Disney’s Star Wars stumble hurts quarterly results
By Bloomberg
12 August 2019 |
6:00 am
Walt Disney Co. opened the most highly anticipated theme-park attraction in the company’s history -- and attendance fell. Profit at the company’s domestic resorts fell in the latest quarter, which was marked by the ballyhooed opening of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge.
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