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Universal theme parks record highest summer attendance

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Harry Potter and the Fast and Furious helped boost attendance at Comcast Corp’s theme parks in Orlando and California. Comcast on Tuesday said the theme parks had their strongest ever summer attendance. The Orlando Sentinel reports the theme park division generated $896 million in revenue for the third quarter. The company attributed the increases to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter-Diagon Alley at Universal Studios Orlando and Fast and Furious: Supercharged at the Hollywood park. Comcast’s NBCUniversal division owns the Universal…

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Superheroes, for once, don’t rule Hollywood’s summer

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After a lackluster 2014 summer, Hollywood has bounced back with one of its best seasons ever. But the most surprising part of the turnaround is that superheroes aren’t the ones who saved the day. Instead, Hollywood’s summer was led by a banner season from Universal Pictures, the lone major studio with nary a cape in its cupboard. With a record-setting $5.3 billion-plus in revenue so far this year, Universal has powered Hollywood to a near record summer with a diverse…

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