News Corp Profit Up 80 Pct on DVD Sales

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Media conglomerate News Corp. on Wednesday said its quarterly profit rose 80 percent, boosted by strong DVD sales of the film "Day After Tomorrow" and advertising sales at its cable networks.

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Sales of "The Star Wars Trilogy" and "I, Robot" boosted second-quarter operating income of the movies division by 57 percent. A strong roster of summer releases paid off in the home video market in the year-end period, the company said.

"Day After Tomorrow," which grossed over $500 million in global box office sales, contributed heavily to film unit sales and profits. It accounted for 9 million of the 25 million DVDs the company shipped of its summer 2004 releases.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=568&ncid=749&e=4&u=/nm/20050202/bs_nm/media_newscorp_earns_dc

Sonuvabitch. I hadn't seen it (Day After Tomorrow) yet and now I won't. I refuse to watch that station, and they aren't getting my DVD money.
:wtf: :grr:

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1. I, Robot.....sucked.

"The Star Wars Trilogy" remade by its has-been creator...sucked.
(I have my original LaserDiscs, thank you very much)

Day After Tomorrow....excellent. Damn! We bought that one. Oh, well.
(on edit, we did buy it used. that's better than nothing)

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2. I liked I, Robot. I thought The DAT sucked,