Thanksgiving weekend did not pan out for media giant Disney (DIS) as its animated film “Wish” came in after Apple’s (AAPL) “Napoleon” and Lionsgate’s (LGF.A) “Hunger Games” prequel, “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes,” with just $31.7M over the long weekend, Alexandra Canal wrote for Yahoo News. “The disappointing debut comes after Disney just saw its latest Marvel film bomb as CEO Bob Iger attempts to revamp the company’s film division,” added the Yahoo News story. Other companies that may be impacted include AMC Networks (AMCX).
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