With just days left before the New Year, it doesn’t look like the 2019 box office will be able to top 2018’s record-breaking haul. As of Sunday, the U.S. box office had tallied around $10.83 billion in ticket sales, about $1 billion shy of 2018′s total. While admissions were similar in 2019 compared to 2018, ticket prices were lower, by a few cents, from the previous year and subscription ticket deals were on the rise. This contributed to the lower box office haul in 2019, but wasn’t the only fa

Early closeWe’ll get a short trading day on Christmas Eve with the stock market closing at 1 p.m. Investors are expecting to have a very different Christmas Eve than the last one that saw the S&P 500 dip into bear market territory. On Dec. 24, 2018, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost about 650 points in its worst day of Christmas Eve trading ever amid turmoil in Washington. The S&P 500 has posted a 1.3% gain on average since 1950 during those periods, according to the Stock Trader’s Almanac.

Billionaire Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, has built his fortune on strategy, carefully deciding how to spend and invest his money. One season, “there was an envelope with a letter from him,” Mary told ThinkAdvisor in October. “Instead of cash, he’d given us $10,000 worth of shares in a company he’d recently bought, a trust Coca-Cola had.” Mary says that in the letter, Buffett told each family member they could either cash in the shares or keep them. Mary told ThinkAdvis

Boeing’s incoming CEO, David Calhoun, a 10-year board member, is inheriting a company in crisis, as the nation’s top exporter navigates the fallout from two crashes of its bestselling 737 Max planes. Boeing ousted CEO Dennis Muilenburg, announcing Calhoun as his replacement on Monday, as the grounding of the 737 Max is set to drag well into 2020. Calhoun’s goals include more transparency with its airline customers and regulators, according to a person close to Boeing’s board and Calhoun’s strate

They argue that McGahn’s testimony is “central” to parts of the House committee’s investigation into Trump, which is not yet complete even though the Democratic-led chamber passed two articles of impeachment against him last week . Lawyers for the House Judiciary Committee said Monday that the panel could draft and recommend “new articles of impeachment” against President Donald Trump if additional evidence is revealed by former White House counsel Don McGahn. Click here or scroll down to read t

Action-platformer Dead Cells has been updated yet again by developers Motion Twin and Evil Empire, adding new gameplay elements and tweaking others. But if you’re the type of Dead Cells player that resists change (or is simply nostalgic for the early days of Dead Cells), the developers have a nice surprise for you: The Legacy Update. The Legacy Update will make every previous “major iteration” of Dead Cells available to play, if you’d like to revisit an older build of the game. “The Legacy Updat

In Destiny 2’s Season of Dawn, players fought to save the legendary Titan, Saint-14, from the clutches of time. But players discovered that something very silly happens if you walk up to Saint-14 wearing a certain piece of gear. Saint-14 is best known for his helmet, the Exotic Helm of Saint-14, that players started using back in the original Destiny. If you stand next to Saint-14 wearing the Helm of Saint-14, he’ll laugh at you and say “you look like me, let’s confuse Zavala like this.” The mom

Start-up workers aren’t in it for the money — not by a long shot, according to a new report out from First Round Capital, a venture capital firm. “The start-up is a very specific segment of the economy, and we should keep that in mind,” she tells CNBC Make It. Workers from the survey tend to be between the ages of 25 and 34, live in the San Francisco Bay Area or New York City, and work in engineering, product or operations. Pollak says these sentiments aren’t surprising, but that millennial and

Ended the decade: Aliche now runs four companies and has 30 people that work with her. Biggest money lessons: Invest and negotiate your pay. Source: Grant SabatierGrant Sabatier: Time is more valuable than moneyCreator of the Millennial Money community and author of “Financial Freedom” Started off the decade: Broke. I get to share and connect with hundreds of thousands of people around the world through my website Millennial Money. Biggest money lessons: Time is so much more valuable than money.

If you’re lucky enough to be on the receiving end of a bonus, it’s OK to treat yourself. Beef up your retirement savingsIdeally, you’re already putting money into your 401(k) plan if you have the option. Keep in mind that while anyone can contribute to a traditional IRA, your income may disqualify you from the tax benefits. If you contribute to an employer-sponsored retirement plan and your income exceeds certain levels, the amount you can deduct may be limited. If you have a goal to invest more

While finding a perfect gift can be difficult, CNBC Make It has you covered with the below items that are appropriate for any host. Each of these gifts is under $40, and many of them can be used far beyond a New Year’s Eve celebration. A guide book for hosting festive gatheringsSource: Amazon Even if your friends are pros at hosting celebrations, they may still be open to receiving additional tips on how to throw the perfect event. Marble wine chillerSource: CB2 Gift your host with this marble w

“Roth IRAs, Roth conversions, are sometimes seen as really benefiting just wealthy taxpayers,” said Christine Russell, senior manager of retirement and annuities at TD Ameritrade. Roth 401(k) and Roth IRA contributions not the sameMany 401(k) plans now offer savers the ability to save post-tax money in their 401(k) plans. But these savings are separate, which means you can both make Roth 401(k) contributions and save in a Roth IRA at the same time. There are advantages to saving in a Roth IRA, h

Electric vehicle startup Rivian said on Monday it closed a $1.3 billion investment round led by fund manager T. Rowe Price, but also including existing investors online retailer Amazon and No. Founded in 2009, Rivian plans to build an all-electric pickup truck, the R1T, and the companion R1S SUV, starting in late 2020. T. Rowe Price has placed other bets in the auto sector. T. Rowe Price also invested, along with Amazon, in self-driving car software startup Aurora and British online food deliver

Comcast’s NBCUniversal and Starz announced a new deal Monday to license streaming content from one another. The two companies have entered a long-term agreement that will give NBC’s Peacock streaming service a fresh batch of content. NBCUniversal has also agreed to license out content to Starz for its own streaming service. The streaming service will also offer older series that aired on NBC including “The Office” (beginning in 2021), “Cheers” and “Friday Night Lights.” CNBC reported last week t

Tesla co-founder and CEO Elon Musk gestures while introducing the newly unveiled all-electric battery-powered Tesla Cybertruck at Tesla Design Center in Hawthorne, California on November 21, 2019. BROWN | AFP | Getty ImagesTesla stock hit $420 per share Monday, more than a year after CEO Elon Musk tweeted he had “funding secured” to take the company private at $420 a share. The now-infamous Aug. 7, 2018, tweet sent the stock soaring, but it also marked the beginning of a chaotic ride for both th

Halftime Report traders discuss firing of Boeing CEO Dennis MuilenburgThe Fast Money Halftime Report traders discuss the firing of Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg and the impact it’s likely to have on the stock.

It’s unusual timing to have a CEO shot at sunset: Sonnenfeld on BoeingYale’s Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Leslie Josephs, CNBC.com airline reporter, discuss the Boeing board’s decision to fire CEO Dennis Muilenburg.

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading:Boeing — Shares of Boeing jumped nearly 3% after the Chicago-based aviation giant ousted CEO Dennis Muilenburg, effective immediately. The move comes as Boeing is struggling to regain the trust of regulators and the public after two fatal crashes of the 737 Max jets. Under the deal’s terms, Cincinnati Bell shareholders will receive $10.50 per share in cash, 36% higher than Cincinnati Bell’s Friday close. Sarepta Therapeutics — Shares of

Of the trillions of threats this decade, and the billions of breaches, and the thousands of those breaches that actually made it to the news, here are the six incidents that really mattered. Why it was disruptive: Target’s breach had numerous long-term consequences for cybersecurity. CEOs, board members and other leaders started paying a lot closer attention to cybersecurity after the Target breach. Why it was disruptive: The Sony breach reverberated through board rooms as much as it did through

If you’re like the 76% of Americans who drive to work alone, you’ve probably commuted in stop-and-go traffic with no end in sight. Then, when the road finally clears, you realize there was no reason for traffic to be stopped in the first place. Experts call them “phantom traffic jams,” moments when traffic grinds to a standstill for no apparent reason. It also costs the U.S. economy a grand total of $179 billion each year, according to the Texas A&M Transportation Institute. Watch the video abov