Disney lobbying expense 2022 | Statista (2024)

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Disney lobbying expense 2022 | Statista? ›

In 2022, Disney spent 5.16 million U.S. dollars on lobbying, increasing its lobbying expenses by 18.6 percent year-on-year. The Walt Disney Company's lobbying efforts are frequently linked to copyright, advertising, and TV broadcasting.

Federal Lobbying – Disney Spends Millions Each Year

Disney spent $7,690,000 in 2020 and 2021 on federal lobbying activities. And from 2010 – 2021, Disney reported spending $46,365,000 on federal lobbying.

Disney Statistics in 2022

The revenue of Disney's Media and Entertainment business reached $50.87 billion last year. The revenue of Disney's Linear Networks segment was $28.09 billion in 2021. The revenue of Walt Disney's Studio Entertainment business hit $9.64 billion last year.

Entertainment is the largest segment for Disney thanks to its robust streaming business. Following closely behind is Disney's experiences revenue, which is quickly growing with a 7% increase year over year in the first quarter of 2024.

Vanguard owns the most shares of Walt Disney (DIS). The ownership structure can impact the company's decision making, as large institutional investors may exert influence on the company's management and can also affect the company's stock price with their buying and selling patterns.

Disney CEO Bob Iger's total compensation in 2023 hit $31.6 million, according to a preliminary proxy statement the company filed Tuesday.

If Iger makes $27 million this year, he'd be making $74,000 per day. If he is awarded his full bonus potential, his total compensation for the contract period would come out to around $84,000 per day.

In fiscal year 2022, Disney paid and collected a combined $1.1 billion in state and local taxes to Orange and Osceola Counties and the state of Florida, as well as to the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District.

Did Disney buy the rights to the Bible? ›

Even Disney, with all its monies, can't really buy the Bible because there's no one version. For starters, the commercial rights of various versions belong to different owners. Zondervan, a Christian publishing company holds the commercial rights for the New International Version (NIV) Bible in North America.

Disney's Shanghai resort isn't actually owned by Disney. It's a joint venture with a "state-owned enterprise" — i.e., the CCP. The split? The CCP owns 57%, Disney just 43%.

No. They are each their own companies. Coca-Cola was at one point in the film business, when they owned Columbia Pictures. Disney has a relationship with Coca-Cola as they serve co*ke products in their theme parks.

263,000 direct and indirect jobs – 1 out of every 32 jobs in the state. This figure includes Disney's workforce of 82,000 across the state. Within Central Florida, Disney directly supports 12%, or 1-in-8, of all jobs. For every direct job on-site at Disney, an additional 1.7 jobs are supported across Florida.

Comcast Corporation, the Walt Disney Company, and Netflix are the top three entertainment companies by TTM revenue.

According to Walt Disney's grand-nephew, Roy Patrick Disney, Walt and Roy owned about 20% of the company by 1960 and today the whole family owns less than 3% of it. Most of the family has stayed out of the business.

The Walt Disney Company reported annual advertising expenses of 7.2 billion U.S. dollars in 2022, up from 5.57 billion in the previous year.

In just the fiscal year of 2022 alone, The Walt Disney Company has donated $233 million to charities across the globe and $140 million to underrepresented communities.

It's clear from the raw data that Disney (DIS) doesn't strictly qualify as a monopoly just yet. As mentioned earlier, its share of the US and Canada box office market was far off even being a majority at 25%, while its dominance in the home streaming category fell well behind Netflix and Amazon at just 11%.

Disney travel agents work on commission, which means that they make money only when their clients book and complete vacations. Disney pays up to a 10% commission to travel agents, depending on the package booked for the customer.