Finance

Game sales offset declines at Warner Bros Entertainment

Thu 05 May 2011 9:32am GMT / 5:32am EDT / 2:32am PDT
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LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars singled out by Time Warner

LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars has been singled out as a star performer in Time Warner's financial results for the first quarter ended March 31.

The video game business performed well as part of the overall Filmed Entertainment division, where sales dropped 3 per cent to $2.6 billion due to difficult comparisons against theatircal and home video releases from the previous year.

Sales across the entire Time Warner business were up 6 per cent to $6.7 billion, with operating income at $1.27 billion.

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Matt Martin
Matt Martin joined GamesIndustry in 2006 and was made editor of the site in 2008. With over ten years experience in journalism, he has written for multiple trade, consumer, contract and business-to-business publications in the games, retail and technology sectors.

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