Sector: Movies and Entertainment

Foreign companies doing business in China must navigate a business culture in which bribery is rife, finding ways to remove obstacles to expanding in the world's second-largest economy without running afoul of local or home-country laws.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has sent letters of inquiry to at least five movie studios including News Corp's 20th Century Fox, Disney and Dreamworks Animation over potential inappropriate payments in China.

"Avatar" and "Titanic" film director James Cameron said on Sunday that he was looking at co-production of films in China, but would have to weigh issues like censorship and other restrictions before making any decisions.

The stereotype about professional athletes’ wives is that they’re gold-digging arm candy, with few accomplishments. What follows is a list of the wives of athletes who’ve made names for themselves as columnists, models, designers and more.

Damien Hirst is the greatest living, and possibly the greatest ever, moneymaker-as-artist. MBA teachers get their students to analyse his business strategy. But what business is he in?

Popular brands don’t always stay popular, but some that fall out of favor return to the marketplace in better positions than they held before being written off. See the brands that defied conventional wisdom and came back after everyone counted them out.

The superhero contest – at least at the box office – is upping the ante with new installments of comic-book adaptations for the big screen, as well as adding new franchises to the mix. After "The Avengers," more are on the way.

Until recently, Henry River Mill Village in Hildebran, N.C., was deserted and mostly forgotten. That all changed when The Hunger Games cast and crew descended upon North Carolina last summer to shoot the movie.

Ashton Kutcher will play Steve Jobs in a movie about the late Apple co-founder from his early days as a "wayward hippie" up through to his technology ventures, according to show business publication Variety.

Post-apocalyptic action movie "The Hunger Games" opened with a staggering $155 million at U.S. and Canadian box offices, beating Hollywood's lofty expectations and making history as the third-highest domestic film opening.

The highly-anticipated film from Lions Gate entertainment pulled in $19.7 million in showings just after midnight early Friday in the United States and Canada.

For Lions Gate, which won its Hollywood reputation by producing lower budget horror flicks , "The Hunger Games" represents its opportunity to prove it can develop a blockbuster film with mass appeal.

After a long hiatus, “Mad Men’s” fifth season premieres Sunday, with plot details under tighter security than a Facebook IPO.  The hit show is part of Lions Gate's diversified strategy, including "repeatable" movie franchises, its CEO told CNBC Wednesday.

Some celebrities fell out of good standing with the IRS, and paid dearly for it. Read ahead to see some of the celebrities who just couldn’t get that return finished on time, or just didn't think they had to pay what they owed.

Fantasy is a movie genre that requires huge budgets. But when it connects with audiences, a potential gold mine awaits, with sequels, prequels and spin-offs extending into the next decade and beyond.Which are the highest grossing fantasy movies of all time?