Scholastic Ups Guidance On ‘Hunger Games’ Sales

By Matt Schilling:Scholastic Corp NASDAQ: (SCHL) shares have reached a nine-year intra-day high based on the phenomenal revenue generated from sales of ''The Hunger Games" series of books. As a result SCHL has raised is full-year guidance and noted that its education business in Asia, has also contributed to its recent growth.

Scholastic reported a wider loss for its fiscal third quarter, reflecting ebbing sales of "The Hunger Games" trilogy and weaker book-club demand

Scholastic Corp. again raised its fiscal-year earnings guidance, citing stronger-than-expected sales of "The Hunger Games" trilogy following the March release of the movie based on first book.

Scholastic Corp. again raised its fiscal-year earnings guidance, citing stronger-than-expected sales of "The Hunger Games" trilogy following the March release of the movie based on first book.

Shares of publisher Scholastic Corp. spiked on Thursday, fueled by strong sales of its Hunger Games series ahead of the film version's release next week.

Scholastic's quarterly loss narrowed as the popularity of "The Hunger Games" series aided the children's book publisher's sales and improved margins.

Scholastic's second-quarter earnings fell 25% amid lower-than-anticipated sales of the "Hunger Games" trilogy.

Gary Ross, director of Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.’s “The Hunger Games,” dropped out of the sequel, clouding the future of a film franchise that has amassed US$464 million in ticket sales in its first installment