LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Rich Ross resigned under pressure as chairman of Walt Disney Co’s (DIS.N: Quote, Profile, Research) movie studio after a less than three-year run that included the release of “John Carter,” one of the biggest flops in recent Hollywood history.

Ross, named to the job in October 2009, was never able to duplicate the success he enjoyed as president of the Disney Channel, where he was credited with creating monster franchises that included “High School Musical” and “Hannah Montana.”

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Netflix Inc reports quarterly results on Monday at a precarious time. Its bill for streaming movies and TV shows has soared at a time when customer growth is slowing and the company projects an expansion abroad will push it into the red.

Wall Street expects Netflix to lose about 27 cents a share, but investors will zero in on how many new customers the video rental company added in the past three months.

LOS ANGELES, April 20 (Reuters) – Rich Ross stepped down as
chairman of Walt Disney Co’s movie studio after a less
than three-year run that included the release of “John Carter,”
one of the biggest flops in recent Hollywood history.

Ross, named to the job in October 2009, was never able to
duplicate the success he enjoyed as president of the Disney
Channel, where he was credited with creating monster franchises
that included “High School Musical” and “Hannah Montana.”

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Rich Ross, chairman of Walt Disney Co’s (DIS.N: Quote, Profile, Research) movie studio, stepped down after a two-year stint that included the release of “John Carter,” one of the biggest flops in recent Hollywood history.

Ross, named to the job in October 2009, was never able to duplicate the success he enjoyed as president of the Disney Channel, where he was credited with creating monster franchises that included “High School Musical” and “Hannah Montana.”

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Rich Ross, chairman of Walt Disney Co’s movie studio, stepped down after a two-year stint that included the release of “John Carter,” one of the biggest flops in recent Hollywood history.

Ross, named to the job in October 2009, was never able to duplicate the success he enjoyed as president of the Disney Channel, where he was credited with creating monster franchises that included “High School Musical” and “Hannah Montana.”

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The blockbuster movie “The Hunger Games” dominated box office charts for the fourth weekend in a row, outselling three new releases at U.S. and Canadian theaters.

The Lions Gate Entertainment Corp drama about a televised teen death match brought in $21.5 million at domestic theaters from Friday through Sunday, according to studio estimates compiled by Reuters.

By Lisa Richwine

(Reuters) – Movie sensation “The Hunger Games” survived fresh competition from the “Titanic” and the gross-out “American Pie” gang to notch its third domestic box office win over the weekend.

“Hunger Games” took in $33.5 million at U.S. and Canadian theatres from Friday through Sunday and lifted its domestic sales through three weekends to $302.8 million, according to studio estimates released on Sunday.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Oprah Winfrey appears in New York on Thursday before her most important audience: potential advertisers who will decide how many more seasons her struggling cable network has to promote her mantra to “live your best life.”

The “queen of talk,” having admitted in a CBS interview this week to “101 mistakes” in launching the Oprah Winfrey Network last year, must convince the media buyers who will crowd Lincoln Center that her formula of uplifting programs will attract more viewers than it did in its first year.