The Force Awakens helped Hasbro top industry expectations along with the now perennial seller Frozen.
Hasbro reported $831.2m in first quarter revenue, a figure that marked a 16% jump year-on-year and cleared the $768.4m analyst estimate. Hasbro reported blockbuster first quarter financial results on Monday morning, smashing Wall Street expectations as a result of sales from Frozen and Star Wars-branded products. Net income for the quarter came in at $48.8m, an increase of 83% over the same period last year. This resulted in earnings of 38 cents per share, a figure that exceeded the analyst consensus by 14 cents per share.
