Warner Bros. earned more than $500 million. for the second fiscal quarter of 2015 at the games.
Batman: Arkham Knight
Yesterday, August 5, Time Warner, the parent company of Warner Bros.
published a report for the second fiscal quarter of 2015, which ended for the company on June 30. According to him, the income of Warner Bros. during this period amounted to $3.3 billion. Of these, more than half a billion dollars were spent on games (this is three times more than a year ago).
According to the company’s chief financial officer Howard Averill, the second quarter was the most successful quarter for the Warners gaming division in its entire history. Similar results were made possible largely thanks to the successful releases of Batman: Arkham Knight and Mortal Kombat X. How much of the mentioned amount was for mobile games, Warner Bros. does not specify.
Recall that this year alone, the Warners have released about eight mobile games. Among the biggest launches: mobile Mortal Kombat X and the recently released DC Comics Legends.
Mortal Kombat X
By the way, according to Venture Beat and Games Industry, whose exact figures we could not confirm, the revenues of the company’s gaming division in the second quarter of this year increased by 135% compared to last year and amounted to $727 million, and not the abstract “more than half a billion”.
As part of the event dedicated to the publication of the report, Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes said that the series being filmed by the company (including such as The Flash, Gotham and Supergirl), the company is already considering as the basis for future big game franchises.
Sources: thestreet.com, businesswire.com