2023 Walt Disney Company Annual Meeting Of Shareholders

[Smiley/OCD]

Companies That Get 'Woke' Aren't Going Broke -- They're More Profitable Than Ever

Despite conservative memes and calls for boycotts of companies like Carhartt and Budweiser after LGBTQ campaigns, they're more profitable than ever.

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That reminds me of all the Disco Sucks rallies in the 70’s…the mass smashing of records at Wrigley Field (I believe)…how’d that go? Lol…
We all know that boycotts don’t work…it just gives people some incentive and meaning…even boycotting with your wallet ala Disney doesn’t work.
As far as the NFL and Colin Kapernic goes, he was just a bad QB…that’s why he’s still unemployed. I have had season tickets for my Jets since 1990… I know the first season I give them up, they’ll go to the Super Bowl, so I stay miserable. At least when I leave Disney, even though I’m lighter in the wallet, I have a smile on my face.

 

[Magenta Panther]

Meanwhile, Illumination's Super Mario Bros. movie will rake in a global haul of 368 million in its first week.

Current 5-Day Studio Estimates for The Super Mario Bros. Movie Domestic - $195.0M International - $173.0M Global $368.0M

https://forums.boxofficetheory.com/...eekend-thread/?do=findComment&comment=4485663

A nice little family film with no political posturing, no alterations for current sensibilities, is a roaring, smashing success. Who'd have thought?

Compare that to the underperformers and outright flops that are the Disney cinematic output of late.

There's a lesson to be learned here...

 

[ElvisMickey]

Meanwhile, Illumination's Super Mario Bros. movie will rake in a global haul of 368 million in its first week.

Current 5-Day Studio Estimates for The Super Mario Bros. Movie Domestic - $195.0M International - $173.0M Global $368.0M

https://forums.boxofficetheory.com/...eekend-thread/?do=findComment&comment=4485663

A nice little family film with no political posturing, no alterations for current sensibilities, is a roaring, smashing success. Who'd have thought?

Compare that to the underperformers and outright flops that are the Disney cinematic output of late.

There's a lesson to be learned here...

Those are fightin‘ words on these parts

 

[Disstevefan1]

Meanwhile, Illumination's Super Mario Bros. movie will rake in a global haul of 368 million in its first week.

Current 5-Day Studio Estimates for The Super Mario Bros. Movie Domestic - $195.0M International - $173.0M Global $368.0M

https://forums.boxofficetheory.com/...eekend-thread/?do=findComment&comment=4485663

A nice little family film with no political posturing, no alterations for current sensibilities, is a roaring, smashing success. Who'd have thought?

Compare that to the underperformers and outright flops that are the Disney cinematic output of late.

There's a lesson to be learned here...

For whatever reason folks want to give, I think we can all agree, Illumination's is WINNING!

It’s ironic, used to be, when I heard the word Illuminations, I used to think of EPCOT.

Not any more.

 

[Tony the Tigger]

For whatever reason folks want to give, I think we can all agree, Illumination's is WINNING!

It’s ironic, used to be, when I heard the word Illuminations, I used to think of EPCOT.

Not any more.

I’m sure they must have a fan chat site.

 

[CastAStone]

Meanwhile, Illumination's Super Mario Bros. movie will rake in a global haul of 368 million in its first week.

Current 5-Day Studio Estimates for The Super Mario Bros. Movie Domestic - $195.0M International - $173.0M Global $368.0M

https://forums.boxofficetheory.com/...eekend-thread/?do=findComment&comment=4485663

A nice little family film with no political posturing, no alterations for current sensibilities, is a roaring, smashing success. Who'd have thought?

Compare that to the underperformers and outright flops that are the Disney cinematic output of late.

There's a lesson to be learned here...

A movie based on an extremely famous IP is doing well?

 

[Trauma]

Current 5-Day Studio Estimates for The Super Mario Bros. Movie Domestic - $195.0M International - $173.0M Global $368.0M

https://forums.boxofficetheory.com/...eekend-thread/?do=findComment&comment=4485663

A nice little family film with no political posturing, no alterations for current sensibilities, is a roaring, smashing success. Who'd have thought?

Compare that to the underperformers and outright flops that are the Disney cinematic output of late.

There's a lesson to be learned here...

I said Mario would be the #1 movie months ago and was mocked on these forums.

A certain segment of posters here live far outside of reality. They think Strange World would have brought in more $$$ than Mario if it just had better marketing.

 

[Tha Realest]

That reminds me of all the Disco Sucks rallies in the 70’s…the mass smashing of records at Wrigley Field (I believe)…how’d that go? Lol…

umm…pretty well?

 

[Tha Realest]

A movie based on an extremely famous IP is doing well?

It’s beating Frozen 2!!!

 

[Trauma]

It’s beating Frozen 2!!!

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It’s all the pent up demand for family friendly films.

 

[Smiley/OCD]

umm…pretty well?

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It all came back again albeit to a lesser degree…just like vinyl did and it’s now outselling CD’s for the first time since they were released in the mid 80’s

 

[Tony the Tigger]

umm…pretty well?

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That was homophobic and racist backlash. Disco, whatever you call it, still influences music today. Unlike a lot of music today, it incorporated real instruments and talented vocalists.

The Bee Gees, Gamble & Huff, Nile Rodgers, etc. all continued writing & producing mega-hits for major artists for years to come.

 

[SplashJacket]

Meanwhile, Illumination's Super Mario Bros. movie will rake in a global haul of 368 million in its first week.

Current 5-Day Studio Estimates for The Super Mario Bros. Movie Domestic - $195.0M International - $173.0M Global $368.0M

https://forums.boxofficetheory.com/...eekend-thread/?do=findComment&comment=4485663

A nice little family film with no political posturing, no alterations for current sensibilities, is a roaring, smashing success. Who'd have thought?

Compare that to the underperformers and outright flops that are the Disney cinematic output of late.

There's a lesson to be learned here...

I think it's more a reflection that one of the biggest IPs and franchises, if not the biggest ever, produced a high-budget, highly advertised-film.

The movie is aggressively mediocre if anything. This isn't make a good movie and get rewarded, this is "use strong IP, reap rewards." This is how we get reboot after reboot after reboot. This is how we get Frozen 2, 3, etc.

I honestly think this property was the largest untapped property by a significant margin. We have to realize, this isn't even just a single franchise, but really a collection of franchises.

If we remember, Frozen rose to notoriety through strong legs, just like Encanto. The movies were good, and thus spread through word of mouth.

A frontloaded release like this, isn't a product of people seeing the film and being "this isn't woke, it's just fun, let me recommend to all my friends," but a reflection of the IPs and the advertising, which was largely just flashy colors.

You can twist this to fit whatever side of the culture wars you want, but its just seeing what you want to see.

The film reminds me of a poorly executed Lego movie.

This isn't The Incredibles, Spirited Away, Inside Out, Ratatouille, Coco, or even a Luca, Puss in Boots 2, or Soul.

The movie is mass-market media at its peak.

 

[HauntedPirate]

I sure hope Universal can do something with that Mario property in a theme park sometime in the next 7-10 years.

 

[HauntedPirate]

I think it's more a reflection that one of the biggest IPs and franchises, if not the biggest ever, produced a high-budget, highly advertised-film.

The movie is aggressively mediocre if anything. This isn't make a good movie and get rewarded, this is "use strong IP, reap rewards." This is how we get reboot after reboot after reboot. This is how we get Frozen 2, 3, etc.

I honestly think this property was the largest untapped property by a significant margin. We have to realize, this isn't even just a single franchise, but really a collection of franchises.

If we remember, Frozen rose to notoriety through strong legs, just like Encanto. The movies were good, and thus spread through word of mouth.

A frontloaded release like this, isn't a product of people seeing the film and being "this isn't woke, it's just fun, let me recommend to all my friends," but a reflection of the IPs and the advertising, which was largely just flashy colors.

You can twist this to fit whatever side of the culture wars you want, but its just seeing what you want to see.

The film reminds me of a poorly executed Lego movie.

This isn't The Incredibles, Spirited Away, Inside Out, Ratatouille, Coco, or even a Luca, Puss in Boots 2, or Soul.

The movie is mass-market media at its peak.

Having seen the movie last night, I’d say you couldn’t be more wrong.

 

[Nubs70]

I guess it's records being broken? Because every employer I've ever worked with has had productivity and sales increases coincide 3-6 months after implementing DEI initiatives.

My company just started delving into DEI stuff and had the best year ever.

However, the year started off with 40-60% price increases along with a reduction in headcount.

Not so sure DEI had anything to do with sales and productivity increases.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Like others have said, Nintendo is arguably on par with Star Wars and Marvel in terms of popularity overall, it just has been untapped in terms of a film and theme park presence unlike the others.

 

[Tha Realest]

I think it's more a reflection that one of the biggest IPs and franchises, if not the biggest ever, produced a high-budget, highly advertised-film.

The movie is aggressively mediocre if anything. This isn't make a good movie and get rewarded, this is "use strong IP, reap rewards." This is how we get reboot after reboot after reboot. This is how we get Frozen 2, 3, etc.

I honestly think this property was the largest untapped property by a significant margin. We have to realize, this isn't even just a single franchise, but really a collection of franchises.

If we remember, Frozen rose to notoriety through strong legs, just like Encanto. The movies were good, and thus spread through word of mouth.

A frontloaded release like this, isn't a product of people seeing the film and being "this isn't woke, it's just fun, let me recommend to all my friends," but a reflection of the IPs and the advertising, which was largely just flashy colors.

You can twist this to fit whatever side of the culture wars you want, but its just seeing what you want to see.

The film reminds me of a poorly executed Lego movie.

This isn't The Incredibles, Spirited Away, Inside Out, Ratatouille, Coco, or even a Luca, Puss in Boots 2, or Soul.

The movie is mass-market media at its peak.

All those things you attribute to this films success are things Disney used to do so much better than others. Disney is “mass-market media at its peak.” It has long leveraged its popular IP, to the point where it’s cannibalizing it’s own films for live action.

So what happened? Where did they lose the secret sauce? Was it Lasseter? Is it the perceived cultural stuff? Either way, if they continue on this trajectory you’re going to see a shakeup in the Disney/Pixar animation divisions.

 

[Magenta Panther]

I said Mario would be the #1 movie months ago and was mocked on these forums.

A certain segment of posters here live far outside of reality. They think Strange World would have brought in more $$$ than Mario if it just had better marketing.

Yeah, what a crock that always was. Yet they'll desperately cling to it. Tsk.

 

[Magenta Panther]

It’s beating Frozen 2!!!

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I think it's more a reflection that one of the biggest IPs and franchises, if not the biggest ever, produced a high-budget, highly advertised-film.

The movie is aggressively mediocre if anything. This isn't make a good movie and get rewarded, this is "use strong IP, reap rewards." This is how we get reboot after reboot after reboot. This is how we get Frozen 2, 3, etc.

I honestly think this property was the largest untapped property by a significant margin. We have to realize, this isn't even just a single franchise, but really a collection of franchises.

If we remember, Frozen rose to notoriety through strong legs, just like Encanto. The movies were good, and thus spread through word of mouth.

A frontloaded release like this, isn't a product of people seeing the film and being "this isn't woke, it's just fun, let me recommend to all my friends," but a reflection of the IPs and the advertising, which was largely just flashy colors.

You can twist this to fit whatever side of the culture wars you want, but its just seeing what you want to see.

The film reminds me of a poorly executed Lego movie.

This isn't The Incredibles, Spirited Away, Inside Out, Ratatouille, Coco, or even a Luca, Puss in Boots 2, or Soul.

The movie is mass-market media at its peak.

I see a lot of spinnin' around here. Not unexpected. You lot must cling to the idea that Disney's pandering isn't the reason its recent films have performed so poorly. You'll clutch at the ridiculous notion that a film wasn't promoted enough blah blah blah. Despite the fact that EVERY film that's made gets tremendous exposure through the internet alone. There's no such thing as under-exposure in this day and age. It's not called the Information Age for nothing.


BTW, new figures have come in for Mario's box office take. The original amount was around 195 million. It's now gone up to 205. In the U.S. and Canada alone. Now, I've heard that critics didn't much like the film. But moviegoers don't care. They saw ads for a film that's utterly clean of any agenda. Just good bright colorful fun. And they responded. And audience reviews have been very positive - the film was given an A via the audience tracker Cinemascore. Disney would be a fool if it didn't take note. But we'll see if it learns the lesson. My worry is that Iger has painted himself into a corner - he can't continue the disastrous course he's taken, and yet if he changes course, the backlash will be tremendous. Wow. Sucks to be him.