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        <title><![CDATA[Sony predicts 40 percent profit drop in film and TV division]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sony said it expects to log a 40 percent decline in full-year profit at its film and TV studio unit due to the pandemic.</p><p>That&#8217;s marks a revision from the Tokyo-based conglomerate&#8217;s <strong>warning in May</strong> that Sony Pictures Entertainment&#8217;s income could dip 30 percent for the year.</p><p>Sony Pictures, like its rivals in Hollywood, has been throttled by the impact of the coronavirus, as movie and TV projects have been delayed and <strong>cinemas have been temporarily shuttered</strong>.</p><p>As a result, the studio behind movies like the &#8220;Jumanji&#8221; franchise starring Dwayne &#8220;The Rock&#8221; Johnson, Greta Gerwig&#8217;s remake of &#8220;Little Women&#8221; and &#8220;Bad Boys For Life&#8221; starring Will Smith said it anticipates income for the year to drop to $387 million from $643 million a year earlier.</p><p><span >&#8220;Theaters are either closed or admittance is limited, and we expect the release calendar to be crowded when they do reopen,&#8221; Sony said in a statement. &#8220;Since motion pictures generate profit over multiple years, starting with theatrical release, the impact on our financial results of not being able to release them is expected to last 2 to 3 years.&#8221;</span></p><p>During the first quarter ended June 30, Sony Pictures said low marketing costs helped it log a profit of $230 million compared with a year-ago profit of $3.7 million.</p><p>A decline in box office sales to just $6 million from $164 million, a year earlier was offset by a 60 percent surge in home entertainment sales to $319 million and a 44 percent rise in revenue at the studio&#8217;s TV production business to $422 million.</p><p>As a result, overall revenue at Sony Pictures fell just&nbsp;5.9 percent to $1.63 billion from $1.70 billion, a year earlier.</p><p>Across the wider company the Japanese electronics conglomerate reported net income of $1.8 billion and revenue of $18.6 billion.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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