With ‘hit it out of the park’ successes like “Toy Story 3,” “Alice in Wonderland,” and “Iron Man 2″ nobody should be surprised that Disney’s box office profits increased by 30 percent this quarter. Although, some other contributing factors helped the company to project a profit increase magical enough to beat Wall Street expectations.

Jim Hill’s back with even more answers to your Disney-related questions. This time around, he reveals who the real inspiration for Tony Stark’s father is. He also points out the obvious parallels between the look & layout of the Stark Expo and the 1964 New York World’s Fair

“Iron Man 2,” a sequel based on the Marvel superhero comics, opened as the top movie in U.S. and Canadian theaters, kicking off the summer film season with $133.6 million for Walt Disney Co. and distributor Paramount Pictures.

Marvel Studios’ “Iron Man 2″ launched internationally Wednesday with No. 1 openings in six markets for a total box-office gross of $2.2 million from 960 venues. That represented an auspicious per-screen tally of $2,292, considered an encouraging average for the territories involved. France led the way...

Rumor has it that Marvel Studios is currently in talks to produce a number of smaller scale movies based on some of its lesser-known comic characters.

It is being reported that unlike Marvel Entertainment’s larger expected blockbusters these films will have a much smaller budget, somewhere in the range of $20-$40 million each.