... that these earnings are for MGM Corporation (the movie studio) and not MGM Mirage, and is not really related to your previous post.

That said, as a side note, I worked for that organization for 5 years. When I left the company, I gave up 25,000 options at 25 bucks apiece. As you might guess, I'm not terribly upset about that.

It's amazing that this company has stayed afloat for this long... it's all coming out of Kirkorian's pocket, too (he owns 90% of the outstanding stock).

They've had approximately one hit since I left the company 3 years ago (LEGALLY BLONDE), and they're already poised to throw away the sequel. They have LEGALLY BLONDE 2 set to open on the SAME DAY as TERMINATOR 3 (which will be a market killer) and a week after CHARLIE'S ANGELS 2 (which is going to be bigger than the first one). Really amazing.