The Good, the Bad
and the Ugly
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.
Revenue change: 4.2%
net income: $168 million
net income change: -29.8%
A couple caveats: Lionsgate calls B.C. home
but is headquartered in Santa Monica, and
its biggest money-making franchise, The
Hunger Games, concludes in November.
Still, shares are trading nearly five times
their 2011 prices, and Lionsgate has other
franchises up its sleeve, like Divergent,
which, while no Hunger Games, earned
nearly $300 million worldwide from each
of its first two films in 2014 and 2015—with
sequels to come, of course. Sure, it's a
volatile industry, but Lionsgate has proven
that, like Katniss Everdeen, it knows
where to aim.
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Numbers* don't tell the whole story,
nor do headlines. combined, however,
they can tell a fuller tale. did lululemon
have a good year?
(We think so.)
did teck have a bad one?
(Oh, definitely.)
good and bad are oversimplifications, of
course, but sometimes a little simplicity
goes a long way
by Trevor Melanson
*Compared to 2013
96 BCBusinEss July 2015 courtesy lions gate entertainment
COME ON, KATNISS
Lionsgate is banking on
young-adult franchises
The Hunger Games and
Divergent
