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Walt Disney Company bought Pixar Animation Studios, Inc. in a deal worth $7.4 bi

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Question

Walt Disney Company bought Pixar Animation Studios, Inc. in a deal worth $7.4 bilion (CNNMoney.com, January 24, 2006). The animated movies produced by Disney and Pixar during the previous 10 years are listed below. The box office revenues are in millions of dollars. Compute the total revenue, the mean (2 decimal places), the median, and the quartiles to compare the box office success of the movies produced by both companies. Do the statistics suggest at least one of the reasons Disney was interested in buying Pixar? Disney Movies Revenue Pixar Movies Revenue 346 325 253 304 448 Toy Story A Bug's Life Toy Story 2 Monsters, Inc. Finding Nemo The Incredibles 362 363 485 525 865 631 Hunchback of Notre Dame Mulan Tarzan The Emperor's New Groove Lilo & Stitch Treasure Planet The Jungle Book Brother Bear Home on the Range Chicken Little 354 169 273 110 136 250 104 249 Disney Pixar Total Revenue 3321 Total Revenue Mean Mean 255.46 Median Median Q3 Do the statistics suggest a reason why Disney was interested in buying Pixar? Select your answer-

Explanation / Answer

Diseny Movies Revenue Pixar Movies Revenue 346 362 325 363 253 485 304 525 448 865 354 631 169 273 110 136 250 104 249 Total Revenue 3321 3231 Mean 255.4615385 538.5 Median 253 505 Quartile 1 169 393.5 Quartile 3 325 604.5 Average Revenue of Pixar movies is more compare to Disney Movies.