Walt Disney Co.'s stock slumped $1.30, or 1.3%, in morning trade Tuesday, enough to turn the Dow Jones Industrial Average negative, after the company's film "Alice Through the Looking Glass" flopped in its debut weekend. The price decline was shaving about nine points off the price of the Dow, which was down 5 points, or just under 0.1%. In comparison, the S&P 500 index was up 0.2%. The second installment in Disney's Alice in Wonderland franchise took in $34.2 million over the long weekend, according to Box Office Mojo, compared with expectations of about $60 million.
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