Huge Summer for Hollywood, but With Few Blockbusters

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.

    



To Promote Brad Pitt Zombie Movie, Paramount Plays Up the Horrors

There was a mixed message to be taken from clips of “World War Z” shown to theater owners — it’s a scary movie that won’t be too scary for children.