Hasta La Creative!

The biblical epic directed by Darren Aronofsky raked in an estimated $44 million in domestic ticket sales over the weekend, including $6.2 million from giant Imax screens.

The Austin, Tex., festival will preview six series, including HBO’s “Silicon Valley” and a pilot for El Rey Network from Robert Rodriguez.

Sequels drove a solid year at the box office, as future-minded producers are planning new franchises.

Disney’s “Frozen” took in $93 million over the holiday weekend, partly because its marketing strategy played down the princesses in the film, in order to attract more boys.

The second installment of the “Hunger Games” franchise set a November box-office record with its opening weekend in North America.

After emerging from bankruptcy and cutting costs, the venerable studio is generating cash and has a number of movies and TV shows in the works.

Ticket revenue in North America totaled $4.71 billion, up 10.2 percent from last summer, but a competition glut hurt films that could have been hits in a thinner field.

While working on a resolution, the China Film Group has held up payments to American studios for the distribution in China of blockbusters like “Skyfall.”

Cheryl Boone Isaacs, who was elected head of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Tuesday, started her presidency talking to the producers of the Oscars.

Many of the movies offered to fans in San Diego were sequels or retreads, raising questions on whether “more of the same” was about all Hollywood had.