Disneytopped Wall Street forecasts for its fiscal second quarter and inched closer to the long-awaited milestone ofstreamingprofitability.

Excluding items, dilutedearningsper share for the quarter increased to $1.21 from 93 cents.

Analysts had been expecting revenue of $20.53 billion and earnings per share of $1.02.

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Walt Disney Studios and the Walt Disney Co. headquarters in BurbankAaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images

The two had a loss of $587 million in the same period of 2023.

Disney+ Core average revenue per user increased by 44 cents over the previous quarter.

Shares pulled back a fraction in pre-market trading on the quarterly financials.

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