The Walt Disney Company (DIS), Time Warner Inc (TWX): “Monsters University” Keeps Pixar Hit Streak Alive; Rakes in $82 Million

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Superman keeps flying high

Time Warner Inc (NYSE:TWX)‘s  Man of Steel slid 65% back to $41 million this weekend, but still remains a success story for the studio. The key area of focus this weekend was international markets. The film kept expanding, and through just two weekends has $188 million in international markets.

That’s a very key storyline to focus on. Consider that The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS)’s Iron Man 3 has about $400 million domestically, but over $800 million in foreign markets. That leaves its international haul at about 2/3 of its total box office. Time Warner Inc (NYSE:TWX)’s last breakout hit in the DC comic book universe was its Dark Knight trilogy. In that trilogy The Dark Knight‘s box office was only 47% international. The final film in the series, The Dark Knight Rises saw its international total expand to 59% of the box office. That’s a comparable level of international sales to The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS)’s The Avengers.

With talks heating up that Time Warner Inc (NYSE:TWX) plans on focusing on a Justice League film in 2015 that will use its arsenal of DC comic book characters to compete with The AvengersMan of Steel‘s expanding international total and the final film of the Dark Knight trilogy scoring well overseas point toward Justice League film scoring an eye-popping global box office total.

Overall, not a lot of bad news out of Hollywood this weekend.

The article “Monsters University” Keeps Pixar Hit Streak Alive; Rakes in $82 Million originally appeared on Fool.com is written by Eric Bleeker, CFA.

Eric Bleeker, CFA has no position in any stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool recommends Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS). The Motley Fool owns shares of Walt Disney.

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