Here’s What Killed The Walt Disney Company (DIS)’s “The Lone Ranger”

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And while Disney stock did manage to close up more than 1.4% despite the flop, as investors assumed the strong showing from Iron Man 3 could carry the Disney’s studio segment through any potential writedowns — remember that Iron Man 3 has taken in more than $1.2 billion in worldwide ticket sales to date — I wouldn’t be completely surprised if Disney decided to move forward with more if the first film comes even close to paying for itself, given other opportunities down the road with Blu-ray and DVD sales, merchandising, and supplemental deals with video streaming operations such as Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) and Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)‘s Prime service.

In the end, then, I still think there’s a chance The Lone Ranger could serve as a nice supplemental catalyst franchise to boost Disney Stock over the long run.

But what do you think? Could Disney be crazy enough to keep The Lone Ranger going after last weekend’s results?

The article Here’s What Killed Disney’s “The Lone Ranger” originally appeared on Fool.com and is written by Steve Symington.

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