All hail Peter Parker. Sony and Marvel’s web-slinging adventure “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” climbed to $927 million globally, a mind-blowing, jaw-dropping and totally epic opening weekend haul. Few films manage to earn that much by the end of their box office runs, much less after three days on the big screen. It’s the second-largest worldwide
DISTINGUISHED DECADE “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” turns 10 at London’s Palace Theater today, July 30, cementing its place as the longest-running play in modern West End history staged as a two-part theatrical experience. Produced by Sonia Friedman Productions, Colin Callender and Harry Potter Theater ProductionsThe production has been seen by more than 2.5
Nowhere is that exposure more acutely felt than in Germany, the EU’s largest manufacturer, producing more than a quarter of the bloc’s industrial output. At InfraLeuna, a vast chemicals and plastics industrial park in central Germany, boss Christof Guenther has seen his site’s annual gas bill rise from €60m ($68m; £51m) before the war in
So what effect is all this having on the region as a whole? First, it is important to note that two countries previously devastated by ruinous civil wars – Iraq and Syria – are now largely peaceful and stable, at least compared to where they were. The Gaza war is technically a ceasefire, although Gazans
“The Odyssey” is off to an epic start at the box office. The Universal action adventure generated $264.1 million globally over the weekend, including $139.6 million internationally and $124.5 million domestically. It’s an impressive debut for an R-rated film, nearly three hours long and not part of a major franchise. Of course, “The Odyssey” is
The authors of the Global Justice Report They are calling for a UN-led central bank to replace the International Monetary Fund.Credit: Samuel Corum/Bloomberg/Getty Ambitious. Utopian. Crackpot. These are some of the responses to last month’s post by Global Justice Report by economist Lucas Chancel of the Paris-based World Inequality Lab and his 44 co-authors. The