Buena Vista does well overseas

[Sarangel]

From Empire Online:

When it comes to buying Christmas presents this year, let's just say that Mickey Mouse won't be short of a few bob. It was announced today that Buena Vista International, the overseas distribution arm of Disney, has clocked up more than $1 billion at the international box office for the tenth consecutive year – the first international theatrical distribution company in industry history to do so.

And the studio – which has had a rocky time lately, with the constant debate surrounding the future of Michael Eisner, and the impending departure of Pixar from the Disney brand - did it all in record time this year. Mainly, it has to be said, due to a huge slate of 43 separate films, only four of which hit the magic $100 million mark overseas (Haunted Mansion, King Arthur, Brother Bear and the tail-end of Finding Nemo's gross).

And with the tallies for M. Night Shyamalan's The Village, Nic Cage's National Treasure and Pixar's The Incredibles still to come, the year could get even better for BVI.

During its ten year streak (which began in 1995), BVI has raked in more than $12.1 billion, which is probably more than Scrooge McDuck has down the back of his sofa. That's more than any other studio made in the international markets, fact fans, and includes 36 films that grossed more than $100 million dollars. That's a lot of Euros, Disney…

 

[KNWVIKING]

...... maybe the pending doom for Disney's film industry isn't all it's speculated to be.

 

[Razor Roman]

The problem is, they had a few films do really well, and a LOT of middling to poor movies... 43 movies is a lot to put out in a year, if you think about it, that's almost one new movie opening every week!