Or, maybe, just maybe, everyone could do the job they're paid to do and create content that puts butts in seats, make money, and drive shareholder value. It's not like they don't know how to do that (altho I wonder sometimes). Or is this capitalist thinking wrong?
As I’ve pointed out before, a number of Disney’s best-loved classics failed to make a profit upon their release. I’m not saying the remake of The Little Mermaid will rank among them, but we as Disney fans should know better than to measure a film’s merits and impact solely or mainly in terms of dollars.
Agreed, TWDCs movie business is not all about the money.
Disney's live action studio breaks even over time thanks to the few billion dollar tentpoles. And then there's the post-theatrical window in which more money can be made off the studio's content. So, even Disney's least profitable studio makes a profit.
Never said Disney studios are collapsing, they are just allowed to be hit and miss at random (this has always been the case).
Or maybe the Aladdin remake also had a cultural impact and also happened to make money and that's why no one is talking about it?
I just wish there was a little more hit and a lot less miss . . .
Oh give it up! If you think you know what kind of content will automatically get butts in seats, then get yourself a job with a studio and see how that works out for ya! Part of capitalism is also that not everything works the way everyone had hoped.
Any after 1959?
Didn’t you hear? They shut that down about 5 years ago
Not the argument ever made. But it’s cool to invent to “counter” when they drop crap on the street
There’s no cultural impact. That creating an ambiguous thing that can’t be proven so it also can’t be proven wrong.
That has nothing to do with my point, which is simply that fans typically care about more than just how much something makes.
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The same reason they spent millions on microchiping drink cups to save pennies?Tell me again why Burbank spent Billions to build theme parks there to "get a foothold" in that marketplace of 1.4 Billion people. So they could make an extra 3 or 4 million per film?
Again, you forget that this country has had 2+ years of high inflation.
Adjusted for inflation from the anti-inflationary year of 2019, Mermaid is not tracking close to Aladdin. It's behind by at least $100 Million.
Then factor in that Aladdin did over three times the overseas box office that Mermaid has done, and it's not even close.
The domestic box office is adjusted for inflation, but the overseas box office is not (because of dozens of different exchange rates), but even the total not adjusted for inflation puts Mermaid at less than half of Aladdin globally.
Once again, this is not sustainable. Especially when you spend $250 Million just to produce the film to begin with.
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Movie Comparison: The Little Mermaid (2023) vs. Aladdin (2019)
Domestic box office comparison between The Little Mermaid (2023) and Aladdin (2019)
Not gonna get there
Not gonna get there
Take a guess what I’m gonna say?
Cool. Say, do ya think that's why Disney just got rid of its diversity chief? Because it realized it didn't really need one in the first place?
Hmmm….I’ve seen your posts for years and never had a problem with you - I don’t know how I never noticed this attitude before.
