Let's say Japan and the UK go crazy for it and Americans just keep showing up in modest numbers and it makes another $150 Million at the global box office.
Elemental will still lose $60 Million.
But my hunch is that Elemental's ultimate loss column by Labor Day will be at least $100 Million. Yay?
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Disney movies NEVER make a loss. Ever. This too shall pass. Soon, all of those films will turn a profit.
I wouldn't say Disney movies NEVER make a loss, but the company has a good way of making a profit off of movies that were initially bombs. Pinocchio, Fantasia, Alice in Wonderland and Sleeping Beauty were all flops on original release, but made a lot of money in rereleases and merchandise.
But there's the opportunity cost. Even if a film eventually makes it up later, if a film was hoped to be a blockbuster, they don't get that chance back. They can only make so many of these high budget movies.
That's true for sure. I do wonder with the secondary release market being D+ only for the most part, If Disney can really leverage that extra cash from a film. At least in the quantity they did back then. Sure there's still some blue ray and digital purchase sales I know. But they don't nearly account for what vhs/dvd was as well as rentals and the broadcast rights. Is D+ getting as many eyes on a film as before? I'm not sure, Disney has kept most of the numbers in the dark so we're stuck guessing. I'm not sure there's another studio who could get as much out of a film as Disney did. I'm just not sure this current group at Disney has the ability to make it happen.
Since Disney has switched this year to a PVOD window prior to D+ release it can no longer be said that D+ is its only secondary market. So they do get digital rental and sales for a period of time before going onto D+.
Seriously. They could have put her in front of a map pandering to China . . .
Which is part of the problem since they’ve stopped doing re-releases and killed their home video market because of D+. The theatrical release to steaming pipeline has fewer metrics to show for it so the initial release numbers become the dominant part of the conversation.
Filmmakers actually did that -
variety.com
I said for the most part, I know there's still a physical and digital window, I mentioned that already. But my point still stands, it isn't nearly what it was. I just went to Vudu and you can't rent onward, soul, luca, turning red. You can rent light-year and strange world. So sure, it's not just D+, but it might as well be. They no longer have a huge secondary income market for the films like they used to. So my question still stands, can they still leverage that extra money in the environment that they are in?
I think they can. And if its not through that they will find other ways to make revenue from a film once its left theaters.
They didn’t exactly “do” it in the sense of intending anything. Someone clearly just adapted an existing map without any awareness of its political implications.Filmmakers actually did that -
And its causing the film to get banned or potentially banned in some countries.
Philippines Weighs Decision on ‘Barbie’ Movie Over Disputed Map Scene
After Vietnam banned the 'Barbie' movie over its depiction of China's territorial claims, The Philippines says it is weighing a decision.
Maybe they should have been similarly unaware in The Little Mermaid.
Well the 9 dashes are the representation of China's claim over the region. If not to kowtow to China it shouldn't be as its just a land mass called "Asia". So to me that indicates intention. But hey I'll give the benefit of the doubt here. Nonetheless its getting the movie banned in several countries in the region.
I’m not sure I understand.
I mean, it’s a wildly inaccurate cartoon map. There are similar lines near Greenland. Whatever’s going on, it clearly isn’t designed to kowtow to China.
