Dubai at its most flattering today. Not too hot and thankfully no trace of rain!

If what I've just heard is correct, the Rapunzel ride at 東京ディズニーリゾートPR【公式】 will be the second in the world to use the magnetic boat mechanism which powers Pirates of the Caribbean Battle for the Sunken Treasure at Shanghai Disney. Not your average dark ride if so!

We also reveal that 【公式】レゴランド･ジャパン･リゾート LEGOLAND Japan Resort delivered $37.5 million of revenue from its sponsor program between 2017 and 2022 and annual passholders grew to more than 100k helping the resort make an operating profit from its opening year in 2017 #LEGO
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Our @forbes feature reveals that Warner Bros. Studio Tour London has invested more than $115m in the construction of ワーナー ブラザース スタジオツアー東京​. As we point out, it shows the Wizarding World is still casting a powerful spell on Warner Bros. Discovery more than a decade after the last Harry Potter movie 🧙‍♀️
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Our latest Forbes feature is about the expansion of the Harry Potter tour to Tokyo. Not seen anyone report that the development of a studio tour at Pinewood Studios and the success of Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden is most probably why Universal Pictures is planning to build a park in the UK

A post for our French-speaking followers

Over half a million views of our content this month in The Guardian, Forbes and The Express! We revealed Disneyland Paris' record profits and Fast X's record spending. You won't find fake news or speculation in our news as it's sourced to filings and interviews. More to come!

'Warner Bros. Reveals $115 Million Investment In Harry Potter Attraction' via Forbes by Movieconomics
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Went to Victoria & Albert's a few years ago and loved it. The food was fantastic but the company was even better as I interviewed the great Kurt Russell over dinner!

These two videos reveal how Disney lost $170 million on the box office of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

Read the analysis in our $DIS features for Forbes below 👇
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Our latest Forbes Entertainment feature reveals that Disney spent $131.9 million (£106.1 million) on post-production of Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania Quantumania in 2022 bringing the movie's total costs to $326.6 million. It's a staggering 63.3% higher than Variety claimed
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How Universal made a loss on the box office of #FastX , the tenth Fast and Furious movie:

COSTS: $453.6m
REIMBURSEMENT: $74.8m
NET UNIVERSAL SPEND: $378.8m
BOX OFFICE: $704.9m
UNIVERSAL'S BO SHARE: $352.5m
UNIVERSAL'S LOSS: -$26.3m

Here's the analysis 👇
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FastX cost 33.4% more than Variety claimed and other The Fast Saga movies:
X Cost $453.6m
X Loss $26.3m

9 Cost $378.4m
9 Profit: $42m

H&S Cost: $267.8m
H&S Profit: $154.6m

F&F 6 Cost: $299.4m
F&F 6 Profit: $140.2m

TOTAL COST $1.4BN
TOTAL PROFIT: $310.5M
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Our recent @forbes feature reveals that the cost of #FastX - the latest instalment in the @thefastsaga - hit nearly half a billion Dollars putting it on track 'to exceed the planned budget' according to Universal
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We report extensively on the cost of films made in the UK because they have to file financial statements. There's good reason why so many studios choose to film in the UK despite having to disclose these details. They get up to 25.5% of their costs back. This is how they do it 👇

Disney has released the financial statements for the production of Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania #Quantumania which show:
COSTS: $326.6m
REIMBURSEMENT: $50.6m
NET DISNEY SPEND: $276m
BOX OFFICE: $476.1m
DISNEY'S B.O. SHARE: $238m
DISNEY'S LOSS: $38m
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Disney expects last year's Marvel movie Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania to end up over budget after it spent $131.9m on post-production in 2022 bringing its total costs to $326.6m.
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'Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania Set To Blow Its Budget As Costs Surge To Nearly $330 Million' via Forbes by Movieconomics
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We reveal that Disney invented a definition of return on investment to show #StarWars is a success. 👇

Revenue: 100
Costs: 25
Profit: 75

Pick any currency or figures (not 0 costs).
Revenue ÷ Cost (Disney's definition) is ALWAYS higher than the real definition of Profit ÷ Cost

Universal Pictures has revealed that the cost of making Fast X accelerated to a staggering $453.6m putting it on track 'to exceed the planned budget'.
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