Not exact matches
What you might have missed: Revenue for Disney's studio entertainment segment dipped 2 % in the quarter, to $ 1.9 billion, because of
lower box -
office numbers in what was a down year overall for movie - ticket sales.
Total domestic
box office grosses were up over 6 % in 2012 (to a record $ 10.83 billion), while the
number of tickets sold also increased by a similar percentage after falling to a 16 - year
low the year before.
The lackluster performance did not
lower expectations for Princess Diaries 2, which in the face of critical scorn, came close to matching its considerably better predecessor's strong
box office numbers.
Unfortunately, the film debuted it's
lowest opening weekend
box office numbers than any of the other films.
After a
number of would - be blockbusters struggled at the
box office in China, the county's film critics are blamed for the
low figures.
According to Variety's report on the 2016
box office, «Ticket sales are down roughly 10 % this summer, but the slide is more precipitous than those
numbers suggest... On a per - capita basis, the moviegoing audience is at its
lowest levels in nearly a century.»