it opens in select theaters and imax this friday.g ] hey! >> get down! ♪ [ screaming ] >> hey, what's the magic word? the one that makes the carpet fly? >> tanga? >> tangu, you wombat. >> that's it tangu. come on, cover up! get close, close your eyes. hey, close your eyes. it only works if your eyes are closed. all right boys, let's get out of here. all together! >> tangu! >> seth: please welcome russell crowe. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] i'm so happy you're here. >> thank you and i'm happy to be here. >> seth: oh, wonderful, you can tell in your voice. >> oh yeah! >> seth: this is a real culmination of something for me. because 2001, because here i am, i have a talk show, you're a guest. 2001, i audition for "snl." >> it's very accurate so far. >> seth: very accurate so far. [ laughter ] and the rest you won't know if it's true or not, but it is. 2001, i auditioned for "snl" and one of the things i auditioned with because you had to do impressions was i did russell crowe, i did you, hosting a talk show. [ laughter ] and i was a huge f

lastly, imax.res of the big-screen technology company in a holding pattern today, currently down just 1%. this despite imax beating on first quarter profits. >>> one point in the imax earnings report highlights china as one of its top growth regions. for the first time ever in this last quarter, imax's chinese box office exceeded the u.s. box office office, $62.9 million versus $59.1 million here in the u.s. >> joining us here at post nine in an exclusive interview, imax ceo richard gelfant. how much time are you spending in china these days? >> not so much. for the first dozen, 15 years, i was there about 50 times. now we have people on the ground in china, a chinese ceo. maybe now only two or three times a year. a lot better. >> you figured out the strategy for klein now. how important is this going to be to your company going forward? >> it is important. as you said the box office there and imax for one quarter exceeded the u.s. box office. but i think by around 2018, 2020 at the latest the chin

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. >> let's move on to imax one of your picks. what will drive things on imax? because in the past it was inconsistent. that has changed however. but why are you bullish on it? >> i match has had an inconsistent history because they rely soly on the product of the entertainment industry that it gives them. so as a theater owner, if the movies are that good it hurts the revenue and profits and we've seen decent movies and lower rates. it will be a record year for movies but it ends with star wars. imax has the theaters bood up all of them for star wars from december through january. this is the biggest movie of all-time. you have to play the star wars trade. this is a great way to do it. >> well may the force be with the stock. you think it will be going about -- about 50 by the end of the year. >> i think it has considerable upside. they can leverage their global brand as well as the fact that they get a cut of revenue for every ticket that is being sold. so they have a sort of unlimited upside and fixed cost. so their margins will increase and that is great for

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about 10% of the film's sales were imax theaters setting an imax record for april as well. all right. now to the lead. there's an easter egg from tesla has the stocks zooming today. when the markets were closed, tesla in preannouncing first quarter delivery numbers. they delivered 10,030 electric cars which exceeded the forecast by 530 units and muck says going forward, tesla -- there's an effort to thwart what tesla calls an inaccurate number. but unlike other car makers tesla will not release monthly figures or will it tell us where the cars were being sold. the announcement helped to boost the stock pricing on musk's personal wealth of over $400 million. what does it tell us about tesla 's business? joining us is ashley from skype. i can't wait to see that. ashley the changing delivery of metrics seems to be a play out of the elon musk textbook. is this something that as we've seen in his past that the way numbers come out will continue to change? ashley: well, he always tries surprise people with these numbers and they're trying to set up a more consistent way to delive

about 1% of the box office sales were in imax theaters setting a record for imax in april. now to the lead, an easter egg from tesla has the stock zooming today. surprise announcement good friday, when markets were closed, tesla announcing first quarter delivery numbers. tesla delivered 10,030 electric cars in the quarter which exceeded the initial forecast by 530 units. and going forward tess will will publish the number of new car deliveries within three days of the quarter's end. he said it's an effort to thwart what he calls inaccurate sources of information used by others to scombroket the deliveries. but unlike carmakers rs tesla will not release monthly figures or tell us where the cars are being old, as other companies will. but it helped boost the stock pricing up over $400 million. analyze raising stock targets but what does it tell us about tesla's business? joining fruss washington vice president of steeple nicholas and via skype from palo alto, a new book "tesla and space x and quest for van takes future" comes out next month. ashley, the changing delivery of m

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it opens in theaters and in imax 3-d this friday.sing. he can dance. >> what is up? >> jimmy: thank you so much for, first, coming on the show. number two, for really opening up to us about hawkeye. [ laughter ] that was so great. >> you got his back story a a little bit. >> jimmy: i learned a lot. i did not know hawkeye played trombone in ska band. [ laughter ] you should tell everybody that jeremy was here yesterday doing stills with all the things in cats and the berets. he was here for hours, last night, doing that stuff. thank you for doing that and putting that much work -- >> thank you for putting on the booth. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: i mean, you have a a collection of scarves and berets. which is fantastic. my favorite is, i can open a a pickle jar. >> yeah, that's not bad. not bad. >> jimmy: you didn't overact that piece. you just open it. you're like -- >> what's up? [ laughter ] >> jimmy: what's up? who opens a pickle jar and says, "what's up?" afterwards. so, lame. you're a great singer. you've been on the show

and you can expect to see more disney movies in imax theaters. renewed to 2017 covering releases from disney pixar, marvel and lucas film including a blockbuster hit like the star wars movies copping outming out. imax 3% higher to $36.33. strong prescription sales helped rite aid beat profit estimates. revenues also topped estimate but the drugstore chain below street estimates. shares rose 2% to $8.87. tesla announced upgrade to flag ship model s. th electric car with larger ba pack and all-wheel drive features now. that car starts at $75,000, that's tesla's lowest price model, by the way. shares up 2% to $207.67. and shares of penntear after disappointed investors with guidance. the industrial machinery firm slashed first quarter earnings estimates citing strong dollar and lower than expected oil and gas industry demand. that stock fell by 3.5% to $62.21 making it by the way, the worst performer in the s&p 500 index today. and triumph group announced some management changes. the aerospace engineering and components makers ceo is stepping down t

then you take a look at imax. they play into this why? because of course premium.u want to watch it in a blow you away sort of format. >> 22 million bucks globally from imax. >> this and disney's avengers, that will be huge as well. we talked about it on this show, march 10th. stock was up 7.5% today. >> yeah, i mentioned comcast of course. it's a universal film. microsoft upgraded to outperform wells, pete? >> this is a stock last week downgraded now all of a sudden we're seeing this upgrade from wells. they're focusing on a lot of the things, they feel some of this is already priced in. you look at the stock, it's moving very nicely today. the focus is actually something they point out in this note. looking for that to be the big positive. it's mobility, it's about the cloud. i like this stock. i continue to think it goes from 45 to 50. >> how about mattel? >> the reasons behind it are incorrect. they're saying the dividend is protected. 6.2%, sixth largest in the s&p. cut the dividend. that will actually make the stock price go down. chop it in half, you'll stil

imax a winner. >> imax is a real winner. liz: mattel, up 6% about. >> reilly likes the company. not cut the dividend. stock got a nice pop up about 6%. [closing bell ringing]. liz: nicole, you and i have wisconsin on our bracket. that's right. nicole and i. very excited about that. amazing we both chose it. but i chose it to win. nicole does not have wisconsin winning. bells ringing on wall street. see how the stocks finish up because a couple of hours before the ncaa finals. dow jones industrials is a winner here, up about 120 points. nasdaq charging ahead by 30 points. that is 2 1/2% gain, not bad. s&p tacking on 13 full points on a day where a single speech by one of the fed heads in newark, new jersey, juiced this market. let's get into it. "after the bell" starts right now. liz: what a ma

it opens in theaters and imax next friday, may 1st. >> jimmy: chris evans. looking sharp, my man. >> is that what you do? you unbutton it when you sit down. >> jimmy: yeah of course. that's what you do. thank you for coming back to see us. i want to thank you again for doing -- we did a photo bomb bit. >> we did a great photo bomb bit didn't we? >> jimmy: it looks good, yeah. >> it was so fun. >> jimmy: we were at the super bowl and people were just -- they thought they were getting their picture taken for the super bowl. >> what idiots. >> jimmy: no, no, no -- so then we surprise and photo bomb them in the back -- >> it was good, it was a lot of fun. >> jimmy: but you and chris pratt who is coming tomorrow. >> i heard that. pratt's here tomorrow. pratt. [ cheers and applause ] it's hard not to love that guy right. >> jimmy: both of you guys. both of you guys. >> thank you for lumping me in the pratt group. >> jimmy: no, you are. you the head of the pratt group. but you guys had a bet on the super bowl -- >> we did yeah. >> jimmy: you'

it opens in theaters both standard and imax on friday, please welcome dwayne johnson. [ cheers and applausese ] ♪ >> jimmy: how are you? >> buddy, how are you doing? >> jimmy: i'm doing well. >> thank you, thank you so much. thank you. >> jimmy: i noticed something. is it my imagination or are those shoes too big for your feet? >> no? what size do you wear? >> 15. >> jimmy: oh my god. 15. >> wow. one guy, uh. >> jimmy: right across the street today vin diesel your costar got his handprints and footprints in the cement over at the mann's chinese theater. >> yeah, that's right. >> jimmy: i don't know if your feet would fit in the cement. >> feet and hands, i don't know, we've got to go double size. >> jimmy: were you over there for that? >> i was not. i was working my pecs at that point. >> jimmy: were you? >> training. >> jimmy: do you work out? [ cheers and applause ] >> i do. i work out occasionally, yes, yes. i try to. >> jimmy: how much do you work out? >> generally maybe about an hour and a half a day. >> jimmy: do you feel bad about yourself if you miss? or do you never miss? >> no, i

i have an imax. imac. >> i want to get her to the new gold laptop. apple is strong around laptops.hink where we're disappointed around ipad sales. you know, that laptop market is still a gigantic market. you know, my kids use it. they're living on the apple ecosystem. i think what people don't -- very hard to value for the analysts is obviously the stores. the ecosystem. the fact that from eight to 80, apple has a lockdown on an audience. then you have the genius bars. very few people talk about. very hard metric to talk about. that engages the customer for a lifetime. that's something that google and samsung can't do. best buy. it's an atrocity. apple systems, eight to 80. that's how investors need to think about the numbers. >> colleen, the services that howard touched upon. i'm thinking anybody can hang on every word about apple pay, or is it more itunes? anything about apple tv? >> yeah. i think we all kind of forgot about apple tv with all this watch hubbub. i think there will be incremental updates. another big thing will be on the dividend. i think that any sort of weakening

. >>> imax fwraeg to a three-year movie exhibition deal.max will be involved in live action films, and that is the new star wars movie. >> sarah. with the help of the american housing market, many areas are soaring while buying a home makes a lot manager financial sense. the renters still won't buy. why? diana knows. hi, di. >> when you look at the numbers, several reasons, but let's talk rent versus buy first. rent growth in the first quarter of this year was 4.9%. that's the highest it's been in nearly four years. occupancy also up. so you're not going to see rents come down much any time soon. you look at all the costs of buying a home today. it takes on average two years for the average home buyer to break even. that means to be paying the seam as they would be to rent. it takes less time in dallas and the midwest. more time in california and new york and here in d.c. of course. still, given all that nearly half of renters surveyed said either their credit or finances are keeping them from buying a home. about one-quarter of the renters

. >> when we come back imax ceo explains why hollywood's big new star is china. dow's up 60 points.uawk alley." ameriprise asked people a simple question: in retirement, will you have enough money to live life on your terms? i sure hope so. with healthcare costs, who knows. umm... everyone has retirement questions. so ameriprise created the exclusive confident retirement approach. now you and your ameripise advisor.... can get the real answers you need. start building your confident retirement today. >>> welcome back to "squawk on the street." let's look at shared of tobacco companies. reynolds american, investors have been expecting a vote from the ftc staff on their proposed merger this week. stocks have been falling on blocking the deal but they are reversing course on some of those losses today. as can you see, reynolds american up 4% lorillard up almost 3%. >> thank you very much. >>> today is autism awareness day. that's why we're all wearing some form of blue. sara well. also taking a deeper look at autism, the people it affects and where we stand on treatment. we have more o

it opens today in imax, 3-d, and theaters everywhere.ing me. >> jimmy: oh, it's so good to see you. you've got a little -- >> i sound like vin, basically. >> jimmy: you sound like vin diesel. >> i do. >> jimmy: you lost your voice? >> it's been so much talking i about the movie i think i just lost it. >> jimmy: i like it, yeah. >> it's kind of interesting right? >> jimmy: mysterious i love it, yeah. i have to ask you because you're just here and you look very beautiful, by the way. do you want to do a funny face? >> you know, i was watching and you can't help but do it alongside. >> jimmy: really? >> yes. >> jimmy: do we have one for jordana? >> here's my funny face. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: they upped the game on that one. let's see. [ laughter ] ♪ [ cheers and applause ] that's fantastic. i think you did a great job. you have a -- how old's your son? >> 18 months. >> jimmy: 18 months, similar. i have a 17-month-old. so cute. does he do funny faces yet? >> he stares people down and says, "no," a lot. it's very cute. >> jimmy: oh, it's cut

it will have an imax theater, the only personal home imax in the world. cost there $2 million.illion when it's finish easterlyed later this year. >> can you really enjoy them? how can you find your dog? >> i would like to try to enjoy a mansion of that size. i will give it a whirl. i'm willing to go there. >> melissa, when it's done we will go down and try to enjoy it. >> i think that's a date robert. >> you won't be able to find each other. it would be like hey melissa melissa -- or is there an intercom. >> high class problems. >> rpp, rich people problem. >> super rich people problems. >> tune in for a new episode of "secret lives for the super rich." melissa melissa, am i going to win this bracket thing? >> you might. tonight we are going to crown the winner of "fast money" madness and it's down to two names, apple versus facebook. let's look at where the brackets are here. what is at stake, brian? >> what is this? >> trophy. a trophy. >> those are handles. >> yeah. on the trophy. >> are you sure those are handles? >> so this is brian's pick but this is very important, brian

also see his work in marvel's highly anticipated "avengers: age of ultron" which is in theaters and imaxk. >> i'm sorry i was asleep. it was dream. terrible noise. and i was tangled in -- strings. had to kill the other guy. he was a good guy. >> you killed someone? >> wouldn't have been my first call but down in the real world, we're faced with ugly choices. >> who sent you? >> i see a suit of armor around the world. >> ultron? >> in the flesh or no not yet. not this -- but i'm ready. i'm on a mission. >> what mission? >> peace in our time. >> seth: please welcome back to the show, james spader. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: welcome back. >> thank you. >> seth: it's so lovely to see you again. >> thank you. >> seth: this is -- you are playing a menacing character, this ultron fella. >> yeah, that was sort of the formative stages of the eight foot robot. >> seth: yeah, he gets a little more troublesome than that. >> yeah -- >> seth: the worst thing we does there, it seems like he has trouble remembering something. >> that's sort of his richard the third stage. >> seth: yeah. exactly.

the newest installment of the "divergent" series "insurgent" which opens in theaters this friday, in imax are we? you're an even bigger fool than your mother. >> i'm not going to fight you. >> well of course you're not. you're going to fight her, the one you really hate. >> what are you? >> i'm you, tris. >> seth: please welcome back to the show, shailene woodley. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> how are you? >> seth: good, so cool to see you again. >> so good to see you. >> seth: last time i want to check in. last time you were here, you did not, you were just couch surfing. >> i was. >> seth: how are you doing now? >> i'm still couch surfing. >> seth: so you just show up at friends places? >> yeah, i just show up and they have no idea i'm coming. >> seth: unannounced? >> unannounced. well, some times i let them know i am there. i actually have friends backstage right now who have no idea when i'm showing up to their houses. >> seth: wow. are they -- has there been a time you show up where you got the sense oh, this isn't a great time? >> um, no, actually. [ laughter ] >> seth: wow. >> yeah,

when i was a kid, i fell out a tree about that far, and i saw in an imax filmed here years ago, someone jumped from this side for the filming they were doing, and he had, you know, ankles heavily taped, gel pack in the boots, right to cushion the fall and it sounded like a cannon went off when he hit the stage. and my theory is the traditional one, that booth broke his leg right there. you know, he told other people he did, and-david was captured, david told booth broke his leg on the stage. i think it was less the speed of the exit that got him out of the theater, but people were not sure what was happening. it was a scene right, with one actor, and, again, he knew the play and knew exactly when there was one actor on stage. there was a front set, meaning in other words, everything was down at front here, right at the foot lights for a dramatic presentation of the audience not much furniture on stage for the scene, and it was perfectly selected time to commit the crime that he did. and them you know, out the back door and out the alley. as we know i suppose most of us know booth was on

and the third one we're going to give you, judge, imax.time we've seen this type of activity in the past it's played out pretty favorably. this time what they're doing. stock moving towards the highs, stock was in negative territory when the trade initiated. the june 40 calls. upside,' somebody looking for the stock to break out and get to new highs, explode to new highs if they get that case. they paid 60 cents for the calls, stock trading in the 36s at this time. they've got earnings on april 30th. >> and you've got the ajengers, which could be one of the big bets. >> doc said his ownership stake in the other two you're in this? >> i've got calls in there. i grabbed them just before the show. like about 11:30, i'm going to hold them two to four weeks at least. >> thanks. >>> coming up -- think you know what the billionaire next door should buy? next one contest winner who thinks he has the answers for one warren buffett. he joins us next on the half to explain. >>> okay. we're back. buying like buffett. what will warren buffett buy next

a pop for imax. up 2%. >> doing again, laser technology just released "furious 7."s a company that continues to find ways to raise that multiple. it's a very expensive stock, but i wouldn't bet against these guys. this is not news to buy the company. >> drop for qualcomm. >> march 9th, march 10th, announced that $15 billion repurchase right before our show. the stock spiked up to 75. has not traded well since on what's been a decent take. i think the stock is headed down to 62 levels we saw a few months ago ahead of earnings. >> pop or drop. seaburg. >> i'm short of this stock. it's an absolute no motor on their business. anybody can come in, like a facebook or google and recreate what they have. they have the manpower and technology. they can do it in a short period of time. they do it. i don't think it should take out target. i'm a seller. >> pop for macy's up 4%. karen. >> yes, i think it was up on a story that they switch a southern department store up for sale. that would be a $4 billion revenue business. i actually would like the idea of macy's acquiring. no i

imax slogan is "think big." i can do that. and volkswagen's slogan is "think small."rted to think medium-sized, why should only products have slogans? everyone, everything could benefit from one. so, we came up with some for you in a segment that we call new slogans. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: let's start with a slogan for travel-sized shampoo. travel-sized shampoo -- lather, rinse, can't repeat because it's gone. i hope you enjoyed your one day vacation. [ laughter ] next we have protein bars. let's see their slogan. protein bars -- sticky, nutty, garbage. [ laughter ] more calories than a candy bar and half the taste. next we have a slogan for carryon luggage. carryon luggage, just jam it. [ laughter ] it'll fit. give me a jam it. next we have the library. now, libraries have been in trouble in recent years. they're in decline, so they could definitely benefit from a slogan. let's see it. the library -- now even quieter. [ laughter and applause ] next, finally, finally a new slogan for whiteout. whiteout -- let them know you made a mistake. [ laughter and ap

it was a huge imax screen. you strapped into a seat and it flew you through this incredibly technologically van, critically clean electrified world where all of the vehicles were autonomous, no stoplights, flying people who could drive around freely. there were mothers who were making it to the hospital on time to deliver their babies because they had an efficient -- [inaudible] >> that looked like something that was sort of going to happen by 2030 and might never happen in 2010. but in 2015 it's pretty reasonable to assume that something like that is going to be well on its way towards characterizing the transportation system of 2030. we already have things like the google car out on the streets today. every major automobile manufacturer has a serious autonomous vehicle program under development in every manufacturer has a very serious electric vehicle program as well well. >> so from this discussion after reading the book you get a sense that you be able to form your own opinion as to what kind of car you wil

universals. 810 imax screens. you have crazy stuff. honor parker. >> i did not know that it could be that readily accessible. i hope people remember how special this person is paid brought in more than $2 million worldwide. fourteen years. this one will be the biggest one. tremendous for the box office. i feel like you may have to see all of them. they switch around. this one takes place after the third one i believe. you have the paul walker story. you have the cars story. >> no offense i don't know who paul walker is. no offense. he's a good-looking guy. stuart: later this hour, california's strict, some farmers now resorting to sell their water instead of using for its crops. moving california. why? jeff flock has an answer for us. courtesy of mark zuckerberg. a rags to riches story. after this. ♪ friday night, buddy. you are gonna need a wingman. and with my cash back, you are money. forget him. my airline miles will take your game worldwide. what i'm really looking for is -- i got two words for you -- re-wards. ♪ ♪ there's got to