The quarter, which ended in December, also featuredMufasa: The Lion Kingat $653 million.

The prior-year period includedThe MarvelsandWish.

Last quarter,Inside Out 2andDeadpool & Wolverinemade a splash.

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Streaming turned another profit last quarter, as did sports led byESPN.

Net income rose to $2.64 billion from $2.15 billion.

The service, originally set to launch last fall, was derailed by aFuboantitrust lawsuit and headed to court.

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As this played out, Disney unveiled plans to merge itsHulu+ Live TV with Fubo.

Wall Street is interested in any details around that transaction.

In its report today, Disney anticipated a $50 million hit in the current quarter to exit Venu.

Another major move was the sale of Star India in November.

It noted a $143 million impairment charge on the transaction.

Programming costs fell versus the year earlier when Star broadcast the Cricket World Cup.

DTC advertising rose 16%, excluding Disney+Hotstar.

Total Disney+ and Hulu subscriptions hit 178 million, up slightly from the previous September quarter.

Disney+ international eased 2% to 67.8 million subs.

So thats 125m subs for Disney+, down a hair from the previous quarter.

Disney broke out ESPN+ separately in its sports segment.

ESPN revenue rose 8% to $4.81 billion.

Domestic ad sales grew 15%.

ESPN operating profit rose 15% to $228 million.

At Experiences, revenue nosed up 3% to $9.4 billion with profit flat at $3.1 billion.

Hurricane Milton closed Walt Disney World for a day and canceled a cruise ship itinerary.

Disney also cited startup expenses from its latest ship Disney Treasure, and inflation.