Sony Posts First Quarter Profit Despite Failure of <em>After Earth</em>

Sony Corp. on Thursday said it swung to a fiscal first-quarter profit as it benefited from a weaker yen and cost cuts.

Its film unit recorded an operating profit for the quarter ended June 30 thanks to an asset sale that outweighed a theatrical revenue drop that was in part due what the company acknowledged was an "underperformance" of After Earth starring Will Smith and Jaden Smith.

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