Um, any growth when compared to 2020 will of course be seen as a positive. That is why you use pre-pandemic levels as a real comparison. And on a dollar per dollar basis 2018 was the highest grossing year domestically, $4.6B higher than now when inflation adjusted. Check back on that in 2024, 2025, or even 2026, you may find that slow and steady rebound stalled.
Yep, Disney sucks. Now what you want to talk about?
Seriously. I think they know more about their business than random internet posters. They’ll figure it out. Whatever they do, someone will be unhappy.
No, no, we can't talk about that. As that would indicate that Disney is able to course correct with current management. That just won't do. As we must all hate current management, it was even said here in this thread that all fans must hate management, its like a moral imperative or something.
True, but not for disliking Disney films.
I'm not sure why you're being rude to me. You asked for examples to support my claim. Even though I imagine your request was intended as a challenge, I provided several. Many of the worst offenders have been (rightly) deleted for bringing up social/political issues against forum rules. Sorry you found it too much to read, but that list is what I had in mind when I posted this:
What successful movie did he write?
Yeah for some odd reason I didn’t see any of that nonsense
They don't have to. This is a box office thread. It is not a movie review thread. Those are ancillary convos.
There isn't misinformation at all.
Look back at the @EPCOT-O.G. post on your false premise. Start there.
First, that is a snippet taken of out context, as its talking about tickets sold not box office grosses. The entire article hasn't been provided so it can be viewed in full context.
www.boxofficemojo.com
There’s another factor to consider: movie budgets.
Believe it or not, the principles of successful screenplays can be taught by people who don’t write for Hollywood. Refer to google for elaboration.
First, that is a snippet taken of out context, as its talking about tickets sold not box office grosses. The entire article hasn't been provided so it can be viewed in full context.
Second, all one as to do is look at the charts.
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Worldwide Yearly Box Office
As of today, global box office is off ~$20.5B from 2019. So tell me again how we're rebounding to pre-pandemic levels.
This is one thing Eisner understood and did well with Touchstone and the like. After Splash they took that and ran with a lot of wins. Three men and a baby era to the 90s with Touchstone and other labels. Not acquiring of other studios needed. Quality films for their scale.There’s another factor to consider: movie budgets.
A big budget movie such as 1956’s The Ten Commandments cost $13 million, about $150 million adjusted for inflation.
Looking at the most expensive movies ever made adjusted for inflation, nearly all of them have been released in the last 20 years.
List of most expensive films - Wikipedia
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Not only do film studios produce films that are more expensive, they also produce more of them.
Companies like Disney have forgotten how to make “small” films. When most films you produce come in with $200 million budgets, you need them to be home runs in order to turn a profit.
You produce a $50 million film and it has a $50 million opening weekend, you’re off to a great start. You produce a $200 million film and it has a $50 million opening weekend, you’re in trouble.
2023 may not even hit 2022 levels globally. That is decline, not growth. Also ~$20B that is a huge shortfall to make up, not likely to get back to those levels this decade. Even if all Disney films this year had hit $1B that wouldn't have made up for the difference. But yes they sucked this year, no doubt about that.
