its way to its third billion-dollar film of the year following a $345 million opening weekend for “Avatar: Fire and Ash.” The film’s opening gross puts the “Avatar” franchise’s total box office earnings at $5.6 billion — and counting.

The latest film, the second “Avatar” entry under Disney’s tent, earned about 75% of its total box office gross internationally — in line with previous movies in the (as of now) trilogy. Domestically, this one earned $88 million, falling short of expectations.

“Fire and Ash” was the widest Imax release ever, debuting on 1,703 screens globally and earning $43.6 million through the format. The $345 million “Fire and Ash” opening weekend was the second-highest of 2025, behind Disney’s “Zootopia 2,” which recently passed the $1 billion mark, globally.

Year to date, Disney has earned $5.8 billion globally at the box office.

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The global film industry officially has its second billion-dollar film of the year, as Disney’s “Zootopia 2” surged past the $1 billion box office mark in just 17 days. The other billion-dollar film this year, the live-action “Lilo & Stitch,” was also made by Disney.

“Zootopia” was the fastest to reach 10 figures of any animated film. The animated hit, which had the highest-grossing global debut of the year over Thanksgiving weekend, has benefited from massive numbers in China.

Disney also logged two billion-dollar films last year with “Inside Out 2” and “Moana 2.” (The latter also came out over the Thanksgiving holiday.) The only other film to cross the mark in 2024 was “Deadpool and Wolverine,” which featured Disney’s IP.

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