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Published · transcript-backedDavid Rosenthal: evaluation
12 May 2021 Acquired Berkshire Hathaway Part II
“Mary Poppins had just come out and made $30 million at the box office, and the stock went down because Wall Street was like, well, movies, that's a hit-driven business.”
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- Speaker
- David Rosenthal
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- Claim type
- evaluation
- Recorded
- 12 May 2021
- Publisher
- Acquired
- Episode
- Berkshire Hathaway Part II
Transcript context
…Disney, the freaking guy owned Disney and he sold it, after what? Two years or something of owning it when it reached what he felt was a good price for him to get out. Unbelievable. I think it was one year. In 1966, Disney has been trading at an $80 million market cap. The Walt Disney Company at an $80 million market cap. It's not like Disney was much smaller back then, it was still freaking Walt Disney. It had theme parks and everything. Mary Poppins had just come out and made $30 million at the box office, and the stock went down because Wall Street was like, well, movies, that's a hit-driven business. In the next couple of years, comps are going to be really tough after Mary Poppins. Mary Poppins just made $30 million in revenue and the whole company is valued at a market cap of $80 million?…
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