BuddyThomas
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Uh huh.
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'Strange World' Disney's 2022 Animated Film
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TP2000
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We were talking about it over in the thread about all the layoffs and cutbacks Bob Chapek just announced that will roll through Disney's various divisions this winter. The movie divisions are under the most scrutiny.
Strange World needs to perform very strongly right out of the gate. It had a $120 Million production budget, and needs to make $360 Million in box office ticket sales to break even and start generating profit for Burbank.
10 more days until it opens in American theaters!
BuddyThomas
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No worse than it’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World; The World is Not Enough; Dr. Strange; Stranger Things; and on and on….
BuddyThomas
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Welp. Here we go again!
TP2000
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Yup! Talking about the box office performance data and statistical success of a movie.
He didn't announce layoffs.
Stop tripping over yourself to make points against Disney and maybe you won't look foolish by posting false information like this.
TP2000
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He didn't? Then how do you interpret this direct quote from a prepared communication from Bob Chapek two days ago?
CEO Bob Chapek said in a memo to division leads sent Friday and obtained by CNBC. “Hiring for the small subset of the most critical, business-driving positions will continue, but all other roles are on hold. Your segment leaders and HR teams have more specific details on how this will apply to your teams.”
Chapek added: “As we work through this evaluation process, we will look at every avenue of operations and labor to find savings, and we do anticipate some staff reductions as part of this review.”
You think a CEO like Bob Chapek announces "some staff reductions" without meaning it just to keep folks on their toes and working productively through Christmas? Or just to improve morale?
Disney plans hiring freeze, layoffs and cost cuts, according to a memo from CEO Bob Chapek
"We are limiting headcount additions through a targeted hiring freeze," Disney CEO Bob Chapek said in a memo obtained by CNBC.
www.cnbc.com
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Disney plans to freeze hiring and cut some jobs, memo shows
Walt Disney Co is planning to freeze hiring and cut some jobs as it strives to move the Disney+ streaming service to profitability against a backdrop of economic uncertainty, according to a memo seen by Reuters on Friday.
www.reuters.com
Disney Plans Layoffs, “Rigorous Review” Of Spending & Hiring Freeze; “Tough & Uncomfortable Decisions” Coming, CEO Bob Chapek Tells Staff
Reeling from a roller coaster stock market and earnings misses, the Walt Disney Company is about to start cutting spending, costs, and staff, CEO Bob Chapek said today. “I am fully aware this will be a difficult process for many of you and your teams,” Chapek wrote to Disney executives this...
deadline.com
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TP2000
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There are plenty of other threads discussing the cutbacks and layoffs on this site, but the point is that it's not a concept I just made up for funsies. 
Thus, the box office performance of Strange World this holiday season is more important than ever as Burbank divisions "look at every avenue of operations and labor to find savings, and we do anticipate some staff reductions as part of this review." per their CEO Bob Chapek.
Thus, the box office performance of Strange World this holiday season is more important than ever as Burbank divisions "look at every avenue of operations and labor to find savings, and we do anticipate some staff reductions as part of this review." per their CEO Bob Chapek.
RobWDW1971
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One would think 13,156 posts would provide ample opportunity to display it.
He didn't? Then how do you interpret this direct quote from a prepared communication from Bob Chapek two days ago?
CEO Bob Chapek said in a memo to division leads sent Friday and obtained by CNBC. “Hiring for the small subset of the most critical, business-driving positions will continue, but all other roles are on hold. Your segment leaders and HR teams have more specific details on how this will apply to your teams.”
Chapek added: “As we work through this evaluation process, we will look at every avenue of operations and labor to find savings, and we do anticipate some staff reductions as part of this review.”
You think a CEO like Bob Chapek announces "some staff reductions" without meaning it just to keep folks on their toes and working productively through Christmas? Or just to improve morale?
Disney plans hiring freeze, layoffs and cost cuts, according to a memo from CEO Bob Chapek
"We are limiting headcount additions through a targeted hiring freeze," Disney CEO Bob Chapek said in a memo obtained by CNBC.
Disney plans to freeze hiring and cut some jobs, memo shows
Walt Disney Co is planning to freeze hiring and cut some jobs as it strives to move the Disney+ streaming service to profitability against a backdrop of economic uncertainty, according to a memo seen by Reuters on Friday.
If you freeze new hires, then you will naturally have a reduced staff as people leave for the usual reasons and they're not replaced. You then move around the people that are left and in the end you wind up with "some staff reductions." It wasn't labeled "layoffs."
And while some staffing is reduced in a hiring freeze, they will still hire as needed, see emboldened red text above.
Small staff reduction + hiring small subset of critical positions = a wash
But, go ahead and paint this as layoffs.
TP2000
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It's not me just sitting here and making this up out of thin air.
It's the major financial media out of New York City, plus the entertainment industry media out of Los Angeles, that have all used the word "layoffs" repeatedly to describe this news, while quoting directly from Chapek's prepared statement.
But if trashy, obscure rags like Variety and the Wall Street Journal don't meet your journalistic standards for entertainment industry business news, I don't know what else someone could say. Other than...
Strange World needs to perform very strongly at the box office in this type of business environment.
Disney to Begin Layoffs, Targeted Hiring Freeze and Limiting Travel
Disney will begin enacting layoffs, implementing a targeted hiring freeze and limiting company travel as part of a sweep cost-cutting move announced to leadership Friday.
variety.com
Disney Details Plans for Cost Cuts, Layoffs and Hiring Freeze in Memo
Chief Executive Bob Chapek announced company-wide cost-cutting measures and told division leaders that layoffs are likely, according to an internal memo viewed by the Journal. The moves come days after Disney reported lackluster earnings.
www.wsj.com
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I hope you have a big enough mouth for all the times you have to put your feet in it.
_caleb
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You don’t have to like it, but the title is evocative of the pulp fiction that inspired the film. MANY of those had titles like “Strange Stories,” Strange Worlds,” etc.
TalkingHead
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Yeah nope, it’s worse than those. Sounds like it could be Strange World, Stranger World, or Strange Worlds. It’s a vague colorless title that promises blandness instead of pulp adventure. It’s a bad title.
Vegas Disney Fan
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The new Tim Allen Clause movie is straight to D+ also, I doubt it would have a massive box office but it seems odd to miss out on $50-$100 million.
I know they are trying to push people to D+ but I don’t think exclusives like these are the things that are going to get people to sign up, that’s what Mandalorian, the Marvel series, Imagineering story, etc are for.
TalkingHead
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Maybe in print magazines, which were anthologies and necessarily vaguely titled. But not in the cinematic tradition. There’s a reason it was Raiders of the Lost Ark instead of Mysterious Object.
_caleb
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So you think a movie about discovering/exploring a strange world titled “Strange World” is too vague?
TalkingHead
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Where’s discovering or exploring in the title? That’s why pulp titles often followed the Flash Gordon and… or Indiana Jones and… formula. Because those characters are doing the discovering and exploring. This title suggests nothing about the characters, and perhaps even indicates an ensemble of weak forgettable characters. See how it works?
Animaniac93-98
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It's a series, not a movie so that makes sense.