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even with the debut of the latest "star wars" movie and that raises questions for disney which saw shares fall today about one of its most lucrative franchises. julia boorstin has the details. >> reporter: it was a perfect storm of timing, competition and perhaps "star wars" fatigue. solo bringing in $103 million at the domestic box office over the four-day holiday weekend. under already lowered expectations. and internationally the film brought in just $65 million. "solo's" global take just half of the move vees. perhaps the biggest factor it's been five months since the last "star wars" film whereas disney's last three releases were three years apart. it's the first in the crowded summer season. >> with "the last jedi" in the minds of the movie goers and so much competition with "dead pool 2" and "avengers" this made it difficult for "solo" to break out and exceed expectations. >> they were projecting that "solo" will be close to break even versus the $400 million we had assumed. about a 2% headwind to disney's estimates this year. now the negative impact to disney all hinges on how the

in los angeles, it shoots up to go 1-3. >>> we have a better idea of when disney lands new star wars nds will be open. up until now, disney had only said star wars galaxy edge was opening and 2019. now we know it will be in the summer of 2019 at disneyland and in the fall disney world in florida. it's a mysterious destination somewhere on the outer limb lying in the unknown regions of space. >>> thank you so much for joining us for the news at noon. our news continues right now at ktvu.com. more news will be coming up on the 4 on 2. have a great afternoon, everybody. add the activia 2 week probiotic challenge to your healthy routine and see how activia yogurt with its billions of live and active probiotics may help support your digestive health so you can take on your day. text for a coupon and start the activia probiotic challenge today. fthere's flonase sensimist.f up around pets. it relieves all your worst symptoms including nasal congestion, which most pills don't. and all from a gentle mist you can barely feel. flonase sensimist. dr. oz: what made you realize that something was w

goes through plus there's holdover from another disney movie, marvel's record-breaking "avengers: infinity war." it's been just five months since the last "starilm and this is part of the larger anthology. rather than continuing the core "star wars" story. still, disney's $4 billion acquisition of lucasfilm has paid off handsomely. disney's first three lucasfilm releases have together grossed $4.3 billion worldwide and going into solo's release this weekend, disney has already sold more than a third of all u.s. ticket sales this year. that's thanks to two marvel movies and $100 million in ticket sales from "the last jedi," which was released in december melissa, back over to you. >> julia, thank you. >>> let's take a look at how some of the past "star wars" releases have impacted disney shares the force awakens, the last two releases, rogue one and the last jedi, have helped the stock rally. but with disney shares lagging ahead of solo's release, will a three-peat rally happen for the house of the mouse mike, you're trading disney for us so what's your take? >> so of course, you know, it's really two things we have to think about with disney.

to go for the rest of the weekend but solo has apparently had the lowest thursday opening for disney star warsever among those films. apparently there are a lot of them 700 of them so this is not a good start, to co-founder kevin mcafter think as thursday goes so goes the rest of the weekend that could be a problem kevin. >> yeah, good afternoon to you, neil thank you so much for having me on your show today. i've seen the film twice and i can get into the review but the big question is now are we feeling star wars fatigue? you've got to look at the number s of the disney film specifically the force awakened made over $2 billion the last jedi made $1.3 billion worldwide by the way rogue one which is a spin-off movie made about a billion and this movie is expected to have the lowest opening domestically out of all of the four star wars from disney so far and the question is why and a lot has to do with the last jedi just came out five months ago people are already going off that movie that did not do as well as the force awakens so people are wondering is there too many star wars film happening

star wars" movies. >> well, now it seems he is going to get his own stand-alone biopic. our parent company disneyar wars" movies isn't confirming reports about the boba fett films. rumors started circulating as the new, of course, han solo movie hits theaters today. >>> a modern makeover. >> the seattle space needle just added ten glass benches and glass walls to its open air observation deck. can you see it? now visitors can lean back and enjoy the intense experience of floating over the city more than 500 feet up. the benches called sky risers are designed for the ultimate selfie. >> the new addition is part of a $100 million project that will soon feature the world's first rotating glass floor. have you ever been on one of those glass floors? >> yeah. >> it's amazing the sensation you get when you're standing on one. it's hard to tell your brain i'm not actually about to die. >> and even worse there's one in china that's above a valley that pretends to crack as you're walking over it. >> too much for me, i think. >> i'm good. >>> and a woman visiting the massachusetts coast nearly 20 years ago

it is official star wars day. >> lucas films and disney want you to break out your best chewbacca impressionling this roar for change. it's tied to the release of "solo, a star wars story." director ron hourld explains. >> just record and upload your very best chewy roar. post, like or share using #roarforchange. >> $1.00 donated to unicef for every post, like or share. by the way, solo, a star wars story comes out on may 25th. >>> mike, it is your moment. we've been waiting for this. >> you've had a full hour. >> are you ready? >> i'm going to save it for charity. >> oh, come on, mike. we'll clip this and post it on the air. >> yeah, we'll pull it. >> i don't see any of you guys jumping in. i tried during the commercial break. >> i can vouch for him. it was really bad. >> you have the best and deepest voice. >> sorry. can't do it. >> mike, mike, mike. >> feel like eminem in the eight mile when he gets booed off the stage. that's me. now you know how my wife feels, guys, disappointed. >> wow. >> shame on me. >> you're never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. >> thanks

force was weak for disney's latest star wars offering.$83 million take in north america was well short of forecasts and the worst opening of the four rebooted star wars films. changed its estimates from $150 million to between a hundred $15 million and $105 million. manus: thank you very much. closedh markets will be later on because it is memorial day. it is a holiday at home in the london. you should be getting up and having your copy and checking out s&p futures, 0.4%. let's move the agenda along on the markets. 2018, it has been an emotional year for equity. that is depending on where you are in the long and short game. the question for investors is what is next? bloomberg spoke exclusively to the ceo of the world's biggest publicly traded hedge fund. this is what he sees for the second half of the year >>. >> rates are gradually drifting higher in the u.s.. equities are gradually drifting higher based on decent growth. as long as you have decent growth, equities can perform. the concern everybody has is when we get a change in the en

juliette: and the box office force was weak for disney's latest star wars opening.low earned $148 million total, but the $83 million take was short of forecasts and the worst opening of the four rebooted star wars films released so far. they have flash their estimates 115 $150 million to between million dollars and $105 million. matt: the euro has rallied as leaders of the two main populist parties pull the plug on trying to form a government after president sergio mattarella rejected their choice of finance minister. it has found the country in uncertainty. a man fromut that is brussels, director of frugal. thanks so much for joining us. let me get your take on what has happened here in italy. i was unaware the president had the power to deny a group that was elected to form a government, his choice of finance minister. is that constitutionally correct? guest: yes, so he absolutely has the right as to pull the plug on a finance minister and any other graveer if he sees constitutional incompatibilities, and he felt that the candidate that was put forth the two popul

. >>> i'm going to be >>> "solo star wars wars wars w disney owns the series as well as abc7. >>> a migrantrom mali living in france is being called a hero after scaling an apartment building saving a child. sprang into action saturday after seeing the child was in danger. and he climbe from balcony where he got to the fifth floor and grabbed the child. >> translator: i saw the child who was about to fall from the balcony. i ran and thought of ways to save him and thank god i scald the front of th that balcony. >> french president granted him papers to legalize his stay. citizenship and a job as firefighters. the father has been charged with failure to meet parental obligation which carries a sentence of maximum two years. >>> showing us the traditions and what is new this year. >> reporter: a moment of silence. a time to remember. >> honor the lives and deeds of america's greatest heroes. >> reporter: memorial day in washington means a day filled with tributes to men and women who gave ultimate sacrifice in service to the u.s. >> all brothers and sisters in arms. >> reporter: memorial day

david: speaking of planes and pilots, solo rides the box office for disney's latest star wars offeringn total there. northllion take in america was short of forecast, the worst among the four rebooted star wars films so far. disney has slashed its estimates through the memorial day holiday from $150 million to $150 million. yvonne: i missed out on that. david: me too. yvonne: what are you watching this morning? >> not that. but 100 offshoots for the number one franchise. i would say what's coming up. irrepressible cio of that company. there she is. she will be joining us and a half hour talking to us about what is going on with the trade route, how it's playing out with markets in china, and what the best next guess is. economiste ages chief to do all these things coming up through this week and last but arianast, isaac both of gives us a sense of where we are. but markets continues next. ♪ rishaad: little bit more positive about the north korea summit. now it could be back on. president trump saying his meeting with kim jong-un should go ahead and the two sides are talking directly. s

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star wars fans can finally get excited about the franchise's new disney parks. edge, will be opening at disneyland next summer and disney world in orlando next fall. meanwhile, disney is also trying its hand at acrobatic robotics. disney research released this video of a robot named stickman. he can tuck and fold into a somersault and do it in the air. the team said they will continue to work with the progra robot ad program more stunts. i'm not sure i like the robot more or the star wars park. >> maria: it looks incredible. >> dagen: before alexa and amazon we all had that in our homes. it was does that smell bad to you. >> that's bourbon, it smells fine. >> dagen: no booze. >> maria: coming up, the mom of four who invented hint water now trying to disrupt another large and lucrative market, sunscreen. she'll tell us all about it when she joins us next. back in a minute. ♪ i keep dancing on my own. ♪ i keep dancing on my own. ♪ [music playing] (vo) from day one, we always came through for our customers. it's how we earned your trust. until... we lost it. today,

. >> it's awesome what disney is doing to the "star wars" franchise. >>> and finally, the most sought-afterpot made popular by yours truly. >> mm-hm. >> earlier this week i took you to singapore where the pool parties are mply hvenly, and even if the summit with north korea doesn't happen in singapore, everyone seems to want to go there now. >> okay, okay. >> because i was there. >> so we saw that you thoroughly enjoyed the marina bay sands. >> uh-huh. >> well, now so is thor. >> get out. >> there's kendis enjoying it. >> hi, everybody, in singapore at the moment. just arrived at the hotel room. look at this. ♪ and -- >> that piano is oddly familiar, by the way. chris hemsworth apparently gets his travel tips from kendis. >> to be kidding. see that piano? look at this. >> maybe you can play better than chris can. can we hear it? ♪ temporary ♪ good times ♪ >> i think it's a little off with the audio there. >> much better than chris hemsworth. how about the big finish. ♪ aren't you lucky we have them ♪ >> oh, there, there it is. ♪ good times >> there's your big finish. perfect. you nailed it,

a problem >> etflix. >> i think you guys are crazy if you think disney has issues with the studio >> i have never seen an entire "star warser a rainy one too. we really -- but the bottom line here is disney should not be treated in the same way as some other media companies because of the their products business and theme parks does, which i think are clicking around. i don't think you need to jump in here now as karen said. but to say that these guys because "star wars" is failing, that studio is so much stronger than any competitor, that is not reason or the worried. >> they make a ton of money. the problem is it cost them a ton of money to make a ton of money. and netflix is -- >> they spend a ton of money for that growth. >> while netflix is not spending a ton of money. >> they are. spending a tub of money. >> they are not even making money jet yet. >> they are used to buying other's content. now they are creating their own for pennies on the dollar. >> do you think netflix is any way enkroecroaching on disney's content? is not even close. >> the whole idea i'm buying value? >> we're talking about content i understand

when it does, it beats out star wars, another disney production, for the top spot.an apple all-time high text to warren buffett and white the investor up his investment in the iphone maker. next. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: and apple executive will be? welcome lawyers over plains of dollars of patents and listen fees, not friday a federal judge ordered him to be deposed granting qualcomm request and turning on apple's arguments against the move. the heart of this enough is how much welcome can charge for makers these its patents. qualcomm images the chipmaker of trying to monopolize the industry. apple shares hit a record of the warren buffett puts msnbc you bought additional shares of the iphone maker in the first order. the purchase cost between $11 billion and $14 billion and that's to the almost when in 70 million shares berkshire hathaway owns at the end of 2017. apple was already buffets biggest shareholder at the time. joined us with marcus mark gurman who covers all things apple. your take? vote of confidence from what the world's most renowned investors wit

star wars" movie. for years "star wars" has rocked the box office. disney hopes to make it four years in a role with the latest release. a stars wars story and it is an origin story for solo and it is rated pg-13. >>> and look for a sci-fi, see how to talk to girls at parties. el fanning is a teenage alien who feels with a group in the late 70s. >> did we approve that- >> that israted ". >> if we stall long enough, we could -- >> i don't feel like making apologies. >> just go outside. >> it is going to be nice this weekend. we just have to shake the clouds and this kind of gloomy weather that we are seeing. spotty rain across the bay area as you wake up and head out of the door. as we get a look at storm range. that is our mobile doppler. we have it in san jose to give us the best view of what is happening around the bay area. and most of the rain is in the north bay and as you get out of town. and the showers through napa and toward solano county up through i-80 and it is closer to sacramento and stockton. some of the showers and storms developing this mor

family direct to consumer proposition but that largely is going to be anchored by disney, marvel, pixar, and "star wars. so not dependent at all on the assets we're buying from fox. >> as we listen to iger's commitment to buying fox and hear about comcast bid in the works, it's worth noting this wouldn't be the first time that comcast and disney have been caught up in m and a talk. it was a while ago back in 2004, comcast made a $54 billion bid for disney it then, of course, pulled that offer when it became clear the offer was too low. back to you. >> thank you very much julia boorstin who here is confident that disney's deal, disney's bid will go through, as confident as mr. iger is? >> think about what they have bid fox -- fox trading 17 times next year's earnings that's basically twice the valuation of some of their competitors. what does fox have that nobody else has i'll say it again, i think it's the hulu thing, scale. will disney overpay? maybe it will. you have to ask your self, why are they so hell bent on getting this asset that's why. >> our next guest no stranger to bitter battle to buy dis

star wars movie. and today they get to see more. that is what disney is looking at. t the first star wars movie. it was quite something. and sweeney, john gerner lori heinel. igerl be speaking to bob after the company announces its reports. coming up, what companies are doing to boost diversity in and room. the board and as you commute in, you can tune into tom keene and jonathan ferro. surveillance is heard in washington, d.c., the bay area and across the states. this is bloomberg. ♪ this is bloomberg. ♪ kailey: this is bloomberg daybreak and i'm in the hewlett-packard enterprise green room. coming up in the next hour, muhammad ali and -- mohamed -- mohamednd el-erian. david w.: a record number of statehave stepped up for races. it is a reflection to a certain extent of the reaction to donald trump's election. many of these women tell us they expected hillary clinton to win they felthe did not, it is important for them to step up and take charge. thatis story makes clear there is no guarantee that women are going to dominate the wind count -- the wind count. is the.:

the new star wars movie solo: a star wars story, has failed to make the impact disney had hoped in northrd's film about a young han solo would take between $130 million and $150 million on its debut weekend. but it had to settle for $103 million. the film has been generally praised by critics. now to the story which has got everyone talking, spiderman — at least that's what he's being called. he's actually a migrant from mali who climbed up the outside of an apartment block in paris to rescue a small boy who was dangling from a balcony. the video of his amazing feat has been watched more than 10 million times. and now, as a ‘thank you', he's been promised french citizenship. lucy williamson reports from paris france has nicknamed him spiderman. his real name is mamoudou gassama. when he saw a toddler dangling from a fourth floor balcony, the malian immigrant ran straight past the crowd of onlookers and began to climb. in less than a minute, he'd scaled the outside of the building, a neighbour holding onto the toddler, until he arrived. with one leg swung across the balcony, mamoudou swep

fighting championship, on the espn plus app and then the disney app was meant to include disney, pixar, marvel and star warss film and that's not dependent at all on the fox acquisition >> iger wouldn't say how many people have subscribed to espn plus so far but did say it's off to a strong start. thanks to growing fees from new digital bundles, iger said he's optimistic digital media growth will compensate for traditional declines which are moderating. >> we believe that you're going to continue to see real growth in digital platforms and continued erosion on the traditional side i think ultimately the new business will eclipse the older business i think it will happen sooner than most predicted and we're going into this in a big way. >> we'll hear about fox's digital strategy and how its assets could fit in with a buyer when it reports earnings after belt this afternoon. back over to you >> all right julia, big news there. thank you very much, julia boorstin on disney another earnings mover, shares of go daddy in the green after a second quarter earnings beat due to new customer additions. joining us this

the new star wars movie solo: a star wars story, has failed to make the impact disney had hoped in northron howard's film about a young han solo would take between 130 million and $150 million on its debut weekend. but it had to settle for $103 million. the film has been generally praised by critics. the tribal areas in pakistan, bordering afghanistan, have long—been viewed as a wild, lawless region. for over 100 years, they've been ruled by a piece of british colonial era legislation, treating them as a semi autonomous region, and controversially, allowing for the collective punishment of communities. but now that's about to change. pakistani politicians have voted to incorporate the areas around the khyber pass into a neighbouring province. secunder kermani has been there and sent this report. the khyber pass, just over a dozen miles from the afghan border and once a hub of militant activity. for decades, the tribes living here have been ruled separately from the rest of pakistan. now they are being brought into the mainstream and many residents support the move. translation: i'm so ha

star wars." a bit of a disappointment this weekend. >> yes, that's right. a "star wars" story from disney and lucasfilm's openness memorial day weekend at the top of the box office. >> we waited a long time for a shot like this. >> as jerry said, it falls short of expectations, bringing in an estimated $103 million over the weekend. dead pool two came in second place with an estimated $55 million. in third place, avengers infinity war with $21 million rounding out the top five book club in life of the party. cheryl: definitely concerns they were going to be too many "star wars." >> they came out five months ago. cheryl: kind of makes sense. coca-cola has a new drink. very interesting. >> coca-cola's first alcohol drink is available. called lemon dill and will be available with 3%, 5% and 7% alcohol. this is the first alcoholic drink in the 132 year history. bad news, only available on the japanese island of kyushu. that's a lot of things out in japan. gerri: thank you for that. appreciate it. cheryl: coming up, oil prices sink in the most 11 months in a deal between saudi arabia and russi

all right we will let's take a look at disney for latest star wars movie so turning out too many of thembeen a heck of a franchise for them, but what disiewng? >> tile to hand it off to aventures. >> it wasn't really disney quality markets. the setup for it twhawnt goods and they were due for hiccup and this is their hiccup here. this is i wouldn't say not time to bury the "star wars" franchise yet but this is -- >> they rushed this in getting lower review and a poor quality movie is going to be tougher to get people to go in to see dmiet the fact that donald glover is in it. >> and ron howard famous director stepped in to take this project over. a 250 million dollar budget. came in at 103 million memorial day weekend domestic 68 million international. is it "star wars" i think people knew ending of this what happened to hon solo. >> what happens, back story. but -- [laughter] i'm old so i love the first three original movies, all right guy let's go back to the big board here dow jones industrial selling off big time down more than 200 points on the dow remember we're off more than prema

>> it has been a tough day for the walt disney company peers star wars underperforming and now the issueof the highest-rated shows on the abc network in the past season. it was featured at the up from -- talking about the upcoming abc season. featuredwas vessel and prominently. it is a loss of the abc network itself. diversifiede company and will not have a material effect. >> perhaps an overreaction amid a broader risk off tone. >> they have been under a lot of pressure for a variety of reasons including cord cutting and disney has clearly been a part of that. they have been bidding for some for 21st century fox and there is that overhang as well hear a lot of noise around that disney story these days. >> the stocks are down 7% years to date. the pressure is on him in a number of different ways, suggesting he hang around for little while. what is job number one for him at this point? >> job number one is to get a fox done for 21st century with those assets. a $52 billion transaction, he has got to get that done and he has competition coming from compaq -- comcast. he has got to be caref

stock that's not financial or industrial disney underperforming other media stocks today mainly reaction to the decision appointing reaction to the new star wars and worst performing franchise movie since disney owned lucas film back in 2012 we are talking about is there "star wars" fatigue, too close to "dead pool" other comic book movies ironic in the sense because the poll case for the studios of disney into the year, wow, stacked up for so many new releases i would add, guys, that the announcement today that disney was cancelling roseanne's sit come did not change the picture. the stock did not change up or down from that abc network is a small piece financially of walt disney, guys >> i was going to ask. amazed it did not move on. it's a hit show, showing abc has no real value to disney overall? >> it's not a swing factor right now. certainly not one show with a handful of rating points once a week, nobody thinks they could not extrapolate a financial impact there >> different story with "star wars," mike, i guess, see you in a bit. >>> how is tech holding up this afternoon in the selloff, bertha >> relative to the dow, we are watching th

solo, a "star wars" story is out on may 25th. >> disney the parent company of abc 7. >> i feel like mike could do a good one. if anybody can do it, it's mike. >> i can't do it on demand. >> i'm like jessica. >> i'm so disappointed. >> got to relax the throat to let it gurgal like that. oo >> let's talk about what's going on with your accuweather forecast. we have a look at walnut creek, one of the areas that will push 80 degrees, need to turn the air conditioner on in the car. warmer, becoming mostly sunny. cool tonight, mostly cloudy and seasonal to above average high temperatures. today we'll go from low clouds until you see high clouds. that's the warm air coming in, bringing a little extra moisture with it. that just means really sunny days once again and glasses needed. 64 degrees here. the mission 65. south san francisco 66. the rest of us in the low 60s. daly city may only make it to 59. oakland 6 degrees. not nearly as great as it was yesterday. 68 in berkeley. everyone else 70 to 74 degrees. 70 in san mateo. millbrae 67 to palo alto at 73. as we go to the north bay, 75 in santa

highest grossing film two weekend with star wars force awakens, all-star from marvel topped the billion dollar mark in 11 days, first movie to do that. marvel owned by disney. >> to the top five now after avengers infiniti war overboard opened in distant second. quiet place in third, round be quiet place in third, round be top five i feel pretty and patrick, you seem pretty pissed today. what's going on? pissed? oh, no, i'm not pissed. everyone always thinks i'm so dramatic. "there's always something wrong with patrick." well, i'm sorry, folks. no show today. all right. lacey, what's going on with you? i am dying of loneliness. ah, there it is. the matinee performance of "okla-homo." i can't find anyone of any substance. every guy i go out with turns out to be a superficial idiot.

the worst start of the year for the fourth star wars movie that disney has released.after the bank announces implication of monetary policy. this rate will be equal to the current funding rate. joining us now to discuss this benjamin harvey. great to have you on the program. what does this mean for investors? does this process but mean they are expecting more from central banks? benjamin: what is interesting today is that the central bank has raised all of its main rates significantly. from 8%.ent but they are not calling this a rate increase. a investorrom standpoint, they are being proactive and taking action against the lira weakness. and for the time being, they are talking about political pressure on the central bank cut rates. francine: what does that mean for the lira? i don't know if you look at technicals? but what needs to happen for the lira to strengthen further? benjamin: investors are taking this as positive news. the lira is up more than 3%. investors have been looking for is a vocation of policy. -- for simplification of policy. the central bank is in

highly-anticipated solo, star wars story from disney and lucas film did open up memorial weekend andmber one but just watch. >> i waited a long time for a shot like this. >> what do you think? no, what do you know? cheryl: despite being han solo, fell short of expectations, brought in $103 million over the long weekend, so a little disappoint there. deadpool 2 came in with second place, estimated 55 million and third place avengers infinity war kept rolling, another $21 million, rounding up the top 5 book club and then life of the party, but the feeling on this solo star wars story, maria, maybe fatigue and just had other star wars movie come out few months ago. they could have waited a little bit before they put this one out on the market. maria: fatigue? cheryl: maybe. kevin: rogue one got great reception, new storyline, new characters, it was something exciting and new and so what i was gathering from all the chatter of the box office is it seems like there maybe fatigue of the same characters, storylines, people want something differentiated because there's so much? dagen: there'

star wars film franchise have been disappointing opening in the u.s. and canada. o: a star warsl the worst start to a star wars movie since disney's release.emen and women who have sex with their lives in the line of duty, we want to pause and reflect -- livesve sacrificed their in the line of duty. we want to pause and reflect. equality, business of the ongoing conversation about lives impacted by diversity. i found out i was a distant young, the charles highest-ranking african-american in the army until his death in 1922 so i started learning about history. about nursesbook in world war ii and had a chapter on black nurses. that was something a want to unpack and delve into. >> what did you learn about the conditions that lead a lot of black women to become nurses for the u.s. military during world war ii? obviously they had other options in the cities where they were living. was to work at a city funded, underfunded usually hospital for blacks. they knew they would be paid the least amount and so the army -- that that said a lot of black women to the nurse corps, on top of being patriotic. >> were there a lot of women that signed up for

star wars. think may the force be with you. a new program called roar for change. from now until may 25, disneyill donate a dollar to unicef for every person who posts, likes or shares a roar. to social media and uses hash tag roar for change. >> nice. while fans everywhere look to geek out on may 4th. children celebrated in an extra special way. >> they hung out with the star wars new film. we have the story. >> reporter: the force is strong with these star struck kids at children's hospital in san francisco. whose smiles are beaming brighter than life sabers. as they enjoy the special star wars party. with the star of the >> having a mind of my own. >> the back story of hans solo. how he becomes friends with chew baa ka. seeing their hero comes to life gives jedi strength to the patients. >> i think it's cool. because how those celebrities and all this people come here and just like support the kids. >> the children delighted in playing with r 2 d 2. meeting pilots and masters. and posing for green screen photographs. that teach them the magic of movie making. and learning an important lesson

star wars" fatigue. "solo: the "star wars" story" took in $83.3 million at the box office. disneys gross $404 million. overseas ticket sales were even worse. "so "solo" hit sales five months after "star wars: the last jedi" was showing. >> do you suffer from "star wars" fatigue? >> i don't. >>> the boy band bts hit number one on the billboard chart, the first k-pop act to do so. ♪ >> i can see why it's climbing the charts. the album is called love yourself here. it sold about 135,000 traditional and streaming albums. the hit single is called "fake love." come on, you like it. >> i hear your new ring tone. >>> here on memorial day, jan crawford remembers women who deserve more attention. >> reporter: the sacrifices women have made for our nation have often gone unrecognized. we're at the gates of arlington cemetery. and coming up, we're going to take a unique look at a memorial that pays tribute to the contributions of more than 3 million women in our nation. you got a1c, heart, diet, and exercise. slide 'em up or slide 'em down. so let's see. for most of you, it's lower a1c. but o

year, disney has sold 32% of all tickets in north america and disney is poised to continue dominating the box office with "solo" a "star warsre-sales tickets are twice as strong as those for "black panther. analysts will hone in on disney's largest network, media network. we can expect probing about how disney's direct to consumer espn app has done in the first few weeks and of course disney's pending fox acquisition will be front and center, especially now that comcast has been offering a higher price than what fox has offered. we're interested to hear if iger is going to get into a bidding war. >> thank you, julia boorstin in los angeles. why do we think disney's been trading at a discount to its peers at this point? >> i think first of all the value of content seemingly has been diminished in the last 12 months i think people don't believe that they're going to be able to compete with netflix i think that's wrong if netflix gets that multiple, disney should get that multiple. >> i'm asking that question because we're getting at can they say anything or do anything on this earnings call to allay any fears or address that

star wars. think may the force be with you. a new program called roar for change. from now until may 25, disneydonate a dollar to unicef for every person who posts, likes or shares a roar. to social media and uses hash tag roar for change. >> nice. while fans everywhere look to geek out on may 4th. children celebrated in an extra special way. >> they hung out with the star wars new film. we have the story. >> reporter: the force is strong with these star struck kids at children's hospital in san francisco. whose smiles are beaming brighter than life sabers. as they enjoy the special star wars party. with the star of the movie. >> having a mind of my own. >> the back story of hans solo. how he becomes friends with chew baa ka. seeing their hero comes to life gives jedi strength to the patients. >> i think it's cool. because how those celebrities and all this people come here and just like support the kids. >> the children delighted in playing with r 2 d 2. meeting pilots and masters. d posing for green screen photographs. that teach them the magic of movie making. and learning an important lesso

. ♪ ♪ that's actual footage. ( applause ) walt disney, we await your lawsuits. ( laughter ) it's about time "star warsd some proud and open l.g.b.t.q. characters. for pete's sake, it's okay to watch a brother and sister make out, but we can't watch two men kiss? star wars is a story of empowerment in the face of discrimination. >> we don't serve their kind here. >> stephen: that, of course, was an early cameo by mike pence. ( laughter ) ( cheers and applause ) ( piano riff ) yeah, he's good. he's good. the full spectrum of sexuality has always been there, but they just wouldn't come out and say it. we know chewbacca is a furry. and darth vader is clearly part of the lifestyle. he dresses like a dominatrix. >> remember, the safe word is pumpkin patch. >> stephen: we've got a great show for you. zachary quinto is here. but when we return, people are getting high on cheese. stick around! ( cheers and applause ) ( band playing ) ♪ ♪ the powerful backing of american express. don't live life without it. the powerful backing of american express. woooodang. woooo!!! dang. ha hah!!! we hide hotel names, so you

star wars." the $101 million that the disney film "solo" took in over the weekend is considered a disappointment.ial day weekend in four years, the original film fell short of box office expectations. that makes "solo" the smallest opening for "star wars" since 2002. >>> lebron james reaching the >>> lebron james reaching his eighth straight nba finals after willing the cleveland cavaliers to a game 7 victory on over the boston celtics in the eastern conference finals. four-time mvp pouring in 35 points, pulling down 15 rebounds, adding nine assists while playing every minute of the game. cavs will meet the winner of tonight's wefrpbs conference matchup between houston and golden state in the nba finals. >>> lack of clarity. mason has seen it all in her 17 years as an english teacher in south korea. when the retired teacher received a letter from those deficiencies from none other than the white house, mrs. mason did not let it go. this is the white house letter with mrs. may son's letter and comments. federal, president, state. common nouns into proper announce. at the bottom she writes, omg, th

star wars" story hits theater may 25th, memorial day weekend. now we know what we're doing memorial day. >> that's part of it. and as disneys the parent company of abc 7 and kinz is lamming another initiative to help out kids battling illnesses. >> part of team of heroes, a $100 million commitment over the next fif years to totally transform the kids experience staying in hospitals. guys think theemd roms, enchanted artwork, maybe even dinds movies. the imagine ears will be business over the next five years. >> great to see them smile. >> thank you kristen. >>> well the "star wars" characters also went across the bay. ucsf hospital in oklahoma sent photos r 2 d 26789 darth vader and state troopers and more brightened the day. >>> the heath roe airport got in on it with a zart yur bored all the destinations from plan et cetera from the "star wars" series. i just want to go to idaho. the flight numbers are a tribute to some of the popular characters. there is women's cal rernss to security and possible delays. punctuate eightwood the phrase may the 4th with be with you. >> it was rm warmer but back to sweater weather for the

and that's met a number of ufc events, ultimate fighter championships, and the disney app has pixar, marvel, and star wars so that's not dependent on the fox acquisition. hulu, obviously, already has access to certain fox assets, and it had been the intention should we own 21st century fox, and thus gain 60% stake in hulu to continue to fuel hulu with more intellectual property from both companies >> you mentioned espn plus app, it's been out for a month, how is it doing so far >> i don't have specifics in terms of numbers, but reactions have been positive from customers. we've seen pretty good adoption rates from what was free, there was a trial offer to pay, to basically subscription, and that's been quite positive app seems to be performing quite well, continues to it rate, meaning we continue to seek ways or find ways we can make the user experience even better, and i love it. i watched it the other day while waiting for my son at basketball practice watched the yankees game live on the ipad it worked well we feel good about the direct to consumer propositions we are taking out, and, again , neithe of

probably more weighed down bit disappointment in the latest "star wars" movie but disney ceo bob igering into it, defending the abc's swift decision to cancel the show. canceling roseanne's show was right thing to do. bob iger doesn't tweet all that much. it caught the attention much u.s. president in the last hour. donald trump firing back at iger, tweeting that bob iger of abc called valerie jarrett to let her know that abc does not tolerate comments like those made by roseanne barr. gee, he never called president trump to apologize for the horrible statements made and said by me on abc. maybe i just didn't get the call. well, mane time the maker of ambien, the french drugmaker sanofi, also getting into it, also busy tweeting. it said all pharmaceutical treatments have side effects racism is not a known one. charles, it seems like that is the main way to communicate these days is on the twitter page. charles: get your message out there instantaneously. reaction as well the susan li, thank you very much. >>> here now with reaction, media research president brent bozell. all right, tw

disney, it doesn't have the balance sheet to do that. they have to struggle to create entertainment organically. havedon'the -- it isiller thing, whether movarvel, --or "star warsvel, but they are not as profitable with single or multiplayer games. who can build a businesslike disney? we have seen this scrambling for people who want to get their hands on entertainment. space, what do you do with it? sony is a net transition phase. the problem with transitioning to a completely new model, it is hard to execute with any degree of certainty. there is a fickleness to the quality of programs you produce. can you read market sentiment? the question for sony is whether they will make the right capital allocation decision. but you had people who were skeptical about amazon's approach to content and they've executed it well. the ultimate test is going to be to see who designed the products. but you had people whoand predie up with a blockbuster. these are hard areas to speculate on. a: and the netflix just assigned to be obama's. obamas.signed the perhaps emerging markets local bonds are offering grower premiums. perhaps that puts them back into fashion. or is it too mu

disney numbers. what would the company's bottom line look like without marvel and "star wars," do you think?significantly different the interesting thing from yesterday's numbers, if you look at the studio segment of the revenues, studio entertainment, 21% in operating revenues, but operating income was up. so over the previous six months there's been an increase of 9% for that segment but in the last three months, there's been a 29% increase in the operating income that's come down to two things, "black panther" and unexpected huge international successes and underlines disney as a global brand, and we also have the avengers franchise those two movies alone brought in 2$2.5 billion, which approximately half the revenues are coming outside the u.s. now. >> i want to talk about the global presence of disney. you say that's one of its main strengths. as we look forward to them building their own video on demand, streaming service, i wonder are they missing a trick against the likes of netflix who are building these successful shows produced in italy and france and spain and brazil and mexico a

despite the hype, because this is a "star wars" movie, the han solo spinoff was disappointing at $83 million. that might sound like a lot but disney was hoping for $101 million over the weekend. in the minetime, let's talk about bob riddell. he zpenspends time in his garag making scenes from "star wars." this is his sequel to "solo: a star wars story." he's got fun with animation. >> really has missed his calling with us here. >> i know. it's a nice day to be outside, but if you're going to head outside probably water and sun screen. >> absolutely. it's going to definitely feel like summer. people are going to be going to the beach or just trying to find somewhere to cool off. it's going to be hot for those inland areas. as we start out with clear sun rise this morning. it's going to heat up quickly. so even though we have some 50s and 60s right now, it'll be in the mid-80s at 3:00 to 4:00 today as we head close up to 90 degrees. normal is 75 so we're going way above that. but i don't think we'll set any records. as we look at the seven-day forecast, it's coming up on the screen as we talk about what to expect for today and tomorr