MICKEY BUCKS

Disney Quarter Earnings Spike

Despite massive ‘John Carter’ loss.

John Carter may have had audiences groaning, but Disney has proved it will survive after the company posted second quarter earnings of $1.1 billion Tuesday. Revenues for the Walt Disney Co., which owns theme parks and TV properties in addition to its studio holdings, jumped 6 percent to $9.6 billion over the same period. Martian sci-fi flop John Carter cost the studio $250 million to make and led to operating losses of $84 million. Some of that wasted cash may be made up by the roaring success of The Avengers, which hit theaters this past week and set a new record for an opening weekend, raking in $207.4 million at the box office.