WotC WotC Generates 75% Of Hasbro's Profit

ICv2 is reporting that WotC generated $110M of Hasbro's $147.3M operating profits in the first quarter of this year, with an increase of 15% on last year.

Of overall sales, WotC generated (only!) 22% of Hasbro's $1.1B.

The growth is attributed to Magic: the Gathering and D&D. Recently, Hasbro restructured with 'WotC and Digital Gaming' getting it own division.

WotC - D&D Gets A New Division At Hasbro

Hasbro is reorganizing and giving tabletop gaming -- Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: the Gathering -- a higher priority. According to the Wall Street Journal, WotC's revenue last year was $816 million (a 24% increase on 2019). Brian Goldner, Hasbro's Chief Executive, says WotC is predicted to...

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[Paul Farquhar]

The movie division is going to turn a profit again this year, because theaters exist again.

That doesn't mean people will immediately get back into the habit of going to them.

That will also boost toy sales.

It the cost of plastic and increase in video game playing in younger demographics (mentioning no Minecraft in particular) that is hurting toy sales. That's unlikely to change significantly.

 

[Nylanfs]

That is not correct, I'm afraid, though a lot of people have claimed it:

Atari Interactive - Wikipedia

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Emphasis mine.



They entirely sold the rights to some properties, and the digital rights to others. They were sold in perpetuity, note - this wasn't just licensing out. And then, realizing the mistake they'd made with some of those properties (but not all of them), they bought back those rights - luckily the buyer hadn't had much success with them!

Which is why I said AFAIK,

 

[bedir than]

That doesn't mean people will immediately get back into the habit of going to them.

By the end of April China had already passed 3 billion, on pace to pass the US's 2019 box office.