Eight of the ten WWE money-making departments made more money or remain unchanged in the second quarter compared to the same quarter of the previous year.
Live Event revenues increased 13% to $40.1 million mainly thanks to WrestleMania and Axxess, venue merchandise increased 28% to $6.9 million from $5.4 million, television revenues increased 17% to $38.0 million from $32.4 million, licensing, magazine publishing, and WWEShop.com revenues remained unchanged with $6.7 million, $1.3 million, and $3.1 million respectively, WWE.com revenues increased 27% to $6.1 million and WWE Studios registered $2.1 million versus $0.6 million in the prior year quarter.
Those in the “red” are pay-per-view revenues which were $37.1 million as compared to $40.8 million in the prior year quarter and home entertainment net revenues were $7.1 million as compared to $7.8 million in the prior year quarter.
