Disneyland Paris conjures up bumper profits despite strikes

Theme park generates $343.4m in profit for Hollywood giant as it shores up wider business amid weaker box office returns

Disney's Parisian theme park complex has delivered a welcome boost to the embattled Hollywood giant, generating $343.4m (317m) in profits and royalties despite a wave of strikes last summer.

Sales at Disneyland Paris - Europe's most-visited tourist destination - were driven to record levels by higher room rates and the opening of a site built around Marvel's hit Avengers movies.