Earnings Release • Feb 15, 2011
Earnings Release
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Paris, 15 February 2011 – EUROPACORP, film producer and distributor and one of Europe's leading independent film studios today announces its consolidated unaudited annual revenue for the third quarter and the first nine months of the 2010/2011 financial year.
| Revenue* | Q3 | Q3 | 9 months | 9 months | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (€M) | 2010/11 | 2009/10 | 2010/11 | 2009/10 | Δ | |
| International sales | 9.0 | 6.7 | 28.3 | 23.0 | 22.9% | |
| % of revenue | 16.6% | 14.3% | 25.4% | 24.5% | ||
| Cinema, France | 24.5 | 13.8 | 30.6 | 16.3 | 88.1% | |
| % of revenue | 45.1% | 29.3% | 27.4% | 17.3% | ||
| Video, France | 4.1 | 6.1 | 11.4 | 17.4 | ||
| % of revenue | 7.6% | 13.0% | 10.2% | 18.5% | -34.7% | |
| Television, France | 8.4 | 10.0 | 16.6 | 19.2 | -13.6% | |
| % of revenue | 15.5% | 21.2% | 14.9% | 20.4% | ||
| Subsidies | 4.7 | 3.1 | 8.8 | 5.4 | 63.3% | |
| % of revenue | 8.7% | 6.6% | 7.9% | 5.7% | ||
| TV series | 2.0 | 8.7 | N/A | |||
| % of revenue | 3.7% | N/A | 7.8% | N/A | ||
| Others | 1.6 | 7.4 | 7.1 | 12.8 | ||
| % of revenue | 2.9% | 15.6% | 6.4% | 13.6% | -44.5% | |
| EuropaCorp Group | 54.3 | 47.0 | 111.5 | 94.1 | 18.4% |
* The financial year ends on 31 March each year
Third quarter activity reveals a consolidated income of €54.3m (+15.5%), mainly on account of very good French box office sales figures.
The French cinema box office sales come to €24.5m and are indicative of the significant success of films released during the quarter. Four films recorded a total of more than 10 million admissions (Arthur 3 – War of the Two Worlds, Little White Lies, The Big Picture and A View of Love) putting EuropaCorp in fifth place in the 2010 French distributors ranking (source: Le Film Français n°3409).
International Sales total €9m and are mainly due to the sales of Arthur 3.
Television, France sales (€8.4m) derive mainly from the three broadcast windows with premiere rights for Taken, In the Beginning and Fashion Victim.
Sales from Video, France amount to revenue of €4.1m with only one major DVD release (Adele Blanc-Sec).
Revenue listed under the heading of Subsidies (€4.7m) is directly associated with the high sales figures under Cinema, France during the third quarter.
TV series sales, a new heading since April 2010 and the acquisition of Cipango, which changed its name to EuropaCorp Television on 1st January 2011, totals €2m mainly from the sales of the TV film Les Mauvais Jours.
During the quarter, Other activities (€1.6m) are mainly from licenses whereas the third quarter 2009/2010 had benefited from the registration of income from major partnerships.
| 2010/11 | 2009/10 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue €M | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | |
| International sales | 4.8 | 14.5 | 9.0 | 3.1 | 13.2 | 6.7 | |
| Cinema, France | 5.6 | 0.6 | 24.5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 13.8 | |
| Video, France | 2.8 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 6.2 | 5.1 | 6.1 | |
| Television, France | 3.8 | 4.5 | 8.4 | 6.0 | 3.3 | 10.0 | |
| Subsidies | 1.3 | 2.8 | 4.7 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 3.1 | |
| TV series | 3.6 | 3.2 | 2.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Others | 1.2 | 4.3 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 7.4 | |
| Group total | 23.0 | 34.1 | 54.3 | 20.4 | 26.7 | 47.0 |
Mainly as a result of disappointing international sales figures, which are inadequate considering the cost of producing the films, the results of this financial year will be heavily impacted.
Financial year 2011/2012 will benefit from the release of a number of English speaking movies with a strong international appeal. The new management team is working to complete its strategic plan which will be presented shortly, and once implemented, should begin to show results during the next financial years.
Contacts
EuropaCorp Image Sept Séverine Madinier - Investor relations Claire Doligez / Roxane Planas Tel: +33 1 53 83 03 03 Tel: +33 1 53 70 74 70
[email protected] [email protected] / [email protected]
EuropaCorp is listed on Euronext Paris - Compartment C by NYSE Euronext ISIN: FR0010490920 - Mnemonic: ECP
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