Audience Scores Rise When Scorsese Teams Up With DiCaprio or De Niro, Alphabet Beats Wall Street Expectations in Q3 and ESPN Financials Demand ‘Drastic Pivot’ to Direct-to-Consumer

Plus: ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’ hits No. 1 on Netflix top 10, UMG v. Anthropic is a movie we’ve seen before and Amazon wins bidding war to adapt Vanity Fair serial killer story [killers-of-the-flower-moon-leonardo-dicaprio-robert-de-niro]( [When Scorsese Teams Up With DiCaprio or De Niro, Audience Scores Rise | Charts]( By Ryan Mach “Killers of the Flower Moon” is Martin Scorsese’s 27th feature-length narrative film, and it seems as though the famed director, now 80, is only getting better with age. The rave reviews of Scorsese’s latest movie, as well as its $23 million opening, indicate that his powers as an artist are far from declining. And while much of the critics’ praise is reserved for star Lily Gladstone, audiences will no doubt be drawn into theaters by the return of two of Scorsese’s most frequent collaborators: Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro. Just how closely associated are Scorsese and his favorite lead actors? On Ranker’s list of The Best Martin Scorsese Movies, voted on over 12,000 times, every one of the Top 13 movies features either De Niro or DiCaprio. According to Insights, those who show their appreciation for Martin Scorsese by voting him up on lists like The Greatest Directors in Movie History are 6X more likely to do the same for Robert De Niro on lists like The Best Actors in Film History, while Scorsese fans are 5X more likely to vote up DiCaprio on similar lists. It’s clear that fans of the “Goodfellas” director see these actors as two of the best of their respective generations. [Read More]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Alphabet Networks Earnings]( [Alphabet Beats Wall Street Expectations in Q3 With $76.6 Billion in Revenue, Defies Tough Ad Climate]( By Kayla Cobb Despite a difficult advertising climate, Alphabet rode strong results from search and YouTube to record a net income increase of 41.5% to $19.69 billion, or diluted earnings of $1.55 per share, for its third quarter, beating Wall Street expectations. Revenue grew to $76.6 billion, an 11% year-over-year increase, the company said Tuesday. Analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research were expecting the Google and YouTube parent company to report earnings of $1.45 per share and revenue of $63.13 billion. [Read More]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [ESPN Is a Disney Crown Jewel, but Its Financials Demand 'Drastic Pivot' to Direct-to-Consumer | Analysis]( By Lucas Manfredi Disney’s disclosure last week that ESPN generated $17.3 billion in revenue last year — 21% of the entertainment giant’s $82.7 billion total — showed that the sport network remains a crown jewel for the company. But ESPN’s standalone financials highlight the urgency for Disney to make an aggressive direct-to-consumer pivot for the legacy network, analysts told TheWrap. ESPN has lost 19% of its pay-TV subscribers since 2018, and sports rights remain its biggest expense at about $9 billion in 2023, Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Geetha Ranganathan said in a Friday note to clients that this cost was up more than 20% from about $7.3 billion in 2022. [Read More]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Mark Hamill as Arthur Pym in The Fall of the House of Usher]( ['The Fall of the House of Usher' Hits No. 1 on Netflix Top 10 Ahead of Halloween]( [Spoiler Alert: Universal Music v. Anthropic Is a Movie We've Seen Before]( [Jennifer Salke]( [Amazon Wins Bidding War to Adapt Vanity Fair Serial Killer Story]( [Destruction in Israel after Hamas attack on Oct. 7]( [WGA West Apologizes for 'Tremendous Pain' Caused by Silence on Israel Attack, Finally Condemns 'Atrocities Committed by Hamas']( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Wrap Pro logo] Discover why entertainment executives and professionals rely on the WrapPRO platform daily for exclusive coverage, analysis, deeper reporting, and access to VIP events & screenings throughout the year. [Subscribe Today]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [YouTube]( TheWrap | 2034 Armacost Ave Los Angeles, CA 90025 [Preferences]( | [Unsubscribe]( [LiveIntent Logo]( [AdChoices Logo](