Disney got a bargain buying Lucasfilm for $4 billion (DIS)

Hasbro/composite Kirsten Acuna WhenWalt Disneypaid $4 billion to purchase Marvel in 2009, there was heavy skepticism that the company would get its money back. Those, of course, proved to be unwarranted fears as that investment paid off with a series of superhero movies that have been more successful than anyone could have predicted. Disney's 2012 purchase of Lucasfilm, also for $4 billion, was deemed less risky. Even though the company essentially had two properties --Star WarsandIndiana Jones-...