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VILLAGE Roadshow put on a stellar performance in the 2012-13 financial year, lifting attributable after-tax profit more than 50 per cent to $50.9 million on the back of a standout showing from its Gold Coast theme parks.
The profit was earned on income of $936.357 million and saw earnings per share rise to 36.2, from 34.4 in the previous year, and full-year dividend jump to 26 a share from 22 previously.
VRL said earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation jumped 6 per cent from $154.7 million to $164 million.
It said its Coast theme parks, despite bad weather, delivered gross earnings of $83.5 million, up from $82 million in 2011-12 and their second highest EBITDA ever.
The Gold Coast parks division comprises Movie World, Sea World, Wet'n'Wild, Australian Outback Spectacular, Paradise Country, Village Roadshow Studios,...